domingo, 5 de agosto de 2012

The Circus


Hola Monitos B parents,

Hope you had a good weekend. We had a terrific week, all our dear children loved to dress up like a “Knights and Princesses”. During this week we will be having lots of fun learning about “El Circo”-The Circus.

Words That Were Used This Week:
El payaso: The clown
Los animals: The animals
El trapecio: The trapeze
El malabaristas: The jugglers
El entrenador: The trainer


Activities:
Wednesday:
Clown Day, Please bring your child dressed as a clown.

Friday: 
We will have a summer closing party where children recreate a circus, with different activities, games and lots of fun.

EARLY RELEASE: Friday August 13th at 12:30 pm


Reminders to Parents:
Please bring a clown costume for the day Wednesday. Please be mindful that your might child has extra wet clothes and take home clothes and towel in Splash day (Monday, Tuesday and Friday)


Happy Week!

Ms. Karina and Ms. Rosanna

domingo, 29 de julio de 2012

Knights and Princess


Hola Parents:

Hope you are enjoying a great weekend. During this week we are going to have a Fairy Tale Week, learning about Knight and Princess. We will do great art work to be exhibit Friday.

Words that we will learn this week:
El caballero = The Knight
La armadura =The armor
El caballo = The horse
El Castillo = The Castle
El dragón =The dragon
El escudo = The shield
La princesa= The Princess

Special Activities:
Tuesday: We will paint faces.
 Thursday: Parade of Knights and Princesses (Costumes. Please bring clothing to change your child after the parade.)
Reminders to Parents:
Please be aware that your child has extra clothes and take home the wet clothes and towel in Splash day (Monday, Tuesday and Friday)  

Happy Week!

Ms. Karina and Ms. Rosanna

sábado, 21 de julio de 2012

The ZOO!


Hola Parents:

Hope you all had a great week. During the next week we will be learning about the ZOO, in Spanish “El Zoológico”. We are going to have a lot of fun, singing and doing art.

Words that we will use for this week:
Elefante - Elephant
Oso - Bear
Mono - Monkey
Jirafa - Giraffe
Hipopótamo - Hippo
León - Lion
Cebra - Zebra
Tigre - Tiger
Culebra - Snake

Special Activities:
Monday – Crazy Hair Day.
Friday – Animal Festival

Please make sure that your child has extra clothes; and take home wet clothes and towel in Splash day (Monday, Tuesday and Friday)  

Thank you for the great support to the activities of the Olympic Week. We had incredible fun!

Happy Weekend!
Ms. Karina Alvarez and Ms. Rosanna

viernes, 13 de julio de 2012

Olympic Games

Hola Parents:

Wehope you had a wonderful week and are ready for the weekend. Next week we arelearning about ¨Las Olimpiadas¨ or Olympic games. We will have even more funlearning about the different types of sports andpractice some of them as Cycling.


Words thatwe will use for this week:
Basketball-Baloncesto
Tennis-Tenis
Cycling-Ciclismo
Athletics-Atletismo
Ball-Pelota/Bola
Exercise-Ejercicios
Bicycle-Bicicleta
Security-Seguridad
Helmet-Casco
Cheerleaders-Porristas

Special activitiesfor the Olympic Week:
Tuesday – Wear the Jersey of your favorite Team
Wednesday – bring your child’s bicycle or tricycle, with protective gear
Friday – Sff! Olympics, We will wear Red (not Spanish for fun!)T-Shirt.


Have a great week!

Mrs. Karina and Mrs. Rosanna

viernes, 6 de julio de 2012

DINOSAURS


Hola Parents,

We hope you are ready to have a wonderful weekend. Next week we will be learning about “DINOSAURIOS” - DINOSAURS. On Thursday please send your child’s favorite Dinosaur. We will share and talk about it during circle time. We will have lots of fun activities.

