Wednesday, April 23, 2014

There were big changes today! It went very well.
The children divided into two groups, First Graders in one, Kindergardners in the other.
This change is meant to help the older children get ready to transition to the "los Chicos" group (2nd to 5th graders students) in the Fall !

The Kindergartners:
Lucy's chiquitos talked about Spring, used special vocabulary, and decorated paper eggs. It was our way of celebrating La Pascua, Easter and Spring!  As always, your creative children turned an ordinary art project into something very special!  They have their new Spring CD's and we are working our way through some of the songs. We continue to reinforce words they have learned before and will continue to do so. We have been reading stories, which we translate into Spanish. We celebrated Kenny's birthday with the birthday song in Spanish and he wore the birthday crown! Then, Mercedes was the birthday queen, since her birthday fell on Good Friday. The children have really enjoyed each other's company and seem to love getting together to speak Spanish.
They really have nice pronunciations: an advantage to learning a language when young!
Have a good week !

Lucy

The 1st graders:

Rocio's chiquitos group learn to say "Yo te quiero" we read the book "Como te quiero". We review animals names and practiced greetings and introduction: "Hola, como te llamas? Hola Yo me llamo ...." you are welcome to try practicing that with your kid. By now they have a good understanding of colors, we review them as well as bodies name parts and to finish we learn spring words: el huevo, el pollito, el conejo, la oveja. You can find all this new vocabulary at your kid binder.

See you next week !

 

Gracias

Rocio

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

We had a wonderful Spring Break and hope that you did, too.  Today, even though it was the Wednesday before Easter, we celebrated Earth Day, El Dia de la Tierra!  The children made beautiful water color paper towel earths on black background. Some children even put stars in the universe. We gave them lists of words that have significance with Earth Day, such as reciclar, guardar, tierra, etc. When you look in their cuadernos, as we hope you do every week, you will see the appropriate Spanish vocabulary, along with the English translations.
We played a while outside in the fine Spring Day. We sing songs that we have learned, and practice the words, also. Some parents wonder what their children are learning. We encourage you to review at home and listen to the CD's we have given your children. Remember that children can be shy, even when they know something or are around people they know, especially when they are asked to perform in front of a group. Hang in there, with them, since they are proud of what they can do, but need to have learning reinforced at home or in the car!

miércoles 26 de marzo

As usual, we began our class with reviews of songs and words.
The occasional rain showers and a rainbow sighting by the teacher inspired us to practice the names of the colors of the rainbow and the order in which they appear on the color spectrum; as always the children loved to color their worksheets and write the names in Spanish:
"rojo - anaranjado - amarillo - verde - celeste - azul - morado"
We then read stories about rainbows (arco-iris), about the weather and rain.
The children were so involved with their tasks and they stayed focus and enjoyed the day.
Maestras Lucy y Rocio.