Weeks of December 27th- January 4th!!

Dear Monitos Parents:

Our Theme of the Month/Week (Tema del Mes/Semana): “People Around the World"

As this is a short week and we are closing 2012, we will make a review of all that we have been learning these months: numbers, colors and shapes.

Esta semana es muy corta y estamos cerrando 2012, así que haremos una revisión de todo lo que hemos venido aprendiendo estos meses: números, colores y figuras geométricas. 

Special events this week/Welcome/Student of the week/Birthdays (Eventos especiales esta semana/Bienvenida/Estudiante de la Semana/Cumpleanos):

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to RILEY RICHARDS, who turned three on the 24^th, she is a big girl now!!!! 

Next Friday we will have a special snack in the afternoon with our Monitos to celebrate the New Year.

Reminders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

The weather is getting cold, please make sure your child has an appropriate blanket for nap time: warm and big enough for he / she, and don’t forget to bring his/her jacket, hat and gloves. Thank you. 

Please don’t forget to pick your date for the Student of the Week.

School will be closed next Monday December 31^st and Tuesday January 1^st in observance to New Year!

On January 2^nd School is closed due to Teachers workday

We will resume activities on Thursday January 3^rd. Enjoy this little winter break

January 4^th is Pajama Day.   

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

On January 7th we will start filling again the form for the Monitos’ Bookworm Club, please check your child’s journal. At the end of each month we will have a winner and a prize for the child that has more minutes of reading books.

Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos):

Our Christmas Party and the Monitos’s performance was a success. We want to say THANK YOU to all our wonderful children and their parents for your participation and support. We really appreciate your effort, everybody did great!!!!!!! 

Have a great week and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of December 17-21st

Dear Parents
Monitos class wants to wish you a very special Holiday Season filled with
Peace, Joy and Lasting Happiness.

Theme of the week:"People around the world."
We continue practicing same words of the past two weeks.
This week our kids will practice their song for The Christmas Party. Please congratulate them for their efforts; they are doing a great job.
In art crafts, we will do a Christmas tree with the shape of the triangle,
and a gingerbread house.

We will read the book "kids around the world".

This week:
*Maury will visit Elias’s house

*Friday 21st is our Christmas party .We hope to see you there. Please remember to pick up your child before 2:30pm.

* Santa is visiting Sff! on Friday December 21^st distributing presents. Please make sure to place your child’s under the tree at the lobby by Thursday.

* Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th school is closed.

Special events:
*Congratulations Perry Family on the arrival of your new baby son.
*Happy Birthday to Riley Richards.  She turns 3 years old on December 24^th.

Have a great week

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of December 10-14th!!

 

Dear Monitos Parents:

Our theme of the Week is (Tema de la Semana): “My Culture and Traditions”/ “Mi Cultura y Tradiciones”
Numbers/Numeros: one, two, three, four, five/uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.
Shape/Forma: triangle/triangulo.
Color/Color: green/verde

Special Words/Palabras especiales: We will continue practicing the same words that we have been using last week.

Special events this week/Welcome/Student of the week/Birthdays (Eventos especiales esta semana/Bienvenida/Estudiante de la Semana/Cumpleanos):
This week Mauri The Monkey will visit Elias’s home. Bon Voyage and Have fun!!!!  

Remainders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

As a friendly remainder to our wonderful parents:

ü    Please let us know if your child is going to participate in the Christmas Event.

ü    We are waiting for your Stocking Sock. It should be great if we have everybody’s art display on the wall before Christmas.

ü    We are still waiting to have the Report Cards back.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

This week we will be talking to your child about the Christmas Traditions in Peru and Colombia. We will share Panettone and chocolate milk with our Monitos on Tuesday (afternoon snack). Please let us know if your child can eat and drink this snack.

Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos):

Please feel free to bring an article about the Christmas Traditions in your country (if you are from a foreign country) to post it on our board. Thank You. 
Have a great week!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Christmas Party

Dear Monitos Parents:

In preparation for our Christmas Party we would like to announce that the "Monitos Class" will perform the song "Cascabel, Cascabel ".


The outfit for our children will be:
Boys: Elf costume
Girls: Red outfit with white tutu

Kindly please let us know if your child will participate of this activity .

Thank you in advance for your support.

Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo

Week of December 3-7th!!!

Dear Monitos Parents:
Our theme for the  next two weeks  is "My Culture and Traditions"

We will be learning and talking about different traditions and celebrations during this time of the year around the world.

