May is here and the Circus is coming to the classroom!
This month we are going to work with “Circus”/ El circo Unit. The theme of the circus is a very fun topic where children will learn about the people that work in the circus and their different jobs and performances. We are going to do different activities throughout this unit that will help them to work with their fine motor skills doing different types of crafts, trimming, inserting figures, etc. We will also work with their gross motor skills, pretending to be the artist or performer of the circus they will use general coordination, vision, muscle, motor and balance.
This week we put our focus in the circus on; who works there? What do you need to go into the circus? Who is the funniest artist/performer in the circus? They had a lot of fun doing activities with circus and clowns. Our favorite activity was to paint on our own pictures as a face of a clown. They were very happy doing this activity.
Vocabulary learned this week:
Circo/circus,
Boleto/ticket,
Payaso/clown.
LETRAS
This week we went over the letter Xx/ letra Xx. Be sure to point out the letter that we practice when you are reading. The English and Spanish pronunciation of this letter are the same, most of the time. 😉 Sometimes the Spanish pronunciation is /s/.
Some examples:
Mexico/Mexico,
Xilofono/xylophone
Rayos X/ x-ray
NÚMEROS
This week we started working with the number 12/ doce. We had a fun time playing and used some items sorted and counted. Sorting helps children see different and similarities, we used to count little fishes, bears and blocks. We worked on correct number formation by writing the letter on the white board (vertical surface) and on our papers (horizontal surface).
La Figura y Color
This week we continued with the diamond shape/figura de diamante. We played with the shape by tracing it with our fingers and lacing shapes. Also, the kids continued reinforcing the colors names that they learned such as rojo/red, azul/blue, verde/green, and amarillo/yellow, purpura/purple, cafe/brown, anaranjado o naranja/orange. This week the kiddos had fun using the colors that they learned on their clowns faces.
Have a good weekend!
Macky J