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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Week of November 3rd - 7th !!!

Class and Teacher (salon y profesoras):
Miss Cristina and Miss Giselle

Week of (semana de):
November 3rd – 7th

Theme of the month/week (tema del mes/ semana):
Mi Familia / Mi Family

Highlights of week:
All this month we will talk and work in our theme “My family”. In this first week, we will
Focus in the members of our family (mom, dad, brother, sister, and pets) also we will continue
working in recognize the basic shapes and activities where the Monitos can development there gross and fine motor skill.

Song of the month or week :(cancion de la semana)
TENGO UNA FAMILIA
Tengo una familia y es fenomenal
Mi papa me ama y mi mama igual
Con mis hermanitos yo puedo jugar
Y mis abuelitos bailan sin cesar
Con este chachacha
La familia aprendera
Respeto a papa amo a mama

Mi abuelo y mi abuela felices estan
Esta es mi familia,esmi dulce hogar
Chacahchacha amo a mi mama
Chachachacha amo a mi papa

Poem #1 (poema ):
Todos los niños y niñas
Necesitan un hogar
Una casita encantada
Unlugarpara soñar

Poem # 2 (poema)
Viva mi familia
Que felicidad
Vivo junto a ellos
Es fenomenal

Praxia (ejercicios vocales)
rotating the tongue around the mouth

Star wordsof the week (palabras estrellas)
·         Mi familia/ my family
·         Mi casa / my house
·         el cuadrado /the square

Special events and birthday / Eventos Especiales
·         Happy Birthday to Daniel Kingston who turns 3 this Sunday November 2th!!  FELICITACIONES!!
·         Congratulation to Alaina Carrion, who is our student of the week next week. We can’t wait to know more about you and your family!

Important upcoming dates
·         November 14th report card are sent home
·         November 17th - 21st parent-teacher conference. Sign-up sheet will be posted outside our classroom one week before, so we can schedule conferences in advance with those parents that would may have any question or concerns
·         November 26th: Thanksgiving celebration more information coming soon

Reminders:
·         Check your child cubby and make sure he/she had extra clothes for the week. Also, make sure to take home any dirty clothes we put in the cubby at the end of the day.

Thank you notes:
Thank you again to all of you for your support every day!


Have a great weekend everyone!
We hope your child’s enjoy wearing his /her costume on Friday!

 Miss Cristina and Miss Giselle


Thursday, October 23, 2014

Week of October 27th - 31st !!!

Class and Teachers (Salon y Profesoras): Miss Giselle y Miss Cristina.

Week of ( Semana de): semana del 27-31 de octubre.

Theme of the Month/Week (Tema del mes/semana):Nos ponemos activos.

Salutation and highlights of week / Saludo y resumen de las actividades importantes de la semana:

Hello Dear Monitos Parents:
I hope you had a great weekend.
This week we are going to keep moving our bodies.We will play different fun games during class time so our Monitos can do exercises while they are playing and having fun.
We need your help for our Special Activities:
·        On Wednesday: Bring your child’s favorite ball. It can be from any kind of sports so we can share at circle time and play whit it.
·        On Thursday: Let your child wear his favorite sport t-shirt. Both of us will bring our favorite t-shirts as well!
·        On Friday: We will have our Costume parade during the morning time. Outside our classroom you will find our sign-up sheet for you to sign and help us with the children goodies bags.
Thank you for your support and helping us to make this activity possible.

Song of the Month
cancion nos ponemos activos:
mueve mueve mueve mueve bien los pies
mueve mueve mueve la cabeza ya
mueve mueve mueve las rodillas bien
ponte siempre activo vamos a jugar
y corre corre corre
y salta salta salta salta
gira gira gira gira sin parar
manos arriba
piernas cruzadas
gira tu cuerpo
ven a jugar.
Poem / Poesia:
Vamos a jugar
con mucha ilusion
y en todo los deportesser un gran campeon.

Adivinanza:
soy una fruta redonda
roja por fuera blanca por dentro
La Manzana.

Adivinanza;
Soy una verdura anaranjada
y la comida favorita de los conejos
La Zanahoria.

Juegos bucales:
gira la lengua alrededor de toda la boca por dentro.

Star Words of the Week- Palabras estrellas
·        Activos
·        Deporte
·        Salud

Student of the week:
Congratulations Daniel Kingston, you are our Student of the week!! We are happy to learn more about you and your beautiful family!

