Bee Season!

While looking at animal habitats, we decided to take a closer look at the life of bees. Artist Lisa Simms and Miss Bonnie helped us create a paper mache bee hive which we had so much fun using during our dramatic play.

Bee keeper Don Francisco visited as well and talked with us about honey making. At the end of the week, we enjoyed a wonderful slice of gooey, sticky honey cake!

Paul's Fire Fighters visit La BPA

We received a wonderful training from Paul's firefighter team at La Puerta Abierta last week. The team lead us in a training of first aid and CPR. All our staff and many parents participated.

We send out a warm muchas gracias to Paul and his team!

Friday Adventures

We're studying animal habitats at La Escuelita Puerta Abierta so it only made sense to put on our explorer glasses, leave the class-room and spy on animals in their homes.

Some Rules are Meant to be Broken

At La Escuelita Puerta Abierta, we encourage the breaking of some rules. We loved watching the development of Theo's art project as his creativity pulled him "out of the lines."

A Special Visit from a Special Brazilian

Thank you Mari (aka Theo's Mom) for visiting La Escuelita Puerta Abierta this week and speaking with us about the animals of the Brazilian Amazon. We're exploring animals and their habitats and we enjoyed learning about the animals of your country.

Where the Wild things Live...

We're talking animals and their habitats this week at La Puerta Abierta Preschool. We've placed spiders in their webs, penguins in the snow, and we're creating a giant paper-mache bee hive to home a swarm of 18 little bees.

Books Used:

El Pinguino Pedro por Marcus Pfister

Somos como Somos por Marcus Pfister

La Arana muy Ocupada por Eric Carle

El Bosque Tropical por Helen Cowcher

Good Morning Sun and Good Night Moon

Learning English salutations with Miss Bonnie!

Friday Adventures...

Off to the Santiago Fire Station to meet with Bombero Ruben and see the fire engine!

Adventures with Transportation Continued...

Our adventures with transportation continued last week. We made sail boats with recycled plastic bottles and watched them float (and sink). We learned our shapes, colors, and the concept of "half" in our paper sail boat art project. On Friday, we took our first field trip to the local fire station where we met Fireman Ruben who not only showed us the fire station vehicles, but also gave us a tour of the Santiago station.