Ms. Cristina & Ms. Maria Gracia

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Friday, June 28, 2013

Week of July 1st - 5th !!!

Dear parents:
Our theme of the week is "The celebration of 4th of July". We have lots of fun activities planned to celebrate this day like arts & crafts, a parade, and a fair that our Monitos will love!

Words of the week:
-      El presidente/The president
-      La bandera/ The flag
-      La aguila/ The eagle
-      La estrella/ The start
-      Frutas/ Fruit
-      Campo/ Filed
-      Hormiga/Ant

Colors:
Blue/Azul
Red/Rojo
White/Blanco

Special activities of the week
Monday: We will do hat and diadem for our parade
Tursday: Picnic day
Wednesday: Parade for 4th of July Celebration. Bring your child wearing blue, red and white colors.
Thursday: SFF! will be closed.
Friday: Fair day. Bring you favorite hat!

Cooking: We will make a delicious fruit cocktail.
Math: Match starts by colors
Special book: Corduroy's Fourth of July

Announcements:
*A reminder that our Monitos are allow to bring his/her favorite toy every Friday to share in circle time.
*Remember to label your child’s towel for splash days.

MUD WEEK!!!
Don’t forget next week we will celebrate: MUD WEEK at Spanish for Fun! Expect your child to get dirty and muddy on their splash days (Monday and Thursday)

Thank you for you collaboration the last week bringing fruit, sleeping bags, and tents for our activities. Our Monitos had a great time.



                                Miss Cristina and Miss Mercedez

Friday, June 21, 2013

Week of June 24th - 28th !!!


Hola Monitos Parents!

We had so much fun this past week! Our Monitos enjoyed our different activities each day and splash time! Summer arrived! It’s wonderful at SFF!

Our theme for this week is: “Nos vamos de Campamento” / “We are going camping”. We have planned different activities for this week, so please make sure to read our “Activities” section to make sure your child don’t miss anything!

Words for this week:

·         Flash light/ Linterna

·         The canteen / La cantimplora

·         The Back pack/ La mochila

·         The tent/ La carpa

·         Sleeping Bag/ La bolsa para dormir

Special Activities for this week:

J  Monday June 24th - We will go for a hunt looking for insects, rocks, flowers, and taking pictures.

J  Tuesday June 25th - We will make a pretend camp fire, with sticks and pieces of paper.

J  Wednesday June 26- We will have a delicious picnic. We will pretend to slept outside, listening to the sounds of nature.  Please bring a flashlight and your child's favorite fruit that day.

J  Thursday June 27- Pajama’s day. Please bring your child to school wearing their favorite pajama.   We are going to have a Party!

J  Friday June 28- We will be camping outside in the park, we will have a tent and we will enjoy some marshmallows!  Parents, we will need your help for this activity. If you a tent at home that you can bring to school and share with us, we will really appreciate it . Please let us know during the week, so we can plan in advance. Thanks!

Reminders

·         July 4th - SFF! will be closed.


Splash Days!

·         Don’t forget our splash days are Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings.

Thank you

Thank you Monitos Parents for your warm welcome to the class. It has been a pleasure to work with your children this week and getting to know each one of them. GRACIAS! - Miss Mercedez


Miss Mercedez & Miss Cristina

Friday, June 14, 2013

Week of June 17th - 21st !!!


Dear parents

We are very excited to start our summer camp with a lot of fun activities every day.

Our theme of the week is "Summer is here "/"El verano llego"

 
Words of the week:

·         El verano/ the summer

·         La playa/ the beach

·         El sol/ the sun

·         El sombrero/the hat

·         Las gafas/ the glasses

·         La ropa/the clothes

·         Protejamonos/protect us

 
Special activities of the week:

·         Monday 17th :Paint shell

·         Tuesday 18th :Bring you favorite pair of glasses

·         Wednesday 19th :Bring you favorite hat

·         Friday 21st :Dress us Hawaiian

 
Important news:

*Our splash days are Monday in the afternoon and Thursdays in the morning so don't forget to sent your child’s bathing suit, towel, appropriate shoes for water,

  And water diaper if you child needs it.

