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Buenas
Noticias
Ellen Diaz
Hola
Familias de los Learning Gardens! Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Yes,
it is already May and spring is in full bloom. We've been having
fun talking about spring conejitos (bunny rabbits) and pajaritos
(birds), we can salta (hop) like the bunnies and do the pajaritos
a volar (dance little bird - aka the chicken dance) dance that
actually has words in Spanish!
Now that the weather's better we talk about walking outside
and moving a lot…our 2 year olds are especially fond of
going caminando! (walking - song lyrics follow) We've talked
about spring colors with our egg shakers, maracas, and beanbags.
Even the Tren de Carga (Freight Train) flannel story has lots
of rainbow colors that we know and say. And we are enjoying
other new flannel stories, books, and CD's too. Thanks to the
parents who order from Club Leo and Scholastic catalogs - that
helps earn those kind of materials we can use in our programs.
With Mother's Day around the corner we'll be asking "Tu
Mama es una Llama?" (Is your Mama a Llama?) with the book,
llama puppet, and flannelboard animal pieces. And we hope all
our real mamas will come by for MJother's Day bagels on the
8th of May too. Felicidades!
Something else new this spring are copies of weekly Spanish
lesson plans for parents to pick up, if interested. You will
find them in a holder on the wall just above the computers each
week. And since the number one request I get is for the Spanish
words to the songs and fingerplays the children are singing
and saying in Spanish at home, each week I'll try to have a
song or two on the lesson plan for families. Disfruta - enjoy!
And happy spring & summer to you…Feliz primavera y
Feliz verano!
Caminando (to the tune of Frere Jacques)
Caminando,
caminando (walking)
Saltando, Saltando (jumping)
Corre, rapidito! (run quickly)
Corre, rapidito
Alto, ahi (stop!)
Estatuas de marfil (still-statues)
(1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8)
Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh
Mi Tortuguita (I had a Tiny Turtle)
Tenia
mi tortuguita (show turtle or pretend to hold)
Llamada Bolivar
Le puse en la tina (diving into tub motion- hands)
A ver si pudo nadar. swim - paddle to sides both hands
Se tomo el aguita (baby sign for drink - thumb to mouth)
Comio el jabon asi (puchi) (fingertips to mouth - sign for eat)
Ahora mi tortuguita
Tiene burbujas hasta aqui. (edge of flat hand to throat)
Burbuja, burbujita,
Burbuja, burbujita
Burbuja, burbujita
Burbuja, que hace….pop! (clap!)
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