Behind the Scenes...

The Making of a Red Camioneta at La Puerta Abierta

Last Friday, our 18 students at La Escuelita Puerta Abierta took an imaginary trip to Guatemala City to sell all kinds of products from Santiago. Cary loaded the bus with cohetes, or fire works, Andy brought a basket of apples, Felipa packed up a basket of mangoes, and Juan was inspired to stuff a giant elephant into the camioneta.

Here we are on our viaje to Guatemala City in our red chicken bus!

Planes, Trains and Tuk-Tuks!

This week we're talking transportation at La Escuelita Puerta Abierta. We've explored a variety of fun ways to get from here to there.

Books Used:

Asi Vamos a La Escuela, Edith Baer

Pato Va en Bici, David Shannon

Sali de Paseo, Sue Williams

Las Aventuras de Maxi, el Perro Taxista, Debra Barracca

A Special Visit from Nurse Kathy!

Enfermera Kathy visited La Escuelita Puerta Abierta today. She talked with us about healthy eating habits, the importance of hand washing, and the proper way to sneeze and cough so that we don't pass our germs. We also learned how to use a steth-o-scope and how to pronounce such a long word!

Sea Creatures...Continued Exploration of the Deep Blue Sea

Friendship

In Guatemala we celebrate Dia de la Amistad or Friendship Day on the 14th of February (Valentine's Day,) a welcome adaption to the holiday when working with preschoolers:)

We made heart shaped art, hosted a "secret" friend letter exchange, read stories about friendship, and at circle time, we shared about what we like to do with our friends.

Brusha, Brusha, Brusha

Teeth brushing at La Escuelita Puerta Abierta is a part of our daily routine.

Miss Bonnie

Just another wonderful day with our Art and English Teacher, Miss Bonnie. Bonnie is a trained art therapist from California and will be working with La Puerta Abierta Library and Preschool this year.

Soy Artista!

After painting her water color jellyfish, Ammy exclaimed, "Soy artista!"

Little Birds

We painted our hands to make handprint birds and to practice our English vocabulary, Hands and Fingers.

Exploring the Deep Blue Sea

We've been learning about ocean life this week at La Escuelita Puerta Abierta. We've read about sea animals, made rainbow fish, and created a yellow submarine with the help of Miss Bonnie. We've explored new vocabulary like coral, jellyfish, and sea anemones.

We continue to learn new English words like Hands and Fingers and made beautiful birds with our hand prints to reinforce our English vocabulary.

Books used:

Un cuento Curioso de Colores por David Wylie

El Pez ArcoIris y La Ballena Azul por Marcus Pfister

Peces por Eye Witness Books

Conejito y el Mar por Gavin Bishop

Bajo el Agua por Diane James

10 Patitos de Goma por Eric Carle