Mrs. Christina Mangiafridda

PreK-1
stbrendanschoolbronx@.com
 

                                                     PRE-K 1  UPDATE
                                                 Week of June 15, 2020


-Friday, June 19th - Last day of school / End of the Year Zoom Celebration at 9:30A.M.!  Please save this date and time.
We will have a brief zoom meeting in the morning to end this school year. Please check your email for the Zoom invitation/link.

-IMPORTANT! Monday, June 22, 2020 Pre-K-1 Pick Up Schedule! Please check your email.
10:35 AM-10:55 AM: Lissette, JahBorn, Camilla, Alianny, Alivia, Jayla, Amila, Israel, Simrah.
11:05 AM-11:25 AM: Liam, Ashton, Ean, Alex, Jayden, Eduard, Raina, Uesla, Alana, Zara.

-Over the summer months continue working with your child. I have given you many good ideas on the Narritive Summary that was emailed to you. 

-Continue teaching your child the proper handwashing techniques at home.

-Spring home learning ideas:
https://infohub.nyced.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/dece-spring-into-learning!.pd

-If your child enjoys listening to books being read to them, storylineonline.net and youtube are great websites to go on.  Ask them various questions after they listen to the story! Book titles listed below on TRANSFORMATION.
 
-Continue checking your email daily along with Class Pages and Seesaw for many important updates!

-EXCITING NEWS! THE CHILDREN CAN TUNE IN EVERYDAY TO CHANNEL 13 AT 11:00 AM FOR A FULL FUN HOUR OF INSTRUCTION FOM NYC EDUCATORS!

-You are more then welcomed to upload any work your child does from Class Pages onto Seesaw.

-IMPORTANT!  We are still continuing to use the fun home learning website called Seesaw.  I sent out an email to each family with a special code to use for this website.  I am so happy to see most of my students posting activities!  I will continue posting a daily message to the children on it as well.

-If you have any questions, concerns or just want to say hi my email is:
                   tmangiafridda@stbrendanschoolbronx.org
You can email me between the school hours of 8:15am - 2:45pm and I will respond within those hours as well.

-The students are working on the study of TRANSFORMATION for the month of JUNE. Please see below for all the educational activities they can do at home! 
                                             
-MATH:BUILDING BLOCKS MATH ACTIVITY 30: Ask your child to show two different ways to break apart 5.  See daily math activities on Seesaw.   Build with blocks of any kind, is a great way to learn about transformation. Have the children build something and then make it taller, smaller, wider, longer, etc.
                      
-WEATHER: SPRING is here! Talk with your child about this lovely season and the daily weather.  Ask them what clothes to wear, what animals we will see, what will happen with the trees and flowes, etc.. They can write the word spring on paper and draw items that represent the season such as: flowers, insects, rain, sun, trees, parks, rainbows, or anything else that your child can think of.  Also, see activities on Spring in Seesaw.

-FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES:  -I am happy to say we covered all the letters of the alphabet. Continue practicing each upper and lower case letter on a daily basis. I will continue posting letter writing on Seesaw.                 
                  -Children can practice writing their first and last name daily.                                                                        -They can work on counting and recognizing the value of numbers 1 to 20.  
                  - Review the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, etc...
                  - Ask your children what colors are on certain items in your home.
                  -The children can work on simple patterns as well.
                  -Review Months of the Year and Days of the Week.
                  -Reading to your child daily is always a great idea!  Ask them various open ended questions                     about the book. Let them draw their favorite part of the story.
       MUSIC AND MOVEMENT:  Exercise daily by doing jumping jacks, run in place, stretch, freeze dance and musical chairs. Sing, dance and listen to popular baby songs is fun too!
                       PLEASE VISIT:            starfall.com     learningA-Z.com     ABC mouse.com    PBSkids.org     preschoolinspirations.com    SCHOLASTIC.COM/LEARNATHOME                        to do many fun and educational activities we do in class everyday such as the daily calendar, alphabet, music and movement etc....
                  At the end of each day, discuss all you did together as a family! Have fun!
                                                                
-FAMILY "TRANSFORMATION STUDY" ENGAGMENT IDEAS: Focus Questions to discuss with your child:WHAT IS TRASFORMATION  Week1-What changes around me?  Week2-How can objects change?  Week3-What kinds of changes happen in nature?  Week4-How will I continue to change and grow?

LIBRARY  Some books on TRANSFORMATION you can read/watch on www.youtube.com are:
LITTLE TREE By Loren Long,  JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT By Simms Taback,  THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR By Eric Carle,  WHAT DO YOU DO WITH AN IDEA By Kobi Yamada,  
OH THE PLACES YOU GO By Dr.Seuss,  PETE THE CAT; I LOVE MY WHITE SHOES By Eric Litwin,
THE KISSING HAND By Audrey Penn,  LEO THE LATE BLOOMER By Robert Kraus,  THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD By Watty Piper,  THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE By Emily Winfield Martin,  WAX TO CRAYONS By Cathryn Falwell

                                                                    ART   
*Transform This Challenge: Supply various objects such as recycled materials and challenge your child to select one and transform it into something new. Allow your child to use an assortment of art materials such as recycled materials, collage materials, markers, paint, glue, etc. to transform the object. Talk with your child about what the original item was and what he/she has transformed it into as well as how.           

*Supply red, yellow and blue paint and invite your child to explore coloring mixing and how the colors can change into new colors. You can do this activity with only black and white paint, or add black and white paint as an extension of this activity.                                                                    
*Create butterfly wings with your child using tag board, paint, markers and/or other decorations. Encourage your child to talk about their unique designs. Your child can wear them on his/her back and pretend he/she is a butterfly, using string and tape to create shoulder straps. Talk about metamorphosis(change)  and how butterflies might feel about their wings.

DRAMATIC PLAY/BLOCKS:   Use paper to create a small river.  Challenge your child to create a bridge with blocks, (if you have some at home) to cross the river.    

*Building with blocks of any kind, is a great way to learn about transformation. Have your child build something and then make it taller, smaller, wider, longer, etc.
                      
*Provide materials that your child can use to create disguises such as hats, a variety of glasses, mustaches/beards, wigs, and various clothing items. Use the word disguise frequently and talk with your child about how a disguise can change their appearance or the way they look.

*Suggest that your child pretend he/she is in Kindergarten.  Imagine what it will be like.                                   

SCIENCE: Does it Change? Provide an assortment of materials for your child to try to mix
together such as oil and vinegar and flour and water. Invite your child to predict what will happen when they combine the materials. Once they mix materials, ask him/her to
reflect on his/her predictions and what occurs. Do the materials change? How?              

*Place a variety of items in a muffin tin or in several small bowls or containers. Select some items that will melt when left in the sun and some that will not. Items that might melt in the sun include crayons, ice cubes and marshmallows. Ask children how long they think it would take for the items to melt. An hour? A day? Why?                 

*Show your child a picture of an animal baby - any kind - and a picture of him/herself as a baby.  Compare and contrast.  Ask your child what is the same, what is different?                                       
*Supply a picture of an infant, toddler, child, teen, adult and elderly adult.  Have your child try to put the pictures in order from youngest to oldest.  Explain that this is a life cycle.   Talk about other types of life cycles:  a chick hatching from an egg, a tadpole changing into a frog or a caterpillar changing to a butterfly.  Click on the link below to watch the story of The Very  Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle - 
                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkYmvxP0AJI

                                                                                                                      "TRANSFORMATION STUDY" VOCABULARY/WORDS TO KNOW: Your child can try to say and write these various words: butterfly, camouflage, caterpillar, change, chrysalis, cocoon, cycle, experience, feelings, grow, independent, kindergarten, larva, learn, life cycle, metamorphosis, pupa, seasons, stages, time, transform, transition, weather.

Child Friendly Explanation of the Corona Virus (English PDF attached). It is available in multiple languages here:  https://www.mindheart.co/descargabl


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