This week we finished the unit “Classic Tales”/ “Cuentos Cásicos”. This was an amazing month! Kids loved and enjoyed the classic fairy tales that we read! There are morals to learn from in each of the classic tales. This week the kids learned about “La Gallinita Roja”. This basic story outline is a tale of the little red hen who finds that none of her lazy friends are willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into a flour. Yet they all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it. Therefore, at the time she asked their friends “who wants to eat the bread? Everyone wanted!!! Ahahaa, nooo she said” I did everything by myself, so I am going to eat by myself”. The friends (dog, cat and mouse) then learned they should help the red little hen with all their chores from then on.
The little red hen is a very simple fable that invites children to reflect on the importance of working and striving to achieve things. I invite parents to take advantage of this moral, motivating with collaboration inside the house. The little red hen can serve as a motivation for them to acquire new and small responsibilities (setting the table, bringing the dishes to the kitchen after eating, organizing their toys, carrying the dirty clothes to the basket, to name a few) that will help your children who are becoming more autonomous every day. And autonomy is one of the keys to healthy self-steem.
Vocabulary learned this week:
Gallina – hen,
Gato – cat,
Perro – dog,
Raton – mouse.
We did some fun activities: paper red little hen, sequencing (first next, and last), painting in white paper the colors of the red little hen story (combination of colors…red, yellow and brown), and kids made their own pizza. The kiddoss enjoyed their projects!
Letra
This week we learned all about the letter Dd/ letra Dd. Be sure to point out the letter that we practice when you are reading. The Spanish and English pronunciations for the letter D are virtually the same. (Sometimes you will hear more of a /th/ sound in the Spanish pronunciation.)
Pre-K letter practice!
Preschool letter practice!
dedo – finger,
dinosaurio – dinosaur,
delfin – Dolphin,
delantal – apron,
diez – ten,
dientes – tooth.
We incorporated our touch investigation with the letter, Dd/ letra Dd.
Número
This week we worked with the number 10 (número diez) doing different activities: counting 1-10 using stickers, counting some manipulatives, 10 ducks, horses, bears and blocks. As well, they worked tracing the number 10/número diez.
La Figura y el Color
This week we continued learning the oval shape (óvalo). And also, we reviewed all the shapes that kids are learning: circle/circulo, square/cuadrado, triangle/triángulo, rectangle/rectangulo, and oval/óvalo. Also, kids were coloring sheets of paper using different colors, reviewing our color range: rojo/red, azul/blue, verde/green, yellow, amarillo and and café/brown.
Have a great weekend