Words of the week:
abrir/cerrar -open/close
a guardar - clean up
sin correr -don't run

Forms:
el triangulo / the triangle

Colors:
verde/green
rojo/red

Numbers
uno/one, dos/two, tres/ three, cuatro/four , cinco/five.

Special words:
el Arbol de Navidad / the Christmas  Tree , los regalos / the gifts , el reno/the reindeer , Papa Noel/Santa Claus,
Felices Fiestas/ Happy holidays.

This week :
*Mauri the Monkey will visit Jason's house to have a lot of fun.
*We will work in a Christmas three for our Monito’s door.

Reminders:
Our Christmas Party is on December 21^st at Cary Senior Center at 3:20pm

Sff! will close at 2:30pm to get ready for the event.

Important Dates:

School is closed on December 24^th,  25^th   and 31^st.

Also on January 1^st and 2^nd.

We invite you to come and share with our class  how you and your family celebrate these holidays.

Have a great week!

                                                     Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of November 26-30th!

Dear Monitos Parents:

Thank you to our wonderful parents and grandparents who collaborated and shared with us the Thanksgiving Celebration. This event was a success because of you all, and the children were so happy. We appreciate it so much.

Theme of the Month/Week (Tema del Mes/Semana): “My Country”/ “Mi Pais

We will continue with the same words, shape, color and numbers that we have been practicing this month.

Continuaremos con las mismas palabras, figura geométrica, color y números que hemos estado practicando este mes.

Special Words/Palabras especiales: EE.UU./Estados Unidos, my country/mi país, the President/el Presidente, the Banner and its colors/la bandera y sus colores, the National Anthem/el Himno Nacional, the eagle/el aguila, North Carolina/Carolina del Norte..

Special events this week/Welcome/Student of the week/Birthdays (Eventos especiales esta semana/Bienvenida/Estudiante de la Semana/Cumpleanos):

This week Mauri The Monkey will visit Marisa’s home. He is very happy to go with her. HAVE FUN!!!!  

Remainders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

Please don’t forget to take home your child’s blanket on Friday and bring it back on Monday.

As a friendly remainder: we are still waiting for some parents to pick up a week for The Student of the Week. Ask the Teachers to show you where the signup sheet is posted.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

To reinforce the theme of this week, please talk to your children about the special events, holidays and places in North Carolina. Show them the map of our State and identify where we live.

Next Friday we will be sending home the template of a sock stocking (stocking and topper) to be working with your child with Christmas decoration (All Art Together project for December). You and your child will have two weeks to display your imagination and creativity.

Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos):

On Monday we will be giving your child’s Report Card with the evaluation of the First Quarter, please take a moment to read it, make a comment, sign it and return it by Monday.  The Parent-Teacher Conference will be held on December 3rd, and we have a sheet at the entrance of our classroom with times.

 

Our class will be in charge to decorate the Board for the month of December (at the entrance of our School), if you have any article about the upcoming events, please feel free to bring it and we will post it on the board. Thank You. 

Have a great week!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of November 19-23rd!!

Dear Monitos Parents:

Happy Monday! This week we introduce a new theme to our children. We will be learning about “My country”- “Mi Pais”.

The words for this week are:
El pavo/ the turkey
La comida/ the food
Compartir/ share
Dar gracias/ give thanks

Events this week:
* Mauri de Monkey will visit Houston's home, both are really happy to spend this time together.
*Don't forget to come to enjoy our circle time and breakfast for thanksgiving November 21^st at 8:30am.
*School is closed this Thursday and Friday. Have fun and enjoy this day with your family.

*December 3^rd is Monitos Conference day; please feel free to make an appointment if you would like to meet with us.

Thank you
*To Jason's mom, Evelyn's mom, and Samuel's mom for coming to our class and talking about their jobs to our monitos.

Our monitos had a great time learning how they help our community.

*Congratulations to Evelyn our child of the week. We really enjoyed knowing more about your likes.

Happy week, Happy Thanksgiving!

Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo

Toddler Rules of Possession

1. If I like it, it's mine.

2. If it's in my hand, it's mine.

3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.

4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.

5. If it's mine, it must NEVER appear to be yours in anyway.

6. If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.

7. If it looks just like mine, it is mine.

8. If I saw it first, it's mine.

9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.

10. If it's broken, it's yours.

Provided by Travis R. Grant

Week of November 12-16th!!

