This week we continued working with “The Five Senses” / “Los Cinco Sentidos” Unit. We learned about their sense of smell. They learned that we breathe in odors in the air and our brain makes sense of what we smell, how to protect our noses and how our noses can protect us. We learned that the nose sends messages to our brain and the brain tells us what we smell. The sense of smell was the last lesson of the five senses. We all really enjoyed this unit of study. The little ones did a great job completing projects and science activities.
Cultural Holidays: We also celebrated Halloween in the classroom. All the kiddoss looked so cute with their costumes! We did Halloween activities and we read the book “Samuel El Espantapájaros”. On Friday, we learned about “The Day of the Dead” and did activities related with this. We also talked about this celebration that is celebrated in Mexico. I explained to them that it’s a festive holiday in which families come together to honor their ancestors.
By creating an altar called “La Ofrenda,” in which we put pictures of our ancestors to remember them so they can cross to the land of the living to visit their families.
“Dia de los Muertos” is spread over two days. November 1 is Día de los Inocentes, honoring children.. Graves are decorated with white orchids and baby’s breath. November 2 is Día de los Muertos, honoring adults, whose graves are decorated with bright orange marigolds.
Libro
Sentido del Olfato “Que Huele”
Samuel el Espantapájaro
Have a great weekend!