Words That Were Used This Week
Dig - Excavar
Shovel - Pala
Tyrannosaurus - Tyranosaurio
Diplodocus - Diplodocus
Fossils - Fosil
Pterodactyl – Terodáctilo
Paleontologist – Paleontólogo

Activities:
Monday: We make a dinosaur
Tuesday: We make a hat of Paleontologist and a fossil detector.
Wednesday: We make a fossil.
Thursday: Bring our favorite dinosaur.
Friday: Expedition! Dig a fossil from the sand.

Parents please remember to bring extra summer clothes and diapers for Splash Day, just in case your child needs it.
Please fill the sunscreen form before you leave it in the classroom.
Please do not bring plastic bags to the classroom.
 
Happy Weekend!

Mrs. Karina and Mrs. Rosanna

viernes, 29 de junio de 2012

Celebrating Independence Day


Hola Parents,

We hope you are having a wonderful week! This week we will be celebrating Independence Day and we will learn about the patriotic symbols of the country we live in USA. TUESDAY we need for our children to wear patriotic clothing or Red, White or Blue T-shirt.



Words of the week:

Presidente – President

La Bandera – The Flag

El Aguila – The Eagle

El Himno – The Anthem

Las Estrellas – The Stars



Please do not forget to bring sunblock, a towel, your child’s bathing suit, swimmers (swimming diapers if needed) because SPLASH starts on Monday. Please label every item with your child’s name and class.

Thank you and have a great 4th of July weekend.



Mrs. Karina and Mrs. Rosanna

miércoles, 20 de junio de 2012

Summer is here!!


Hello Parents:

We hope you are having a wonderful week. As you all know this past Monday we started our Summer Program and this is going to be fun. We had lots of fun yesterday with the Sunglasses Day and today with the Hat Day.
Remember Friday Luau, please send your child with Hawaiian style clothing. We are going to make lemonade and we will have popsicles.

Vocabulary
El verano-Summer
La playa-Beach
El sombrero-Hat
Las gafas-Sunglasses
El sol-Sun
La Arena-Sand
El Mar-The Sea

We have a new friend in our class, is a Hermit Crab.

We want to welcome to our Monitos Olivia Maglio, Italo Valdivieso, Talan Dietch and Evan Rineer. We are sure you will enjoy being with us. 

We want to wish the best to our friends Julian Sloan, Austin Erwin, Micah Roebuck and Evan Garcia that have moved to the Sapitos A class. We will miss you! 

Have and awesome Friday

Mrs. Karina A. and Mrs. Rosanna

jueves, 14 de junio de 2012

End of the School Year!!

Hola Parents:

Hope you are having a great week. During this week we have been reviewing everything we have learned during the past year. We are very proud of the accomplishments of our children We are very pleased to have had the opportunity of being your child’s teacher.

Please remember we start Summer Camp next week and we will have a lot of great activities.

TOMORROW

*Breakfast for Papáin the main lobby starting at 8:00am.

*Early Release at 12:30pm

*Summer Camp starts Monday June 18, 2012

Please pick-up all your child’s belongings from their cubbies.

See you in the summer.


Thank you,
Mrs. Oriana, Mrs. Karina and Mrs. Rosanna

martes, 5 de junio de 2012

Sports


Hola parents:



This week we will know a little about sports such as: the baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, meaning through art flash cards, we would like each child to bring a ball of any sport to share with us this week. We will also review the words that we have learned all this years.



Have a great week,



Ms. Oriana and Ms. Karina

miércoles, 30 de mayo de 2012

How things Work?


Hola parents:



Hope you are having a great week. During this week we continue to know more about the How things Work? we are having lots of fun!!



The words of this week are:

El carro-Car

Avion-Airplain

La rueda-Wheel

Escucha-Listen



Thank you and have a good and happy week.

 Miss Oriana and Miss Karina.

martes, 8 de mayo de 2012

Stages of Huma Development


Hola Monitos Parents:

Hope you had a great Monday. This week we are talking and learning about the Stages of Human Development (Fetus, Baby, Child, Adult and Elder adult). We will be using images of living things to teach them that all living creatures undergo changes during their lifetime.



