Classroom: Dinosaurs

Blog Title: Summer Camp

Week: August 1st to August 5th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Little Athletes

What are we learning?

Dear Dinosaurs Parents,

We are getting down to the last few weeks of Summer Camp! This week we will learn to be Little Athletes. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore sports. We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor, cognitive-sensory and language skills. One of them is the Olympics Parade at Sff! Children should wear sports clothes for the parade. They will also participate in olympic competitions and we will read books about sports and The Olympics.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Materials for Special Projects/Activities

Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Bring a towel and a plastic bag for wet items. Pack all these items in a tote bag for your child. We recommend to label the bag, swimsuit, towel and shoes with your child’s name.

Have your child wear a t-shirt of their favorite sports team on Monday.

Have your child wear the tie dye  t-shirt we made for the activity on Thursday.

Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby every Friday and take home your child’s blanket for laundry. Make sure to bring it back on Monday.
• Make sure to bring extra sets of clothing appropriate to weather.
• Sunscreen is important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn. Yet applying sunscreen to your child requires planning. If sunscreen must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and label the sunscreen bottle with your child's name.
• Remove all your child projects completed from the cubby.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

• Splash Days on Mondays and Thursdays.
• Olympic Games at Sff! On Thursday.

Star Words of the Week

The Olympic Games - Los juegos olímpicos

The sports - Los deportes

The competition - La competencia

The Athletes - Los deportistas

The goal - La meta

The Olympic Torch - La antorcha olímpica

Classroom: Dinosaurs

Blog Title: Summer Camp

Week: July 25th to July 29th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Little Creators

What are we learning?

Dear Dinosaurs Parents,

This week we will learn to be little creators. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore, experiment and create products or inventions using a variety of recycled materials. We will make animals and also TV using boxes, create flowers using plastic bottles and mosaics using stones. We will discuss how important is to care for nature and to recycle materials. We will also talk about the animal world.

We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills. Children will have fun while working on different art projects through the week such as maracas, a house, a lion, etc.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Materials for Special Projects/Activities

Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Bring a towel and a plastic bag for wet items. Pack all these items in a tote bag for your child. We recommend to label the bag, swimsuit, towel and shoes with your child’s name.

Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby every Friday and take home your child’s blanket for laundry. Make sure to bring it back on Monday.
• Make sure to bring extra sets of clothing appropriate to weather.
• Sunscreen is important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn. Yet applying sunscreen to your child requires planning. If sunscreen must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and label the sunscreen bottle with your child's name.
• Remove all your child projects completed from the cubby.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

Splash Days on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Water Play on Monday.

Star Words of the Week

The construction - La construcción

The builder - El constructor

The house - La casa

The animals - Los animales

The games - Los juegos

Classroom: Dinosaurs

Blog Title: Summer Camp

Week: July 18th to July 22nd, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Little Scientists

What are we learning?

Dear Dinosaurs Parents,

This week we will learn to be little scientists. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore and experiment with science. We will discuss about the aquatic animals and we will make experiments with water. We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills. One of the most exciting activities for this week will be tie dye!

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Materials for Special Projects/Activities

Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Bring a towel and a plastic bag for wet items. Pack all these items in a tote bag for your child. We recommend to label the bag, swimsuit, towel and shoes with your child’s name.

Friendly Reminders

• Check your child’s cubby every Friday and take home your child’s blanket for laundry. Make sure to bring it back on Monday.
• Make sure to bring extra sets of clothing appropriate to weather.
• Sunscreen is important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn. Yet applying sunscreen to your child requires planning. If sunscreen must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and label the sunscreen bottle with your child's name.
• Remove all your child projects completed from the cubby.

 
Holidays & Upcoming Events

Splash Days on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Star Words of the Week

The fish - El pez

The shark - El tiburón

The octopus - El pulpo

The whale - La ballena

The seahorse - El caballito de mar

The aquatic animals - Los animales del mar

Classroom: Dinosaurs

Blog Title: Little Gardeners

Week: July 11th thru July 15th, 2016

Weekly Featured Theme: Gardening & Nature

🔠 What are we learning?

Dear Dinosaurs Parents,

This week we will learn to be little gardeners and we will discuss about nature, trees and plants. We will continue creating safe learning environments that offer the children the opportunity to explore and experiment with nature. We have scheduled exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills such as planting flower seeds, decorating our pots, reading books about nature, plants and insects and enjoying water fun in Splash days.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

📄 Materials for Special Projects/Activities

●      Have your child wear swimsuit, splashers or swim diapers and water shoes for Splash Day. Bring a towel and a plastic bag for wet items. Pack all these items in a tote bag for your child. We recommend to label the bag, swimsuit, towel and shoes with your child’s name.

🔆 Friendly Reminders

●      Check your child’s cubby every Friday and take home your child’s blanket for laundry. Make sure to bring it back on Monday.

●      Make sure to bring extra sets of clothing appropriate to weather.

●      Sunscreen is important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn. Yet applying sunscreen to your child requires planning. If sunscreen must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and label the sunscreen bottle with your child's name.

●      Remove all your child projects completed from the cubby.

📆 Holidays & Upcoming Events

●      Splash Days on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

⭐ Star Words of the Week

●      The tent - La carpa

●      The insects - Los insectos

●      The wood fire - La fogata

●      The flowers - Las flores

●      The plants - Las plantas

●      The pots - Las macetas

Classroom: Dinosaurs

Blog Title: Little Readers

Week: July 4th thru July 8th

Weekly Featured Theme: Reading & Story Books

What are we learning?

Dear Dinosaurs Parents,

This week we will learn to be little readers. Children will learn about reading and its benefits. Reading has a significant number of benefits and it will enable children to get knowledge, stimulate them, help them with vocabulary expansion, develop analytical skills and improve focus. We are scheduling exciting learning activities that will allow us to continue strengthening motor and cognitive-sensory skills such as reading and listening to their favorite story books and dramatizing their favorite characters.

Thank you once again for all your support and for letting us play such an important role in your child’s life.

Materials for Special Projects/Activities

Bring your child’s favorite pajamas and book for Pajama day (see holiday and upcoming events section for dates).

Have your child wear his/her favorite character outfit for Princess and Knight Dress up Parade (see holiday and upcoming events section for dates).

Friendly Reminders

• Bring swimsuit, towel, water shoes and a tote handbag for Splash day.
• Check your child’s cubby every Friday and take home your child’s blanket for laundry. Make sure to bring it back on Monday.
• Make sure to bring extra sets of clothing appropriate to weather.
• Sunscreen is important to protect your child because he/she is very susceptible to sunburn. Yet applying sunscreen to your child requires planning. If sunscreen must be applied to your child, make sure to fill out an administration or authorization form specifying when sunscreen should be applied and be sure to supply the sunscreen and label the sunscreen bottle with your child's name.
• Remove all your child projects completed from the cubby.

Holidays & Upcoming Events

School will be closed on Independence Day, Monday, July 4th.

Pajama Day on Tuesday, July 5.

Princess and Knight Dress up Parade on Friday, July 8.

Star Words of the Week

The book - El libro

The story - El cuento

The character - El personaje

The pajama - La pijama

The Knights - Los caballeros

The princess - La prince