Greetings!

With Monday being a furlough day, this week has been a shorter one. The intention this week was to practice sizes and action verbs. On Tuesday we had puppet time with four different dogs that were all different sizes. The children really love puppet time and continue to bring their stuff animals and toys so that I can include them in puppet time. Later we practiced writing in  our journals. The children wrote the words “cuatro perros” (four dogs) on the top of the page, then a size on the bottom, with a drawing of the dog in the middle.

Here is a list of the sizes:

Grande- large
Mediano- medium
Pequeno- small
Pequenito- tiny

Wednesday I introduced some action verbs. We sang one of our favorite songs, “Vamos a cantar,”which has a number of action verbs like:

Cantar- to sing
Leer- to read
Escribir- to write
Comer- to eat
Reir- to laugh
Silbar- to whistle
Bailar- to dance
Saltar- to jump
Roncar- to snore
Aplaudir- to clap

The children are getting comfortable with these verbs. So the next step is to have them speak it in a sentence. For example: “Yo canto” (I sing), “yo silbo” (I whistle), etc.  This was a little challenging since they are learning something new, but it will become easier. We practiced writing in our journals, using three action verbs. For example, they wrote “yo bailo” ( I dance) at the top of the page, then they drew a picture of themselves dancing.

Thursday we played an activity that was similar to a relay race. The course included two hoops, the white board, the tables and flashcards. They had to dance in one hoop, jump seven times in another hoop, write either a letter or a number that I called out on the board, crawl under the table, and run back to me to say the verb in the “I” form (e.g.- cocinar: to cook= Yo cocino). I thought it to be a fun activity that the children enjoyed.

Besides our lesson plan, the kids have dance rehearsal for the final performance in the end of May. Little by little the dance is coming together and I am doing my best to incorporate all of the kids’ movement ideas. Be sure to ask your child about the banana song!

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!