The words that we will be reviewing and learning are:

Fetus-Feto

Baby-Bebe

Adolescence-Adolescent

Adult-Adulto

Elder-Anciano

I love you mom-Te Amo mama

Also-También

Please remember:

-to wash your child’s hands when entering and leaving the classroom.

-to label your child’s clothes to update the permission forms for diaper cream, sun blocks and EpiPens

-to bring you child’s blanket every Monday and take it home every Friday.



We will appreciate so much your cooperation.

Have a great week and HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!



Ms. Oriana and Ms. Karina

martes, 1 de mayo de 2012

Latin Folklore


Hola parents:



Hope you are having a great week. During this week we will continue to learn more about “Folklor Latino”- 
The Words of the week are:

Food - Comida

Juguetes Típicos-Traditional Toys

Himno de Venezuela-Venezuela’s National Anthem

Himno de Ecuador- Ecuador’s National Anthem

Amarillo - Yellow

Azul - Blue

Rojo - Red

Estrella-Star

La Canasta – The Basket



We hope you have a wonderful week!!



Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

lunes, 23 de abril de 2012

The Country of my Teacher


Hola parents:



Hope you had a wonderful weekend. We want to thank all for all your support to our International Fiesta! We are very proud because our Monitos B did an excellent job.

During this week we will continue to learn more about “El Pais de mi Maestra”- The Country of my Teachers, such as Ecuador and Venezuela. We also are going to learn about their food, their typical dances and patriotic symbols.

The Words of the week are:

Food - Comida

Juguetes Típicos-Traditional Toys

Himno de Venezuela-Venezuela’s National Anthem

Himno de Ecuador- Ecuador’s National Anthem

Amarillo - Yellow

Azul - Blue

Rojo - Red

Estrella-Star

La Canasta – The Basket



We hope you have a wonderful week!!



Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

lunes, 16 de abril de 2012

Literature and Drama


Hola Monitos B parents.


We hope you had a wonderful weekend. During this week we are learning about " LA LITERATURA Y DRAMA"- Literature and Drama.

There is evidence to show that families that give importance to reading, writing, and speech, offering spacious and warm opportunities to read storybooks, children tend to develop very early and are children competent reading. The rhythm and repetition of poems for children, for example, make children feel as if the words and sounds were their friends. As you read over and over again their favorite books, develops another important step to bring together the sound of the word with the written word. The rhythms and sounds that children have when they are infants carry a value of greater joy helping them build their awareness of phonemes, a critical knowledge in learning to read. 

The words we will learn this week are:
El Cine –Movie Theater
La Fiesta - Party
Pintura – Painting
Fotografía – Photography
Abril – April

Remember the International Fiesta this Friday!! We will need your support with the costumes. Please bring the boys ready and the girls with their leotards on.

Have wonderful week!!
Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

lunes, 9 de abril de 2012

PINTURA


Hola Monitos B Parents:

We hope you are having a great day. This week we are learning about PINTURA-Painting We will have a lot of fun drawing, coloring and painting using different means.

The words we are learning this week are.

El Teatro-The theater
La Danza-Dance
La Musica-Music
El Baile-Dance
Frio-Cold
Caliente-Hot 
Despacio-Slowly


The International Party is coming soon and we will need your support with the costumes. We will need you to please get for the girls a white leotard. They are already at the store but we are collecting the payment at the office. The cost of the leotard is $15.00 per girl. For the boys blue jeans and blue short sleeve shirts.

Please look at the cubbies of the children and check if he/she has appropriate clothing for this spring.


Have a wonderful week!!!


Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

martes, 3 de abril de 2012

Musica y Danza


Monitos B

Hola Monitos B Parents:

We hope you are having a great day. This week we are learning about MUSICA y DANZA-“Dance and Music”. We will have a lot of fun dancing, singing and listening different types of music.

