Week of April 6th-10th

Sapitos Classroom

Miss Amparo and Miss Silvia

Week of April 6^th –  April 10^th   

Theme of the Week: "People, music and countries around the world"

Hello Sapitos Parents:
To prepare our children for our big event: the “International Party”, this week our children will have a special activity visiting all the classrooms in Sff, taking to the teachers from different Latin American countries and inviting them to have a short demonstration of their dances. As you know, we have teachers from Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico y Peru.

This last quarter we will focus on specific and developmental appropriate activities to reinforce the pre-writing skills. How the children hold the pencil is critical, for this reason when you help your children write at home, be sure they use a “Dynamic tripod”, which is the most comfortable and efficient grasp: The thumb is bent, the forefinger and middle finger form an open ring, the arm and wrist stay still, and the fingers move in and out of the palm. If teachers and parents work together in this task, we know our children will get the necessary confidence to succeed.

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

“Saca las manos, saca los pies” by Eva Ayllon

Poesía 2

Vamos amiguitos

Vamos a tocar
Muchos instrumentos
Para pa pa pa.
Suena el tambor
Suena el violin
Suena la guitarra
Trin trin trin trin.
Ahí vienen las maracas
Vamos todos a tocar
En esta linda orquesta
Que es fenomenal.

Adivinanza 2

Se toca con dos palillos

Es un instrumento que suena fuerte
bom bom bom

       El Tambor

Trabalenguas

El anillo del llavero
No tiene llaves
¿Quién se ha llevado las llaves
Del anillo del llavero?

Praxias: Ejercicios Bucofaciales

• Let’s play with sounds: Putt he tongue behind the teeth and pronounce Ttttt.
• We pronounce it fast and slow.

Star Words of the Week (Palabras estrellas de la semana):

Continent (El continente)
Latin (Latino)
America (America)
Country (El Pais)

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

Sammy the frog, our traveling pet, will visit Benjamin’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:  

·         Sff will be closing at 3.00 pm on April 10 in order to get ready for the celebration of our International Party at St. Raphael Catholic Church.

·         For this event, the children need to be dressed at the location at 4.00 p.m., we will start the presentation at 4.15 pm.

·         You are invited to bring a dessert/drink to share. There are signup sheets at the front desk.

·         The Family Art Project for this month is a flower. You will find the template in your child’s cubby this week. As always, work together with your child and be creative as much as you can.

Important Upcoming Dates

·         International Party: April 10^th

·         Earth Day: April 22^nd

·         National Poetry Month

Thank you notes:

Thank you to all our wonderful parents who donate Easter eggs and their fillings for our Easter Hunting, to the volunteer parents who help us to prepare this event, and to the happy and jumping Easter Bunny, our children really enjoyed and had fun in this activity.

Miss Amparo and Miss Silvia