Dear Monitos Parents:

Out theme of the Week (Tema de la Semana) is : “My Community and Me”/ “Mi Comunidad y Yo”

Words of the week (Palabras que se van a utilizar esta semana):

Places/Lugares: the park/el parque, the grocery store/el supermercado, the stores/las tiendas, the church/la iglesia, the school/la escuela, the post office/la oficina de correo.

Community Helpers/Servidores de la comunidad: policeman/El policia, doctor/ el doctor, teacher/la maestra, firefighter/el bombero, nurse/la enfermera, constructor/el constructor, chef/el cocinero, garbage collector/el recogedor de basura, letter carrier/el cartero.

Transportation vehicles/medios de transporte: police car/carro de policía, fire truck/carro de bombero, bus/el autobús, car/el carro, train/el tren, airplane/el avión, ship/el barco.

Words: I am sorry/lo siento, again/otra vez, help/ayuda, forward/adelante, back/atras.

Color/color: blue/azul.

Numbers/numeros: one/uno, two/dos, three/tres, four/cuatro.

Special events this week/Welcome/Student of the week/Birthdays (Eventos especiales esta semana/Bienvenida/Estudiante de la Semana/Cumpleanos):

Margot Perkinson will turn three on Monday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL!!!This week Mauri The Monkey will visit Darcy’s home. We are sure they will have a lot of fun.      

Reminders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

Please don’t forget to label your children’s jackets and all their belongings.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

For the children: This will be a very busy week. Our Monitos will made a ship and a collage of squares, paint the number four, listen to stories about the job of our community helpers, listen to Ludwing Van Beethoven.

For the parents: we will send home the template of a turkey to be decorated in a team work (parents/children) with feathers, paint, construction paper, goggle eyes and so on. Of course we expect you have fun using your creativity and imagination.

Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos):

Thank you to our wonderful parents: Mrs. Ashley Blackwell (Jason’s Mom), Mrs. Kim Cummings (Sam’s Mom) and Mrs. Chelsea Bartel (Evelyn’s Mom) who accepted to come to our classroom and talk about how they help our community through their jobs.   

Have a great week!

 Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of November 5-9th!

Dear Monitos Parents
Following our curriculum for the next two week we will be learning and talking about "My community and me " "Mi comunidad y yo "

Palabras e la semana/words of the week:
numeros/numbers: uno/one, dos/two, tres/three, cuatro/four.

forma/Sphape: el cuadrado /the square.

color:azul/blue.

Special words/palabras especiales:
avion/airplane,el policia/the policeman,carro de bomberos/fire truck,el bombero/the fireman, el doctor/the doctor, el hospital/the hospital,la maestra/ the teacher
la escuela/the school,el cocinero/the chef.

Actividades especiales/special activities:
*Mauri the Monkey will be visiting Simon's house to have fun week with him.
*this Wednesday the firefighters will be come to visit our school.
*This Thursday we will make a delicious cake and a chef hat for the kids.

Gracias /thank you
We want to thank to Margot's mom and Marisa's grandfather for helping us with our costume party

Thank you for your support

Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo

Week of October 29th-November 2nd!

Theme of the Week (Tema de la Semana):

“Costume Parade, Trick or Treat and review”

Words of the week (Palabras que se van a utilizar esta semana):

This week we will focus on the safety rules for the Trick or Treat, and also we will review the themes of October: The Feelings and The Family, colors and shapes learned this month.

Esta semana nos enfocaremos en la reglas de seguridad cuando salimos a recoger dulces, asimismo revisaremos los temas del mes de Octubre: Los sentimientos y la Familia, los colores y figuras geométricas aprendidos este mes.

Words/Palabras: My mother/mi mama, my father/mi papa, my brother/mi hermano, my sister/mi hermana, my grandmother/mi abuela, my grandfather/mi abuelo, the baby/el bebe, my home/mi hogar.

Special words/Palabras especiales: Parade/desfile, costume/disfraz, candies/dulces, leaves/hojas.

Special events this week:

The Costume Party for our Monitos will be held in the classroom on Wednesday 31 after the Parade.

This week Mauri The Monkey will visit Owen’s home. He and his new friend will have a lot of fun together.   

Reminders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

Please don’t forget to dress your child up with his/her costume on Wednesday 31, and bring a PJ for nap time.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

This week the Little Monkeys will carve a big pumpkin that we brought from our field trip to the farm and make a Jack-O-Lantern.