The words we are learning this week are.

El Teatro-The theater
La Danza-Dance
La Musica-Music
El Baile-Dance
El Conejo-Rabbit
Los Huevos-Eggs
La Canasta-Basket
Frio-Cold
Caliente-Hot 
Despacio-Slowly


The International Party is coming soon and we will need your support with the costumes. We will need you to please get for the girls a white leotard. Sff! placed and order and we are collecting $15.00 per girl. For the boys blue jeans and blue short sleeve shirts.

Please look at the cubbies of the children and check if he/she has appropriate clothing for this spring.


Have a wonderful week!!!


Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

lunes, 26 de marzo de 2012

Insects and Bugs!!


Hola Monitos A Parents: 
Hope you had a great weekend. During this week we will be learning about Insects and bugs. 

The words we will learn during this week are:
Spider - La Arana

Ant - La Hormiga

Butterfly - La Mariposa

Ladybugs - Mariquita

Bee - La Abeja

Worm-Gusano
 The International Party is coming soon and we will need your support with the costumes we will need you to please get for the girls a white leotards (Sff! Administration is working to make an order of these. You will receive information very soon) and for the boys blue jeans and blue short sleeve shirts.
Have a wonderful week!
Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

lunes, 19 de marzo de 2012

Marine Animals

Hola Parents:

Hope you had a wonderful weekend. During this week we continue to learn about the Animal Kingdom. We will learn about Marine Animals. We will have a lot of fun.

The words for this week are:
Suave-Gentle
Duro-Hard
Encima-Over
Debajo-Under
Rapido-Fast
Lento-Slow
El Pulpo-Octupus
La Ballena-Whale
El Delfin-Dolphin
La Tortuga de Mar-Sea Turtle
El Tiburón-Shark
El Cangrejo-Crab
El Pez-Fish

Remember to stop by our Art Fair and enjoy the work of art of our Monitos. We hope you enjoy the Art Work created by the children.


We hope you have a wonderful week!

Miss Oriana and Miss Karina A.

martes, 13 de marzo de 2012

Animal Kingdom

Hola Monitos B Parents:

Hope you are enjoying the nice weather. During this month we
are learning about “El Reino Animal”-The Animal Kingdom, we will have lots of
fun.
The words of this week are:
Animales salvajes-Wildlife animals
Animales dométicos-Domestic/Household Animals
Insectos-Insects
León-Leon
Tigre-Tigre
Elefante-Elephant
Gorila-Gorilla
Jirafa-Giraffe
Oso-Bear
Rinoceronte-Rhino
Hipopótamo-Hippopotamus
Plumas-Feathers
Ballena-Whale
Tiburon-Shark
Pinguino-Penguin
Serpiente-Snake

We want to welcome BECKHAM to our Monitos class. We are very
happy to have him with us.

During this week we will begin practicing our dance for the
International Party.

We will:
*Make animal masks
*Paint animal faces
*Make animals of recycled material.
*Decorate some clove of construction paper.
*Make decorations for San Patrick’s Celebration.

Thank you and have a good and happy

lunes, 27 de febrero de 2012

LOS VEGETALES

Hola Parents:

We hope you had a great weekend. During this week we will be learning about "Los Vegetales"-The Vegetables.
The words we will learn this week are:
Los vegetales-The vegetables
La lechuga-Lettuce
El tomate-Tomato
El pepino-Cucumber
Las arvejas-Peas
La papa-Potato
El brocoli-Broccoli
El maíz-Corn


Thank you very much for all the hugs, kisses, gifts, flowers and signs of affection during teacher appreciation week. The best gift is the smiles your children give us everyday!

Happy Week!

Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

lunes, 20 de febrero de 2012

Las Frutas

Hola Parents:

We hope you had a great weekend. During this week we continue to learn about Las Frutas-The Fruit. The words we are going to learn this week are:
Me gusta-I like
No me gusta- I dont like
Donde esta- Where are you
Las Frutas-fruits
La Manzana-The apple
La Naranja- The orange
El Platano- The banana.
La Fresa- The strawberry
Las Uvas- Grapes

Please remember not to bring toys to the classroom and to pick up every Friday your child's blankets and pillows.
Please, check the cubbies to see that your child has just one set of extra clothing.
Thank you and have a great and happy weekend.

Miss oriana and Miss Karina!!

domingo, 12 de febrero de 2012

El Jardín

Dear Parents:

Hope you had a wonderful weekend. During this week we will be learning about The Garden-El jardín.

We will learn how to take care of our garden. We will continue talking about plants in our gardens at home.

We are almost done with the second quarter assessments and it is very important to remind you to please ring back the report card signed.

The words that we will be learning and reinforcing this week are:

I like- me gusta

Heart-corazón

Hugs-abrazos

Friends-amigos

The garden-El jardín

The root-raíz

Stem-tallo

Flowers-flores

We wil celebrate Valentine's day on February 14th with a lot of fun activities and game to celebrate friendship and love. If you wish send a cards, stickers, etc. for your child’s friends, please be sure that there is one for each classmates.

Due to allergies and healthy preferences, please avoid sending sweets or nuts.

We want to welcome to our class to Aiden Nosol, Klara Strauss, Camille Stocks Reid Johnson and Megan Rivera, we are very happy to have you all in our class.

We hope you have great week!!! Happy Valetine’s Day

Miss Karina and Miss Oriana

viernes, 3 de febrero de 2012

Las plantas y sus partes

Hola Parents:

Hope you are all having a great weekend. This week we will be learning about the plants and it's parts. We will learn all the parts of the plants and we will relate it to the human body, that has defined parts and each of them fulfills a specific function.
We will talk about and bring over the parts the plant in the classroom, like the roots, the stem, and the leaves in order learn about their usefulness.

Our words of the week:
despierto-awake
grande-large
me gusta-I like
Las plantas-The plants
El tallo-The stem
La raíz-The root
Dormir-Sleep

We want to thank to Emily Drozd and her family for sharing Emily's favorite things .

We hope that they have a happy week.!!!!

Miss Oriana and Miss Karina.

martes, 31 de enero de 2012

Los Elementos

Hola Monitos B Parents:

This week we continue working with the Elements-Los Elementos. The words we are learning this week are:

Fuego-Fire

Aire-Air

Tierra-Earth

Agua-Weather

We want wish “Feliz Cumpleaños" to Ford Crawford and Emely Drodz. We hope you the best to bith of you.

We want to thank you for the support with the potty training with our children because they are making a great progress.

We hope you are have excellent week!

Miss Oriana and Miss Karina

As we continue to work on enhancing the quality of care we give your children, we have identify a few areas that we need your support in following the procedures mention as followed.

*Baby bottles or sippy cups must have a lid or cap and be label with child’s name and date.

*Baby bottles and sippy cups must be taken home at the end of the day, every day.

*Baby food must be label with child’s name and date, and it must be replaced everyday. (We are unable to store food for the next day in our current classroom.)

*Pacifiers and teethers must be in a labeled and cover container.

*Toothbrushes must have a cover. Please bring in the toothbrush cover for each one of your children.

*Children cannot use scarves.

*If your child has had fever, vomiting or diarrheas, the child must be kept at home 24 hours after the last episode of any of these symptoms. In the event that the child needs to be taken to a physician we would need a written notice from the physician authorizing the child to come back to the center.

*Toys are not allowed

*Please do not bring pillows or pillow pets.

*Please make sure your child’s blanket is not bigger than a regular cot (22” X 52”) or toddler bed (27” X 52”) since this makes it easier to store. We don’t have enough space in your child’s cubbie to store big blankets and pillows, using the sanitation precautions.

Any item that is not in the proper condition will be sent home.

Thank you for your support,

Sff!-Administration