Important Upcoming Dates:
·        Thursday October 30rd: Teddy Bear Portrait Sales Day! Mark your calendar, on this day during 7:30 - 9:00am and 3:00pm - 6:00pm, representatives from Teddy Bear Portrait Studio will be showing and selling your child's portraits taken last week. This will be the only opportunity for you to buy them at a really good discounted price.

·        Friday October 31st: Get your child ready for our Costume Parade!!! Send your child with his/her favorite costume. It will be a fun morning! Donations of healthy snack and treats for children are welcome. Sign-up sheet is posted outside our classroom. GRACIAS!

·        Tuesday November 4th: Advantage Speech Screenings. We will have free screenings for children 30 months and older this morning. You will find the Permission slips on your child’ cubby if he/she qualifies by his/her age. Thank you!

Thanks for your continuous support!


Ms. Giselle & Ms. Cristina


Friday, October 17, 2014

Week of October 20th - 24th !!

Class and Teacher(salon y profesoras):
Miss Cristia and Miss Giselle

Week of (semana de):
20 – 24 of October

Theme of the month/week ( tema del mes/ semana):
Seamos activos / Being Active

Highlights of week:
Greeting Monitos Parents!
This week we will start a new theme: "Be active"
We will doing a lot of  physical activities to be very strong and healthy.
Remember physical activity in toddlers and preschoolers brings physical benefits such as increased muscles strength,coordination and bone density.

This Friday please bring a ball to a special activity.

Song of the month or week:(cancion de la semana)
NOS PONEMOS ACTIVOS
Mueve mueve mueve mueve bien los pies
mueve mueve mueve la cabeza ya

Mueve mueve mueve mueve las rodillas bien
ponte siempre activo vamos a jugar

Y corre corre corre corre
y salta salta salta salta
gira gira gira gira sin parar

manos arriba
piernas cruzadas
gira tu cuerpo
ven a jugar

Poem (poema ):
Vamos a jugar
con mucha ilusion
y en todos los deportes
ser un gran campeon

Riddles/(adivinanza):
soy una fruta redonda
roja por fuera ,blanca por dentro
        Lamanzana

soy una verdura anaranjada
y la comida favorita de los conejos
       la zanahoria

Praxia (ejercicios vocales)
Rotating the tongue around the mouth

Star wordsof the week (palabras estrellas)
futbol /soccer
ejercicio /exercise
el otoño/ the fall

Special events
GANYARD HILL FARM Field Trip is this Monday!
Please arrive at 8:45 and look for Ms. Cristina or Ms. Giselle.
We will have your family entrances and your child's morning snack.
Please arrive on time so we can start our activities right at 9:00am

It will be a fun morning! Our music teacher will be there as well, and we will show you our Sff! new songs. We can't wait!

Important upcoming dates

October 30: Teddy Bear Portrait Sales Day! Mark your calendar, on this day during 7:30 - 9:00am and 3:00pm - 6:00pm , representatives from Teddy Bear Portait Studio will be showing and selling your child's portraits taken last week. This will be the only opportunity for you to buy them at a really good discounted price.
 
October 31: Our Costume Parade will be on Friday October 31st at 10:00am.
We have planned a fun morning with our children. A sign-up sheet will be posted outside our classroom for donation for their goodies bags. Thanks in advance for your support!

 
Thank you again for all your support every day.

Have a great weekend
 
Miss Cristina,Miss Giselle  and Miss Patty


Friday, October 10, 2014

Week of October 13th -17th !!!

 Class and Teachers/(Salon y Profesoras): Monitos/ Miss Giselle - Miss Cristina / Miss Patty
Week of/ ( Semana de):  October 13th-17th.
Theme of the Month/Week //(Tema del Mes/ Semana):  Mia sentimientos.(“My feelings).


Hola dear parents we hope you had a wonderful weekend. This  upcoming week we will learn about our feelings. We are going to do many different  activities during the week such as  art and grafts and also we will work  gross motor skills but always the  focus will be “the feelings” since  this will be  a good opportunity to teach the kids to share with friends.
We are so very excited about our upcoming field trip to the GANYARD HILLFARM   so we will be  also talking about this special activity and teaching about our traditions during the fall, we will make a farm and  color pumpkins.

