This week, the children will explore why plants are different. Together, we will observe how plants look, feel, and grow, and talk about what makes each one special or unique. As they describe, compare, and share their ideas, children will strengthen their language and communication skills, learning new vocabulary, forming sentences, and expressing their thoughts clearly while developing curiosity and appreciation for nature

Invite your child to talk about plants you see around your home or neighborhood. Encourage them to describe how each plant looks, feels, or smells, and what makes it special. You can also read short picture books about plants together and ask simple questions like “Why do you think this one has flowers?” or “What do plants need to grow?” These conversations help build your child’s vocabulary, observation, and confidence in expressing ideas.

Esta semana, los niños explorarán cómo podemos usar la naturaleza para crear arte y contar historias. Podrán crear un retrato con elementos naturales, utilizando hojas, ramas, flores secas y luego pintarlo para darle color y expresión. A través de esta experiencia, los niños desarrollarán su creatividad, la coordinación fina y el aprecio por la belleza de la naturaleza. Además, reflexionarán sobre cómo los artistas y escritores observan con atención el mundo que los rodea para inspirarse y expresar sus ideas.

Invita a tu hijo a crear retratos con la naturaleza. Busquen juntos hojas, ramas y flores que encuentren en casa o en el jardín, y usen estos materiales para formar una figura. Luego pueden pegarlo y pintarlo para darle color y vida. Esta actividad fomenta la creatividad, la conexión familiar y el amor por la naturaleza.

This week, children will explore subtraction through our math activities. Using counters, they will practice taking away and finding out how many are left. These experiences help them build number sense, reasoning, and the language to explain their mathematical thinking.

Invite your child to practice taking away using everyday objects like fruits, toys, or snacks. Ask questions such as “If we have 5 apples and eat 2, how many are left?” Encourage them to explain their thinking. These simple moments help strengthen their understanding of subtraction, counting skills, and confidence in using math in daily life.

This week, children will explore how plants drink water. They will place white flowers in cups of colored water and observe the changes over time. Through this experiment, they will discover how water moves inside plants and why it is important for them to grow. This activity encourages curiosity, observation, and scientific thinking.

Invite your child to notice plants at home or outside and talk about how they stay healthy. You can ask questions like “How do plants drink water?” You might even try placing a flower or celery stick in colored water and observing the changes together. These conversations build curiosity, observation, and scientific language as children explain what they see and think.

Empathy is the ability to identify with and understand people’s emotions—to feel what they feel. In this lesson, students will listen to scenarios, determine the emotion of the character, and discuss ways to respond with empathy.

Model asking students, “How do you feel?” and showing you care about that feeling even if you don’t have the same feeling at that moment.