Here's what we've been doing this week:

• We've had lots of fun this year in kindergarten, and while the children have been playing, they have been learning many new things. They have already vastly increased their ability to count and now most of them can add and subtract as well. They have learned to identify many new letters and have learned the sounds that go with them. All of them have been working very hard on their journals every day. They started the year learning how to write their name and drawing a picture. Now, in addition to their name and the picture, they sound out words to describe what they have drawn. In the next few days they will be bringing home their collection of daily drawings and writings in a book form so that you can read it over and over and share it with family and friends.
  
  The best "homework" for the summer would be to ask your child to start a summer journal. At the beginning or end of each day they could draw a picture of what they have been doing and then label it by sounding out the words. You may need to help them a little by saying the words slowly so that they can hear all of the sounds. At the end of the summer your child will have another book and will be very well prepared to start first grade.
  
  
• Because of the budget cuts, there are no parent conferences scheduled this year. However, report cards will be ready to pick up on Friday, June 6, from noon until 6 PM. The last day for the morning class is Tuesday, June 3, and the last day for the afternoon class is Wednesday, June 4
  
  
• We have been singing many different Spanish songs this year. It's amazing how much the children have enjoyed singing them. We finished with "Las Ruedas del Camión (The Wheels on the Bus)" Here are the words so you can sing along:
  
  

  Las Ruedas del Camión listen to the song Las ruedas del camión van dando vueltas, dando vueltas, dando vueltas. Las ruedas del camión van dando vueltas por la ciudad. El chofer en el camión dice "pasen para atrás" "pasen para atrás" "pasen para atrás" El chofer en el camión dice "pasen para atrás" por la ciudad. La gente en el camión salta y salta salta y salta salta y salta La gente en el camión salta y salta por la ciudad. El bebé en el camión hace ña ña ña ña ña ña, ña ña ña, El bebé en el camión hace ña ña ña por la ciudad. La mamá en el camión hace "shish, shish, shish" shish, shish, shish, shish, shish, shish, La mamá en el camión hace shish, shish, shish, por la ciudad. Las puertas del camión se abren y se cierran, se abren y se cierran, se abren y se cierran, La puertas del camión se abren y se cierran, por la ciudad. Las monedas del camión hacen clinc, clinc, clinc, clinc, clinc, clinc, clinc, clinc, clinc, Las monedas del camión hacen clinc, clinc, clinc, por la ciudad. Los limpiadores del camión hacen swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, Los limpiadores del camión hacen swish, swish, swish, por la ciudad.

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