Week of March 23rd-27th

Sapitos Classroom

Miss Amparo and Miss Silvia

Week of (Semana de): March 23^rd– March 27^th   

Theme of the Week (Tema de la Semana): "My country/ Mi Pais"

Hello Sapitos Parents,

This week we will continue learning about cultural diversity and traditions in different countries. This time it is Peru’s turn. Our Sapitos will learn the three regions of Peru, how Easter is celebrated in Ayacucho, and they will make a virtual tour to Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca city in Cuzco (3:42 min. video in history.com), considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage in 1983 and as one of the Seven Wonders of the World in 2007. We will sing and dance to traditional Peruvian music, and of course, we will have the opportunity to taste Peruvian cuisine.

We will also have a special activity to celebrate in March: “Brain Injury Awareness Month.” Our Sapitos will learn how to play safely to avoid accidents and protect their brain from injuries.

Do you know that children, age three to five, develop initiative vs. guilt in the social dimension of Erikson? We would like to share with you what David Elkind summarizes in his book Giants in the Nursery

"...the child, age three to five, is pretty much master of her body.... The child can thus initiate motor activities of various sorts on her own and no longer merely respond to or imitate the actions of other children. The same holds true of the child's language and fantasy activities. Erikson argues that the social dimension that appears at this stage has initiative at one of its poles and guilt at the other.
"Whether a child will leave this stage with his sense of initiative outbalancing his sense of guilt depends to a considerable extent on how parents respond to the child's self-initiated activities. A child who is given the freedom and the opportunity to initiate motor play... has his sense of initiative reinforced. Initiative is also reinforced when parents answer the child's questions and do not deride or inhibit fantasy or play activity.

"On the other hand, if a child is made to feel that her motor activity is always noisy and disruptive, that posing questions is a nuisance, and that her play is silly and stupid, then she may develop a sense of guilt over self-initiated activities that will persist through later life stages."

(“Initiative vs Guilt”, article in Exchange Everyday website, March 10, 2015).

Song of the Month/Week (Cancion del mes/semana):

Mi Pais
Aquí en mi hermoso país
Muchas tradiciones hay por mi
Y hoy yo te quiero contar
Lo que yo celebro en Sff!
4 de Julio
Memorial day

Acción de gracias y Labor day
Good friday, fall festival
Martin Luther King,
Navidad,  Año nuevo y ahora
Vamos a repetir
4 de Julio
Memorial Day
Acción de gracias y Labor day
Good Friday, fall festival
Martin Luther King
Navidad y Año nuevo
Tradiciones por mí.

Poem of the week 3/ Poesia 1
Todos los niños de América
Vamos todos a cantar
Todos juntos, siempre unidos
Haremos un solo hogar.

Adivinanza

Soy una hortaliza anaranjada y sabrosa
En ocasiones me dibujan muy tenebrosa
Respuesta: La calabaza

Trabalenguas
Señora compre coco
No compro coco porque como poco
Como poco
Coco compro

 

Praxias/Ejercicio bucofacial

Let’s play with sounds: put the tongue up touching the palate and pronounce Lll. We pronounce it fast and slow.

Star Words of the Week (Palabras estrellas de la semana):Ancient (antiguo)
Heritage (patrimonio)
Wonder (maravilla)
Regions (regiones)

Special Events, Welcome and Birthdays (Eventos especiales, Bienvenidas y Estudiante de la Semana):

Sammy the frog, our traveling pet, will visit Eva Sofia’s house this week. We hope you have fun spending time together. Please, don’t forget to record your activities to share with your classmates and teachers.

Friendly Reminders:  

• There will be a sign-up sheet outside the classroom if you would like to have a conference (Friday 27^th) with the teachers about your child’s Report Card.  
• Please, avoid bringing special toys to the classroom, it hurts other children’s feelings and we don’t have enough room in our cubbies to keep them safely. Thank you for your cooperation.
• Don’t forget to bring your Family art project to be displayed in the classroom.
• Our Easter celebration will be on April 2. There will be a sign-up sheet for the parents who would like to send Easter eggs and their fillings (separately) by March 30. Remember to avoid nuts (allergens) and hard candy that could present a choking hazard for our children. The items should be packaged and don’t forget to send a basket for your child to collect the eggs.
• please bring a helmet for our activity about safety.

Important Upcoming Dates

• Friday March 19th: Bring your child’s helmet for our Special Activity
• Parent Teacher conference: March 27^th
• Easter Celebration: April 2^nd
• Easter Break/School is closed: April 3^rd
• International Party: April 10^th

Thank you notes:

We would like to say THANK YOU to our wonderful parents and grandparents who generously take a time to come to our classroom and read stories to our children. We really appreciate it and our Sapitos love this special time with you.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Amparo and Miss Silvia