They also will experience touching the pumpkin seeds and cooked colorful pasta, and as an art project they will make a scarecrow.  

Thank you to our wonderful parents who collaborated with stickers, goodies and other items for our Monitos’ Trick or Treat bags.   

Have a great week!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of October 22-26th!!

Dear Parents:

This week we will continue working the theme: “My family” practicing the words we learned last week.
Also we will talk about the animals of the farm, the corn, the cotton, and of course about the pumpkins and their life cycle.

Special words :
Las gallinas / the hens
Las vacas / the cows
Las cabras / the goats
El maiz / the corn
El algodon / the cotton
La calabaza / the pumpkin
Color :
anarajando / orange


Special events this week;
*Mauri the Monkey will visit Brooke's house. He is so happy to spend time with our little Monkeys every week.

*This Friday is our field trip. We would love to see all of our Monitos there.

*October 31^st is also Pj day.


Reminder :
Our costume party will be on Wednesday October 31st. Please bring your child dress up that day and send PJ’s to change for nap time.

Please find a wish list posted at our door of items for our goody bag and trick or trick.

We will really appreciate having these items in advance, Monday or Tuesday will be great. Thank you for your collaboration.

 
Special Thanks:
To Marisa's and Clayton's grandmothers for coming to our classroom and  sharing with our little Monkeys. They really had a great time.

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of October 15-19th!

Dear Monitos Parents:

Continuing with our Curriculum our theme for the next two weeks is

“My Family – Mi Famillia”.

Words of the week (Palabras que se van a utilizar esta semana):

We will continue learning and working with the same numbers, shape and color from de last two weeks.

Words/Palabras: My mother/mi mama, my father/mi papa, my brother/mi hermano, my sister/mi hermana, my grandmother/mi abuela, my grandfather/mi abuelo, the baby/el bebe.

Special words/Palabras especiales: Fall/el Otono, the leaves/las hojas, the pumpkin/la calabaza, the farm/la granja,.

Special events this week:

·         Friday 19 is Grandparent’s Day

·         This week Mauri The Monkey will visit Monica’s home. Maury is so happy and grateful this school year, he didn’t expect to get so much love and attention from the Little Monkeys.    

Reminders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

As part of the activities related to the theme that we will be talking for the next two weeks, we are planning to have a special time looking and recognizing the members of our children’s family in the Family corner every day, so PLEASE!!! Don’t forget to bring your family pictures.

On Friday 26th we will have our Field trip to the farm, please don’t forget to fill up your form and return it to the office. Thank you

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

Last week we send the second “All Art Together” project: a pumpkin, you will have a week to work with your child and be as much creative as you did with the first project.

The Little Monkeys will make a special art project for their grandparents this Thursday.

Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos):

We would like to invite our children’s grandparents to come and spend some time with them here at the school. You can read a book, show some pictures, talk about your grandchild’s favorite things, make an art project with the children, sing some songs or whatever you would like to do. We have a signup sheet at the door with two times: at 10.00 a.m and 3.30 p.m. on Friday 19th.   

Have a great week!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of October 8th - 12th!!!

Dear Parents

Our theme of the week is still:"My feelings /Mis sentimientos "

We will continue practicing  same words from last week and talking about our feelings and emotions.

Especial events/ eventos especiales:
* Mauri the monkey will go to Evelyn's home. Congratulations Evelyn, we hope you all have a great time.
*On Thursday please bring a small mirror ,we will do a fun activity with our monitos, watching ourselves doing faces, according to our feelings.

Homework /tarea de la semana :
Please continue reinforcing the theme that we are working  with the kids.

Dates to Remember:
*Grandparents day October 19th.We cordially invite all grandparents to come and spend some time with us. They could come and read their grand children's favorite book or may they would like to come and share some pictures or stories with us. Please coordinate with Miss Amparo or myself about best times to come.

*Field trip on October 26th, we hope to see all of you at Granyard Hill Farm. This will be a great opportunity lo practice our vocabulary

*Costume Party on October 31st. Please make sure your child wears costume and has additional clothes to change after the celebration.

We encourage parents to send goodies to share like stickers, pencils, tattoos, cookies to decorate, bubbles, jello, gold fish cookies, chocolate as long as it does not contain nuts.

Please avoid sending hard candy.

Thank you for your support.

Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo

Week of October 1-5th!!

