Vacation!

Friday is the last day of school until Monday January 3rd.  I hope you enjoy the extra time with your child and family.

I have couple of gems to send you on your holiday way! The following activities will enrich your vacation time!  They are from One Hundred Child Development Tips by Heather Pedersen, Ph.D

#42.  Teach your child about numbers.  (a) Count out loud during your activities; (b) Frequently use numbers in your observations and conversations; and (c) play sorting games.  Regarding the latter, a simple exercise is to fill a big bowl with an item like buttons, beads or shells and then have your child sort them by size, shape or color.

#43  Introduce your child to language sounds by playing rhyming and I-spy games (e.g., "I spy with my little eye something that begins with the sound "buh.")  You and your child should both use phonetic sounds to describe letters until your child is older and has a good grasp of the alphabet.  This helps to eliminate confusion in the learning process.

Happy Holidays!!!!!!!
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The Holidays Are Here!!!

I have a classroom full of very excited children!

Please note that next week is our last week of school before the winter break.  Classes will resume January 3rd.

This Friday, 12/17, is the children's holiday party!!!!!!  You will be seeing an email from Mrs. Chacon regarding  a few things that we need for the festivities.  I believe we need 26 Styrofoam cups, a large can of cocoa mix, and 2 volunteers to send 26 cookies to class that morning.
Ms. Lipp and myself will be hosting a special day for the children!  We are looking forward to it.

We did it!!!!

The field trip was awesome!  The students really enjoyed themselves!  A special thank you to Blaze's mom, for organizing the parent volunteers and also to our volunteers for helping the class get to and from the Symphony safely.  I am so lucky that I had so many parents wanting to come and help!  I was only given 6 tickets for seats at the show, so I could only take the first 6 that asked to come.  We go every year, so I will try to get those of you who missed out this time a chance to go with us next time!

We are all getting in the holiday spirit in room 406.  The children made a Menorah out of toilet paper tubes and we have been "lighting" a new candle for each day of Hanukkah. (We use tissue paper for the flame of the candle)  They LOVE to practice Christmas carols and are learning to make paper snowflakes and tree ornaments.  What an exciting time of year!

SOON:  Holiday Program-I will have details soon for you!  I believe it will be at Herrera on Dec. 15th.

As always- Come to me with any and all questions/concerns you may have!  I am here to help!