*Mondays we will have music class and we are so excited. We know our Monitos will love this class!

*We want to give a special welcome to Daphne Lane, Quincy Leeberg,  Lyla Pendleton, Benton Creekman, Benjamin Brown , who are now part of

  our Monitos class. Bienvenidos!

*Welcome to Miss Maria Mercedez who will be joining us since Monday.

*We want to say Adios! to Riley Richard, Evelyn Bartel, Darcy Demidovich, Simon Planchart, Clayton Hughston who are moving to the Sapitos class. We will miss them so much! HAVE FUN!  

 

 

Miss Cristina and Miss Mercedez

Monday, June 10, 2013

Week of June 10th - 14th !!!


Theme of theWeek (Tema de laSemana): “Lets get active/Hay que ponernos activos”

This is our last week of the school year. We will continue talking about sports and how we can get active, how to keep our body healthy and strong eating healthy food.
We will review colors, shapes, numbers and vocabulary learned through the school year.
We will also learn four easy lessons to always remember before riding a tricycle or a bike, and on Thursday children will get their License. 


Special events this week / Eventos especiales esta semana

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DARCY DEMIDOVICH and HOUSTON ROLAND, they will turn three on June 11th and June 16th respectively.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all our super Dads! Our special celebration for you will be held on Thursday 13th with a delicious breakfast at 8.00 a.m. in the Lobby, after that please go to the Monitos Classroom and get the gift that your children have prepared for you.

 

PHOTO ALBUM: This week you will find our Photo Album on the Teacher’s counter. Please make a STOP and SEE what and how your child have been learning and developing his/her skills (physical, cognitive, social and emotional) through the school year. All our Monitos did great and we are so proud of them. If you have any suggestion or comment to improve our job, please feel free to let us know.

 
Remainders (Recordatorios a los Padres de Familia):

Please don’t forget to bring back your St. Jude permission slip and envelope with your contribution by June 10th. You can also make your contribution online. Here’s the link: https://waystohelp.stjude.org/sjVPortal/public/event/page/displayEventPage.do?programName=trike&eventId=345079

The Trike-A-Thon will be held on Friday, June 14th in the morning. If your child will participate, please don’t forget to bring a tricycle and a helmet labeled. 

 
Homework this week (Tarea de esta semana):
A gift for Daddy!

 
Upcoming events / Proximos eventos

June 13th: Father’s Day Celebration

June 14th: Last day of school, SFF will close at 12.30 p.m.

Don’t forget to take everything that belongs to your child home. The cubbies should be empty. Thanks!

June 17th: First day of SUMMER CAMP

NOTE: We would like to say THANK YOU to our wonderful parents for your collaboration and help with all the activities during this school year. Our job will be nothing without your support.

 

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!
 
 
Miss Amparo and Miss Cristina

Monday, June 3, 2013

Week of June 3rd- 7th !!!


DEAR PARENT

We are almost at the end of this school year and we are so ready to enjoy our summer.
Theme of this week "Be Active” . We will talk and practice some sport.

WORDS:


·         Baloncesto/basketball

·         Beisball/baseball

·         Tenis/tennis

·         Voleibol/volleyball

·         Bate/bat,

·         Arco/arc,

·         Racquets/racket

·         Futbol/soccer

SPECIAL WORDS
* Yo quiero / I want
* Me gusta /I like

ART:

We will make different ball with paper plates and homemade play Doug,  we will also do a tennis racket and a collage with contact paper.
KITCHEN: We will made a baseball ball with bagel and cream cheese.
SPORT: We will practice soccer, basketball and volleyball .

FUTURE EVENT:

* June 3rd: Report cards will be sent home
* June 7th and 12th: Monito’s Parents Conference
* June 14th: Last day of school! The special activity will be a Trike-a-Thon in the morning. SFF will close at 12.30 p.m.

REMINDERS:
Help us by putting sunscreen every morning to your Monito, we will re-apply it in the afternoon before going outside.


                      Miss Cristina and Miss Amparo