Dear Monitos Parents:


Our theme for the next two weeks is: "My Feelings/Mis Sentimientos”

Words of the week (Palabras que se van a utilizar esta semana):

Numbers/Numeros: one/uno, two/dos, three/tres

Color/Color: yellow/amarillo

Shapes/Formas: circle/circulo

Words/Palabras: I feel/me siento…happy/feliz, sad/triste, angry/enojado, ashamed/avergonzado,
scared/asustado, frustrated/fustrado.

Special words/Palabras especiales: I laugh/yo rio, I cry/yo lloro, I get angry/yo me enojo, I get scared/
yo me asusto.

Special Events:
Mauri The Monkey will go to Meadow’s home. We told Mauri that Meadow is a sweet girl, and he can’t wait to be at her home and have fun together.

Reminders
As the weather is getting cold, we would like to ask you to bring a warmer blanket for naptime.

Don’t forget to label your child’s jacket.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

To reinforce the theme that we will working this week, help your child feel important and special showing your happiness for the things he/she does at home. Read books about feelings.

Upcoming events/Proximos eventos):

“Advantage Therapy” (Speech Language Screening) will be at our school this month and it is free!!!!!, please don’t forget to sign and send the permission forms on time.

Have a great week!
Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of September 24-28th!

Dear Monitos Parents

We continue learning about our theme of the week:" My senses/Mis sentidos ."

Words of the week
Numbers ;uno/one, dos/two.
Color :rojo/red

We continue practicing
Yo huelo/I smell
Yo toco/I touch
Yo veo/I see
Yo escucho/ I hear
I gusto/I taste


This week we will do many fun activities with the children using our senses like touching different textures, tasting different flavors and hearing and comparing sounds.

Mauri the Monkey will go to Samuel's home. How fun!

Thank you and congratulations to our kids and their parents for the great job with the silhouette. It is a wonderful art.

Reminders:

·         Friday September 28th is PJ's day. Please wear your favorite pajama to school.

·         Please make sure you have returned all unsold Go Play Save books. Thank you.

·         We are still missing some family pictures; please make sure to bring yours if case you have not yet.

·         Monday October 8^th is Picture Day at Sff! Please have your child wearing Sff! uniform. (Red top and blue pants).

Homework this week:
 
On Wednesday please bring a small flashlight.
Continue talking to the children about the senses and the relationship with our body, like with my eye I can see, with my nose I can smell.

Thank you for your support.

Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo

Week of September 17-21st!

Dear Monitos Parents

Our theme of the Week (Tema del Mes/Semana): “My Senses/Mis Sentidos”

Words of the week (Palabras que se van a utilizar esta semana):
Numbers/Numeros: one/uno, two/dos
Color/Color: red/rojo

Words/Palabras: We will continue practicing the same words that we have been learning the last weeks.

Special words/Palabras especiales: I see/yo veo, I hear/ yo escucho, I smell/yo huelo, I touch/yo toco, I taste/yo gusto.

Special events this week/Welcome/Student of the week/Birthdays (Eventos especiales esta semana/Bienvenida/Estudiante de la Semana/Cumpleanos):

Mauri The Monkey will go to Clayton’s home, he is so excited to visit everyone!!!!!        

Reminders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

We are still waiting to see your first project for the“ALL ART TOGETHER” activity. Please bring your project by Friday and don’t forget to be as much creative as you can.

BOOK WORM CLUB: don’t’ forget to pick up your sheet every Friday. You have one week to fill it out and bring it back. REMEMBER by the end of the month the child that has more minutes will get a special praise.

As a friendly remainder: Please bring your Family Pictures. It is very important for your child to look at you in our Family Corner.

Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):

This week we will learn about the five senses. You can help your children learn through their senses, for example talk to them about smells in your kitchen or sounds in your yard.
Other/Thank you/Upcoming events (Otros/Agradecimientos/Proximos eventos):

Thank you to Evelyn’s Mom, who brought some props for our Dramatic Area, our children are so happy taking good care of the baby dolls with the new blankets and bibs.

If you have some dress up cloths that you don’t use anymore at home or another type of dramatic play props that you would like to donate to our Monitos classroom, your children (and Sff!) will be very grateful.

Thank you to Riley's grandmother for reading to our children last Friday and bringing delicious cookies.

Have a great week!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of September 10-14th!

