Dear Junior Kindergarten Families,

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday and restful winter break. También les deseo un 2010 lleno de sueños realizados y lindas memorias!
As we look towards the new year, I would like to share what is planned for the upcoming months of learning. We are excited to commence our ‘Water Unit’ in Science. To start with, we will allow some free exploration, which will be followed with a more focused study of Water Flow, Drops and Sink and Float. These first few weeks back from vacation we will be complementing our previous study of ‘Family’ as we discover the many things that make us special in our “All About Me” Theme. This theme will also allow us some time to learn more about our senses.
 Como un buen paralelo al tema de Ingles, en español estaremos aprendiendo los nombres de algunas partes de nuestros cuerpos. Lograremos esto a través de proyectos, canciones, libros y juegos. Este tema dará puerta abierta aprender sobre la variedad de emociones que tenemos y como nombrarlas. 
The last two weeks of December will be focused on our Winter Theme, in which we will do a winter tree observation, discover what animals do during the winter, have some fun with snow at our discovery table, read many books (one of which will be Jan Brett’s the Mitten) and continue growing in our story “writing” skills. 
Durante este tema de Invierno aprovecharemos para aprender los nombres de los artículos de ropa que usamos, especialmente ahora en el invierno. 
Just taking this little peak into the next month has been exciting for me and I am sure it will be for our Junior Kindergarteners as well.
Pronto recibirán una visita de un “Amigo” nuevo que vendrá a casa con su hijo/a. Quien será???  Bueno les daré una clave ….su nombre es Paco, es peludo y no es de verdad.   


Sinceramente,

Sra, Sandra Vasquez, maestra
Sra. Mercedes Escorihuela, maestra asistente

From April Silbert, Art Teacher

In art class the Junior Kindergarteners and Kindergarteners have completed units in collage and painting, with their self-portrait paintings on display outside the classrooms. The students are continually returning to drawing in their sketchbooks and discussing what they see and think about when looking at art reproductions. The students have recently finished their masks for the upcoming festival and are beginning a unit on clay next week. A new element in the Kindergarten art classes is the “Featured Artists”- where two students in each class share with their peers what they made that day and discuss their work.