Little Magicians & Clowns

August 5^th, 2019 to August 9^th, 2019

What we are learning?

Dear Parents,

We hope you are having a good week. We continue learning and having so much fun in our Summer Camp. This week they will learn to be little Magicians & Clowns. Children will enjoy exploring and discovering the life in the circus. We would like to share with you a list of activities children will engage through the week by day.

Monday

• Social-emotional development: identify unacceptable behaviors such as hitting, biting, etc. and work with children to handle those emotions.

• Language development: read stories about animals in the circus.

• Cognitive development: group objects by shape.

• Fine motor development: tear paper of different colors from a circus tent.

• Gross motor development: observe and mimic movements from circus animals. 

Tuesday

• Social-emotional development: identify unacceptable behaviors such as hitting, biting, etc. and work with children to handle those emotions

• Language development: discover a clown inside our surprise box and provide a brief description of clown. 

• Cognitive development: group objects by shape.

• Fine motor development: paint using rolls.

• Gross motor development: play with parachutes and build towers.

Wednesday & Thursday

• Social-emotional development:  identify unacceptable behaviors such as hitting, biting, etc. and work with children to handle those emotions

• Language development: sing the song “La Carita” and identify the parts of the face. 

• Cognitive development: group plastic balls by color. 

• Fine motor development: paint using different colors. 

• Gross motor development: play with colorful parachutes. 

Friday

• Enjoy our Summer Camp Party.

It will definitely be a fun learning week! Thank you again for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life and we hope you have a great weekend.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Crazy Hair Day on Monday, August 5^th, 2019.

• Summer Camp Party on Friday, August 9th, 2019.

• Summer Camp Last Day on Friday, August 9th, 2019.

• Teacher Work Day on Monday and Tuesday, August 12th & 13th, 2019. Sff! will be closed.

• Meet & Greet 2019-2020 on Tuesday, August 13th, 2019. 

• First Day of School Year 2019-2020 on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019.

• Splash Days on Thursdays from 10:00 am to 10:30 am.

Summer Camp Dress Code

• Bring a wig or a crazy hairdo for Monday, August 5^th, 2019.

• Wear his/her favorite Circus costume for Friday, August 9^th, 2019 (Last Day of Summer Camp).

• Always keep in your child’s cubby a summer hat.

• Have your child wear swimsuit, swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day.

• Make sure to send a towel and a fabric tote bag for wet items. Label and pack all these items in the tote bag.

Friendly Reminders

• Wash your hands and your child’s hands when entering your child’s classroom.

• Make sure to wear shoe covers when entering 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 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 101 F or any contagious conditions.

• Apply sunscreen to your child every morning.

•  Make sure to keep in your child’s cubby a pair of glasses and a summer hat.

• Sunscreen and mosquito repellent are important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn/mosquito bites. Yet applying sunscreen and mosquito repellent to your child requires planning. If sunscreen and mosquito repellent must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen and mosquito repellent should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and mosquito repellent, label the bottles with your child's name and place them in a tote bag.

• Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Make sure to send a towel and a tote bag for wet items. Label and pack all these items in the tote bag.