Una Mariquita!

Una Mariquita!

20170310_102636This week we continued working with “Insects Unit”. The kids enjoyed reading and singing books related to insects. We read “La Mariquita Malhumorada” book, “The Grouchy Ladybug” by Eric Carle. This classic book shows us the story of a bad-tempered bug who won’t say please or thank you, won’t share, and thinks she is bigger and better than anyone else. The kids were introduced to the important concepts of time, size, and shape, as well as the benefits of good friendship and good manners. We also continued learning the new vocabulary of this theme.
Oruga/caterpillar,
Caracol/ snail,
Hormiga/ant,
Abeja/bee,
Saltamontes/grasshopper,
Mariquita o Catarina/ladybag,
Araña/spider,
Libelula/dragonfly,
Mariposa/butterfly,
Escarabajo/scarab
20170306_141822This week we showed the kiddos a ladybug life cycle. We explained the stages a ladybug goes through. It was pretty fun and easy to understand, since they only have 5 stages; eggs, larva, pupa, young ladybug, and adult ladybug. We did a visual project to help them to understand better this life cycle. Kids did activities working in the sensory bin and fine motor activities. They did activities like the paper plate ladybug, hat ladybug, tissue paper ladybug. As well, they were searching for bugs inside y outside the classroom, and had a “ladybug” snack with strawberries, blueberries and Nutella.
 
LETRAS 
 
This week we went over to the letter Kk/ letra Kk. Be sure to point out the letter that we practice when you are reading. The English letter K, can be 20170306_112546pronounced as (kei). While the Spanish pronunciation is; K (ca). Some examples:
Karate/karate, 
Kayac/kayak,
Koala/koala,
We did activities as, letters games, coloring and letters recognition.
 
NÚMEROS
We worked and reviewed the numbers 1 through 10. Kids did activities20170308_143844 for counting and recognizing the number through counting ladybugs, tracing and coloring the number. As well, we placed Legos on the ground next to the caterpillar, and then I encouraged the little ones to sort the objects out to the corresponding caterpillar stomach. Kids love to work with Legos and they also built bugs houses with 1 to 10 Legos 😊
 
Happy Birthday to this guy!

Happy Birthday to this guy!

La Figura y Color 

This week we continued working with star shape (estrella), and the new colors, pink (rosado), and light blue (celeste) color. The kids played in the classroom looking around for the star shape. We also reviewed the colors in our daily clothes, coloring insects with color indication,  and in classroom insect’s decorations.