Dear Monitos Parents


This week we continue learning about our Body and the color red, with activities like cutting and coloring the body, decorating our silhouette in paper, drawing with chalk, and playing  Simon says; pointing  parts of the body and face.

Words of the week:
Numbers: one, two, three - Numeros: uno, dos, tres
Color: red - Color: Rojo
Opposites: up/down - Opuestos: arriba/abajo 
inside/outside- adentro/afuera
Special words: 
hand- la mano
arm- el brazo
foot-el pie
leg-la pierna
head-la cabeza
my body-mi cuerpo
fingers-los dedos.
 
Instructions for "All art together "

This week a silhouette will be sent home. Help your child decorate the silhouette with stickers, pictures, colors; have fun, be creative and most of  all work together.
Please bring your silhouette no later than Monday September 17th, we will make sure your art is exposed.

Homework this week:
Continue talking to the child about the parts of our body.
Give extra kisses and hugs to our Monitos for the great job they are doing every day.


Citipass books are due this Friday, please make sure you turn in all your orders.

Have a wonderful week!
Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of September 4th-7th!

Dear Monitos Parents: 

We are very happy to see our children's progress, adaptation and desire to learn more. Congrats Monitos this year Potty Training is beginning earlier than we thought. You are doing great! Keep up the good work.

Our theme this week is : “My Body/Mi Cuerpo”

Words of the week :

Numbers: one, two, three

Color: red

Words: Please and Thank you, up/down, come, more.

Special words: Face, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair.

Special events this week:

This and next week Mauri The Monkey will visit Kieran’s home, we know that both of them will have so much fun together. BON VOYAGE!!!!!

We are preparing our first project for the “ALL ART TOGETHER” activity this month. Soon you will receive the material to work with your child at home. Remember all family members can help in this activity.

BOOK WORM CLUB begins this month, every week we will give you a sheet to fill in what book or books are you reading to your child.

•  Children learn when we read with them

•  Reading time is a time when I am held and loved.

•  Every time we read I hear how words are used, listen to rich language, and learn new words.

• Things come in different colors, sizes and shapes.

• It’s fun to play with language, and explore rhythm, rhyme and humor.

Reminders:

Please remember to bring your Family Pictures and your child’s Profile sheet.

Homework this week :

This week we will learn and talk about our face and its parts.

Thank you to our wonderful parents, who signed up as volunteers for the different activities this school year, and special thanks to our ROOM PARENT: Meadow’s Mom.

Have a great week!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Week of August 27th- 31st!

Dear Monitos Parents

This week we continue practicing the same words from last week.

Also we will continue introducing the rules of the classroom and how we work in the centers.

The kids are doing a great job so far. Way to go Monitos!

Especial events :

We would like to congratulate to Elias Rivera who turns 2 years old this week.

Happy Birthday!

Reminders:

Please remember to bring your family picture.
Please remember to sign up  for the student of the week activity.
Remember turning in your child's profile form. Thank you!

August 31st is Pajama day. Please come wearing your favorite Pjs

September 3rd: Sff! is closed due to Labor Day Holiday.

 

Thank you to Jason's mom for the delicious cupcakes brought to celebrate his birthday. Our children had a great time.

Have a great week

Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo

Week of August 20th -24th!

Dear Parents:

Our theme this week is : “My Spanish for fun! and Me"

Words of the week:

Numbers: one

Words: One, Hi, Bye, Thank you, Lets go, My name is.

Special words:

My classroom, My teachers, my friends, the table, the chair, the door, the drawer.

The park: The swing, the slide, the sand box, the airplane, the little house.

The kitchen: The cook, the food.

The Office: The Director.

Special events this week:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to JASON WADE MALDONADO, he will turn two on August 23th.

Our special activity this week is a tour around Sff! We will have a lot of fun visiting the Director’s Office (Miss Monica and Miss Veronica), the kitchen (Don Jacinto) and the park.

Reminders:

We got some Child Profile sheets, but we are still missing the forms please make sure to turn them in.

We posted two sheets in our classroom: The Student of the Week and Volunteer Parents for special activities. Please take a moment to look at them and sign up, remember your support is very important and valuable for us.

Please don’t forget to bring your child’s blanket and the FAMILY PICTURES!!!!.

Homework this week:

This week we will learn about the classroom rules.

Thank you to Marisa’s Daddy, Jason’s Mom and Samuel’s Mom, who just signed up as a volunteers for Field Trips and Holiday Parties.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina