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November flew by and we had so much fun!

We learned about Dia de Acción de Gracias, otoño and its colors. We took some time to give thanks for our mamá, papá, hermanos, tíos y tías, as well as our dear teachers. Since all the colors around us are changing, we reinforced the leaf colors and included some words in our vocabulary such as amarillo, cafe, rojo and verde. 

Along the activities we did, we practice our fine motor skills using real leaves to create a beautiful tree. We painted, colored and teared paper to make cute designs.

Lastly, we started reading the book “El monstruo de colores”, while reading it, we have learned about our emotions and what happens when we are happy/feliz, sad/triste, scared/asustados, calm/calmados or angry/enojados. We will continue reading this book and learning together.

In October we learned about the family and Halloween. We started listing Spanish names of family members: mamá, papá, hermana, hermano, abuela, abuelo, tía, tío, prima, primo, etc. We sang songs about families and the children acted out family members’ roles.

We also learned about one of our fun fall holidays, Halloween, or Día de las brujas. We glued cotton balls onto paper to form un fantasma. We glued eyes and mouth to form una linterna de calabaza. We sang Escobita voladora and La brujita Tapita about brujas. We also got to play inside and outside a lot. We enjoyed playing with playdough, magnetic tiles, games like loteria y dominos. Outside we enjoyed the sandbox, the ride on toys and running up and down the hill.

Also, in October we welcomed Ms. Thracy to our team. You will get to know more about her in the upcoming days.

In September we had an awesome start of the school year! The children and teachers were eager to start school, to start making friends and to start learning. Our unit of study in September was el cuerpo humano, the human body. We learned about parts of our body, parts of our face, about our emotions, about our five senses and about ourselves. The children enjoyed learning our songs of Cabeza, hombros, rodillas, pies… and Mi carita redondita…

We read books related to our bodies. We did puzzles. We glued pieces of paper. We also used our five senses: we touched things, listened to things, saw things, tasted sweet and sour things and we smelled things. We used our five senses while playing outside a lot.

Back To School

In May we learned about different transportation methods, transportes, that can take us to different places just in time for summer vacations. First, we learned about transportation methods on land: carro, autobús, tren, moto, bicicleta, tractor, camión, camioneta y más. Then we learned about transportation methods on water: barco, lancha, velero, moto acuática, transatlántico, submarino, etc. Finally, we learned about transportation methods in the air: avión, avioneta, helicóptero, globo aerostático, cohete y más. We made the noises different vehicles make while we pretended to be the vehicles. We sang songs about different transports and we circled or colored vehicles on pages while we discussed who has gone on them.

We had many celebrations this month:

-End of year graduation for our adult Spanish class students

-End of year breakfast

-Mothers’ day

-Colores Preschool 10th Year Anniversary!!

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 their friends. We really enjoyed celebrating our friendships and appreciations for each other!

In February we learned all about shapes: 

círculorectángulo
triángulo
estrella
óvalo
rombo
cuadrado
corazón 

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 repeat the names of the shapes in Spanish. The children also enjoyed reading about shapes and looking for shapes in our classroom. We also sang a song about círculo, rectángulo, triángulo, cuadrado.

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 baño, pulsera, anillo, collar, zapatos, sandalias, chanclas. In winter we wear: pantalones, blusa, camisa, chaqueta, calcetines, calzones, medias, zapatos, botas.

We did a lot of arts and crafts activities related to our unit of study this month: we decorated paper cut-outs of vestidos with stickers, we painted wooden mitones with paint, we glued pictures of ropa onto paper divided into summer and winter clothes. 

In January we played bingo and memory games with our teachers, read books, did puzzles, played with duplos and outside. We also very much enjoyed playing with magnetic tiles that two classmates gifted to our class. Muchas gracias!

Our Winter Creations

Learning about different types of clothing with creative projects!