WEEK 9-11 AUGUST

Welcome to Ms. Johana Almendares and Ms. Pamela Manzanares Nursery Classroom at Discovery School! This will be an amazing year filled with wonderful learning adventures! We will update the blog every Monday. You will be able to read what is happening each week in our classroom. 

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During this first week the nursery students will be busy working on our class routines, procedures, getting to know one another and having fun.

WHAT DO WE DO IN NURSERY?

Arrival/Dismissal:

          The nursery day runs from 8:00-12:00 a.m.  We recognize that the traffic in Tegucigalpa can be hectic but please try your best to be on time for the arrival and dismissal.  If you are dropping your student off, you may drop him/her off as early as 7:45 am in the classroom.  Thank you for being on time!

Learning Centers:

A large part of the nursery day is spent in learning centers.  Each week, 5-7 centers are made available for the students to explore and complete different types of activities.  All the activities are chosen specifically for their learning content and target each academic area: math, language arts and literature, art, science, fine motor skills, cooking, and social studies.  The students are encouraged to try each center at least once a week in order to gain the targeted skill in each area.  The centers are typically designed to coordinate with the weekly theme and to target specific skills (e.g. learning phonics sounds, counting in 1:1 correspondence, etc.)

Story Dramatization:

          The students who have dictated a story during small group time are able to act out their story during the story dramatization time.  Dramatizing and acting out stories is an important part of understanding literature and a great way to practice language skills.

Snack:

          We encourage parents to send healthy snacks with their students and to minimize the amount of candy, chocolate, chips, etc. that are sent to school.  Please do not send your student with any type of soda- it is messy if spilled and the caffeine can cause the students to be hyper. 

Recess:

          The students have a 25 minute recess time each day and are allowed to access the playground in front of the Nursery classroom.  We review the playground rules often but accidents do happen occasionally because the students are young and active. 

MOTRICITY

          The students participate in physical education classes (25 minutes) once a week with Ms. Andrea.  These classes are typically outside of the classroom. Please be sure to send your child with sunblock and good shoes (e.g. tennis shoes) for the days when we have motricity class.

Music

          The students participate in music class (25minutes) once week with Ms. Pamela.  The Nursery curriculum and the music class curriculum are very closely related so the students often learn songs and musical activities that relate to what we are learning in class.