June 3-5,2019

Dear Nursery Parents, 

This is going to be a bitter sweet week. It is time to say good- bye to our lovely students but at the same time we know that they are ready to move on in their lives. They are all excited to go to PREK… Hooray!!! We will devote this week to have fun. They can also bring toys that they are willing to share with their friends. PLEASE NO ELECTRONICS.

This week in our Science class, we will be talking about all the animals that we have learned so far: Ocean Animal, Dinosaurs, pets and insects, having fun and playing.
we will be also practing and talking about shapes and colors.

The “End of the Year Party” will be the last school day, June 5th. We are planning on making a “Pajama Party” at school. We will watch movies, and play a lot this day. Children will have to bring toys to play with their friends. The kids will eat on this day: *Ice-cream.
*Bananas and strawberries, with brownies, and juice.
*Ms. Johana and Ms. Libni, will provide the snack for this day, and a little surprise. (This will be a gift for the children). 
We will only request to send your child wearing their pajamas.

Fue un placer ser la maestra de sus hijos este primer año escolar, cada uno ellos fue increíblemente especial para mí, me enamore de esos corazones tan nobles, sus sonrisas, y abrazos.

Espero tengan un año exitoso en Pre-K, y espero seguirlos viendo, estoy para servirles!

Que tengan unas felices vacaciones. 

MS. JOHANA ALMENDARES

May 27-31,2019

Dear Nursery Parents,

Wow, it is amazing to realize that this school year is almost over and that Pre-k is around the corner for our lovely students.

This coming week we will be discussing the colors, shapes, and letters, by playing games and having fun learning.

In math, will continue working with numbers. We will work on how to represent and recognize numbers using tally marks, ten frames, name of the number, one-to-one correspondence. This week we will be reviewing numbers 0-10

We will be reading and discussing stories from the author MO WILLEMS.

Some of the NURSERY RHYMES, we are going to be singing this week, are in this following link, into a playlist. So you can play it at home with your child, children  enjoy to hear, sing, and dance this songs.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTzIPbc81jeDjNuUaFsSRDnN5bkgmJhP0

 

In our Science unit we will continue learning about Dinosaurs. Discussing the different types of dinosaurs. Children will get the chance to name them and identify different kinds of dinosaurs. 

May 20-24, 2019

Dear Nursery Parents,

This week we are going to continue working with the alphabet. We will be working on recognizing the letters with their sound. We will be reviewing letters A-D and working on ABC’s Phonics songs. This coming week, will have our EVALUATIONS OF THE 4th QUARTER. Letters A-D, vocabulary words, numbers from 1-5, and fine motor skills will be evaluated this entire week.

                               

In our Science unit we will be learning about Dinosaurs. We are going to be discussing the different types of dinosaurs. Children will get the chance to name them and identify different kinds of dinosaurs. If you have any books or posters, ideas or any other material that you would like to share with us it would be greatly appreciated. Our idea is to turn our classroom into a Dinosaur habitat, so your help by bringing anything you have about dinosaurs would be very helpful.

Some of the books we are going to be reading this week are the following:

Doris’s Dinosaur, by Rosemary Wells

Doris is a beaver who doesn’t know how to draw like her classmates. When it’s time to draw a dinosaur, she draws a big blue swirl.  Doris is discouraged until the class visits the art museum and she sees the modern art display, featuring works of art just like hers.
This book is part of the Yoko & Friends School Days series, which I adore.  Rosemary Wells knows how to write simple but wonderful stories that kids can relate to!

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, by Mo Willems
This is another fun book from the creator of the Pigeon series and the Elephant and Piggy books.  Not only do kids love this one, but you’ll appreciate all the little jokes thrown in.  When the dinosaurs set a trap of three giant bowls of chocolate pudding, “a poorly supervised little girl named Goldilocks came along.”   Goldilocks is clueless that she has just fallen into a trap until she hears the dinosaurs talking about their catch.  “Goldilocks took a minute to stop and think, which was longer than she was used to stopping and thinking.”
Funny!

How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs? by Jane Yolen 
I have loved every book in the “How Do Dinosaurs” series, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by the amazing Mark Teague.  Each book starts with a dinosaur doing all the wrong things, whether that’s throwing a tantrum at bedtime (in How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?) or never taking his dog outside.  Each book ends with all the right things that dinosaurs do. Of course these are all lessons for small children, taught in an entertaining and endearing way.

Our Nursery Rhyme this week is: “Old Lady Lived in a Shoe”

I am attaching you the link of the video of this song we will be learning throughout the week. We will learn two versions of this nursery rhyme. Just a little tip to have fun at home listening and acting out our song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3z5DeFQXgg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKXuOaJWB2Q

In math, will continue working with numbers. We will work on how to represent and recognize numbers using tally marks, ten frames, name of the number, one-to-one correspondence.

Parents please mark your calendars for 10:15 a.m. on Friday, May 24. Because of the great success last year, we are once again turning our Discovery Idol into a SPRING CONCERT where our students will showcase their advances in Music Class. We hope to see you all there!

Our children of Nursery will be participating, so for this day the girls should be wearing, white sequin shirts or glitter shirts, jeans, tennis and a cap.

And the boys:

White shirt, jeans, tennis, and a cap.

May 24
SPRING CONCERT- 10:10 a.m.
Early Dismissal (P.M. Schedule)