My Community and Me - 11/19-21

Classroom: Pajaritos
Blog Theme: My Community and Me
Week: From 11/19/2018 to 11/23/2018

What we are learning?

 Dear Parents, We hope you are having a beautiful week.  This is our last week of the theme “My Community and Me”. Children will continue exploring their surroundings and be encouraged to be kind, nice and considerate to their neighbors and show respect to them.  
Through practical actions, we keep enlightening kids about the importance of being part of a neighborhood. We have scheduled exciting activities related to this theme so children can continue learning through fun experiences.  Each one of these activities will help to continue strengthening gross and fine motor skills, language and socio-emotional skills. Below you can find a summary of all activities during the week:
·         Observe flashcards of the community places and helpers.
·         Learn the concept of giving and take while playing with soft cubes.
·         Observe and identify images of means of transportation used by community helpers.
Thank you for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

·         Thanksgiving Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 21st, 2018.
·         Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 and Friday, November 23rd, 2018. Spanish for fun! will be closed both days.
·         Cary Book Fair from Monday, November 26^th, 2018 to Friday, November 30^th, 2018.  

Year-Round Activities

Student of the Week

Please make sure to sign up your child for this wonderful activity!

As you know, every week a child is given a set week that he/she are the student of the week. On Monday of their week, the student of the week should bring a poster and a book created with family pictures, favorite books, sports/hobbies, animals or anything they are interested in. Also, on their week parents and the student of the week may pick a day to present the poster and the book to the class. The student of the week may also bring favorite toys and books to school so they can share with classmates.

Sign up today! Sign-up sheets are available at the entrance of the classroom.

Friendly Reminders

·         Wash your hands and your child’s hands when entering your child’s classroom.
·         Make sure to wear shoe covers when entering the classroom to drop your child.
·         Knock before entering the classroom to make sure there is no one behind the door
·         Read, review and fill out your child’s journal with information for the teacher.
·         Label all your child’s clothing and items and make sure that your child has an extra set of clothing that is appropriate to weather in his/her cubby.
·         Make sure to remove clothing from the cubby and just leave one set of clothing.
·         Always store pacifiers in their packages.
·         Make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when bug spray, diaper cream, and any other ointment should be applied and be sure to supply and label the items with your child's name and place them in a tote bag.
·         Bring diapers, wipes and rash ointment and label them with your child’s name when requested or needed.
·         Label all bottles and food that you bring to preschool for your child with your child’s name and the date it was prepared and place them in the refrigerator or counter. If you leave the lunch box in the counter, make sure to put ice packs inside the lunch box.
·         Inform the teacher if there has been a change in your child’s feeding schedule.
·         Do not bring your child to school if the child has a fever of over 101F or any contagious conditions.

Star Words of the Week

·         The turkey - El pavo