Song of the Month -(Quincenal o mensual) / Cancion ronda de los sentimientos:
Este nuevo jueguito,
se que te va a gustar
Prepara bien tu carita,
Pues tu me vas a imitar
Feliz, feliz tu estas,
tu cara feliz estará
este nuevo jueguito,
extrañas a tu mama
muy triste,  triste tu estas
este nuevo jueguito,
un ruido extraño escuchas
asustado tu te pondrás
este nuevo jueguito
se que te va a gustar
prepara bien tu carita
pues tu me va a imitar
este nuevo jueguito
se que te va a gustar
y todos lo cantamos aquí en sff!

Poem by Theme - Poema por tema .
Un besito aquí en la frente
para ser amigos siempre
un besito en tu corazón
para llenarlo con mucho amor.

Rhyme/Rima.
Un besito para ti
un besito para mi.

Fingers play/juegos dactilares.
Este dedo es papa
este dedo es mama
este que viene es la hermana grande
este que viene es la coqueta hermana
el pequeño viene atrás
la familia unida esta.


Adivinanza:
Juego con ellos
en mi salon
ellos me quieren y me dan
mucho amor
quienes son?
mis amigos.

Juegos Bucales:
gira la lengua alrededor de todos los labios,
mueve la lengua de un lado a otro,

Star Words of the Week- Palabras estrellas de la semana:
*Feliz
*Triste
*Calabazas

Friendly Reminders: Do not forget to bring the form for the field trip, and remember to bring a clean blanket every Monday.

Important Dates and  Upcoming Events:
October 15th/16th: Picture Day
October 20th:  Field trip
October 31st: Costume Parade

Have a great Weekend!

Miss Giselle, Miss Cristina and Miss Patty


Thursday, October 2, 2014

Week of October 6th - 10th !!!

Class and Teacher (salon y profesoras): Monitos Class / Miss Cristina, Miss Giselle and Miss Patty.

 Week of (semana de): October 6th – 10th

 Theme of the month/week ( tema del mes/ semana): Mis sentidos / The senses.

 Highlights of the week:

Our Monitos will  continue learning, talking and doing activities where they can explore their five senses.

This theme introduces toddler to methods of exploring the word around them and expanding their view of how things work. This is why children love it so much!

 Special Activity

Thursday: We will become little explorers and explore things around our school. Send a hat with your child so we can make this activity more fun!


Song of the month or week(Cancion de la semana):

Cancion de los sentidos.

Con mis cinco sentidos yo aprendere

a ver todo a mi alrededor,

con mis cinco sentidos puedo ver

el cielo con su color.

Escucharte a ti eso me hace feliz

y sentir el sol sobre mi.






Poem (Poema).

Con nuestros sentidos

vamos a jugar

ver, oler, tocar, oir

y galletitas probar.


Riddles(Adivinanza):

Con ellos puedo oir

todos los sonidos

que encuentro por aqui

los oídos.



Praxia (ejercicios vocales):
Rotating the tongue around every lip


Star wordsof the week (palabras estrellas):

Ver /see

Tocar/touch

Escuchar/ear


Special events and birthday /Eventos Especiales:

Congratulation to Colton Martin who is our student of the week. We can't wait to know more about you.

Congratulation to Alder Boyer who will turn 3 this October 11th FELICITACIONES!!



Important Upcoming Dates:
·             October 15th: Sff! Uniform Picture Day.

·             October 16th: Fall Picture Day. Make sure to write Fall pictures under Special Request Section so we know you are interested in Fall pictures. We will be the first class to start with individuals pictures at 8:30 am.

** Teddy Bear Forms were sent home already. Make sure to return them as soon as possible.

·          October 20th: 1st Field Trip (All classrooms) Save the date and join us on this amazing first field trip to Ganyard Hill Farm 319 Sherron Rd. Durham, NC 27703.

Permission Slips form were sent home already. Make sure to return them as soon as possible.

·        October 31st: Costume Parade. We will start our costume parade at 10:00am. It will be a fun morning! Donations for healthy snack and treats for children are welcome.

 Thank you notes:
We would like to thanks all of our Monitos parents for helping us by bringing your child earlier so they can participate of our circle time. Remember during our Circle Time is where we practice our stars words, poems, rythms, etc, and give a brief description of all the fun activities planned for that day. We consider this one of the most important parts of our day!


Have a great weekend


Miss Cristina, Miss Giselle  and Miss Patty