Día del Amor y la Amistad

We celebrated our friendships and love on Valentine’s Day, Día del amor y la amistad! The children made beautiful friendship cards for their classmates and teachers. At school, we sat in a circle and the children one by one exchanged their cards and gave them to...

February/Febrero

In February we learned all about shapes:  círculorectángulotriánguloestrellaóvalorombocuadradocorazón  and many more. We talked about how many sides and angles shapes have. We traced some shapes and we colored in shapes on paper. We used puzzles and blocks to...

January/Enero

In January we learned the Spanish names of pieces of clothing we wear/ropa que nos ponemos. We talked about different clothing we wear in the summer and clothing we wear in the winter. In summer we wear: pantaloncillos, falda, vestido, playera, traje de...

December/Diciembre

In the month of December we talked about different holidays people celebrate around the world like Kwanzaa, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, end of the calendar year traditions, festival of lights and others. For Spanish vocabulary we learned...

Fall/Otoño

In November we talked all about the season of fall or otoño that has started. After the summer ends in fall the temperature gets colder, leaves fall, we start wearing pants, jackets, hats, gloves. We learned a poem about the leaves or hojas: En otoño las hojitas de...

Halloween/Día de las bruja​s

To celebrate the holiday Colores students, siblings, parents, grandparents, families got together one evening. We dressed up, played together, visited, sang songs and danced. We also enjoyed dinner together. On Halloween day the teachers prepared a breakfast of...

La Familia

This month of October we learned about family/la familia and vocabulary related to the different people that make up the diversity of families that exist. Some of the words we learned were mam​á, pap​á, hija, hijo, hermana, hermano, yo, beb​é, abuela, abuelo,...

All About Ourselves

We had an awesome first month of school! We learned our back to school routines very well. During the month of September we learned all about ourselves: our parts of the body, face, expressions, emotions, partes del cuerpo, cara, expresiones, emociones, etc. We sang a...

Back to School Open House

You are invited to a Back to School Open House for families to say hi, meet the teachers, ask questions and drop off any supplies or paperwork you have ready. What: Back to School Open HouseWho: students, siblings, families, parents, teachersWhen: Thursday, August...

Transportation and Vehicles / Transportes y vehículos

In May we learned all about transportes y vehículos or transportation and vehicles. The children really enjoyed this unit of study because we imagined that we were riding on a car/carro, a train/tren, a motorcycle/motocicleta, a bycicle/bicicleta, a boat/bote, a...