This week we continued working with “The Circus” unit. The children have had a lot of fun with this topic since it gives them the opportunity to use their wonderful imaginations with: juggling, pretending to jump in the ring of fire, taming animals, being clowns, dancers and trapeze artists. They did a very g
ood job. Besides playing and having fun in the circus, the kiddos learned new words related to “The Circus/ El Circo” unit as review the vocabulary that we started with this unit: (circo y/o carpa/ circus, boleto/ticket, and payaso/clown, Pista/circus ring, Taquilla/ticket window, Palomitas/popcorns, Domador/tamer, Tigre/tiger, and Elefante/elephant).
New vocabulary:
Jaula/ cage,
Tren/ train,
Trapecista/trapeze artist.
We did projects such as; tigers, lions, and elephants in cages, trapeze artists, and masks.
LETRA
This week we continued reviewing the letter Ñ ñ/. Be sure to point out the letter that we practice when you are reading. While in United States this letter does not exist in the alphabet. In the Spanish pronunciation is; N (enye). Some examples:
Niño/boy,
Piña/pineapple,
Leña/firewood,
Ñandu/rhea,
Araña/spider.
Números
This week we started working with number 14. We had a fun time playing and using some items that the students sorted and counted. Children have a natural desire to make sense of their world that seems largely out of their control. For that reason, “sorting activities often attract children, and help them see differences and similarities”. We also did activities such as counting fourteen manipulatives. As well, they traced the number 14 (número catorce).
La Figura y Color
We reviewed all shapes that we have worked with so far; circle/circulo, square/cuadrado, triangle/triangulo, rectangle/rectangulo, oval/ovalo, heart/corazon, and star/Estrella and diamond/diamante. Also, we reviewed the colors that we have learned: rojo/red, azul/blue, verde/green, amarillo/yellow, purpura/purple, cafe/brown, anaranjado o naranja/orange, pink/Rosado, and black/negro.