Primary 3

December 2025

Hello Parents and Families!  Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! 🎉

December was filled with fun, learning, and meaningful experiences in our classroom. Our theme focused on cultural celebrations and holidays, along with learning about South America.

The children explored South America through hands-on worksheets, including learning about the different country flags. It was wonderful hearing them talk about places like Brazil and Peru—their curiosity and conversations were so exciting to listen to!

We also enjoyed creating festive crafts to celebrate holidays around the world, such as Kwanzaa and Hanukkah. In addition, the children learned about South American animals, people, and cultures, making thoughtful connections to our studies.

This month, we spent time practicing for our Winter Recital, including our songs and a special dance to our class favorite, El Caballo Dorado. The children did an amazing job rehearsing every day! I was especially impressed with their Spanish skills—they mastered our Spanish songs as a whole class. We also practiced American Sign Language with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which they loved.

I am so proud of each child for giving their very best. 💛 They were also incredibly excited to share the special gifts they worked so hard on for their families. The ornaments turned out adorable, especially with the string inside measuring each child’s height!



Some of our favorite activities included playing the dreidel game and lotería, which brought lots of smiles and laughter.

We are so excited to welcome the new year and all the learning and fun it will bring!.

November 2025

Hello parents! This November our book of the month was How Full Is Your Bucket? Throughout the month, we talked often about ways to “fill each other’s buckets,” not just with our friends at school but also with family and people in our community. The children have been enjoying all the new lessons, and as a class we’ve been working on having calm bodies and using our materials with curiosity and respect. This month we also learned about North America, and the children loved practicing new words in Spanish.



As a whole group, we discussed what we are thankful for. Each child created a Thanksgiving headband, and we helped them write what they were thankful for. We loved sharing all their sweet answers with you through video—so cute!

Room 3 has been so much fun this month. Every day, the children practice their inside voices, communication skills, cutting, gluing, and writing. It has definitely been a busy and exciting November!

We were especially excited for our Thanksgiving Feast, and it turned out wonderful. The children helped make their own plates, shared their favorite foods, and once again talked about what they were thankful for.

Next month, we will begin learning about South America and celebrations around the world. Our book of the month will be The Giving Tree.

October 2025

October was such a fun and exciting month in our classroom! The children explored all the seasons, practiced important skills like cleaning up spills and asking for help, and worked on many creative crafts. One highlight was our Día de los Muertos window, which turned out beautifully!

In geography, we learned about North America, and it’s been extra exciting because we’re learning everything in Spanish. It’s amazing to watch the children pick up new Spanish words and even start using them with each other, whether it’s saying gracias or por favor.

Our book of the month, Going on a Leaf Hunt, sparked conversations about leaves changing color in the fall. We even did a fun little experiment where the children dropped a leaf and counted how many seconds it took to reach the ground—an easy, hands-on activity that they really enjoyed.

We also had a visit from the super dentist, which was both fun and educational.

During our Día de los Muertos celebrations, the children each decorated their own skulls and helped make marigolds for our window display. One of the children’s favorite crafts was La araña pequeñita, especially because they got to sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider in Spanish afterward!

Looking ahead to November, our theme will be fall harvest and the pumpkin lifecycle, and our book of the month will be To Fill a Bucket. We can’t wait for another month of learning, exploring, and creating together!

September 2025

September has been so much fun. I have been especially excited about our Spanish immersion class! I have been hearing the children say the days of the week and numbers and I have been hearing them sing Spanish songs which is so cute to watch. This month our book of the month was The Kissing Hand, and our theme was all about me. We discussed our family’s traditions and what our dinners and outings look like. The children’s favorite share was when they brought a family picture. They loved being able to share who is in their family and the fun part is we got to say it in Spanish because of how much we have been hearing those Spanish words. 



We have been working on grace and courtesy like pushing in our chair, saying please and thank you, waiting our turn, introducing ourselves, and practicing when to use our inside and outside voices. It has been extra fun because as we work through the curriculum, we are also learning Spanish, and I love to see the children absorb all these Spanish words. I can now say “sillas” and the children know that I mean “chairs”, I can now say “mesas” and the children know I mean “table” with the context that I use it in. I love to see it. 

The children understand what we are saying with the expressions of our faces, the tone of our words, and our hand signals so I cannot wait to see their progress in a few months. 

This month was also extra special because it was Hispanic heritage month, so we got to learn about Frida Kahlo, and it was so cool to hear the children constantly talk about her and say her name. We have also introduced certain Spanish songs and the children love them. It’s so fun to see them embrace what they are learning and hear them talk about Spanish. 

Next month our book of the month will be “We’re going on a leaf hunt” and some special subjects will be fall/harvest and pumpkin lifecycle.

I want to say thank you to all of you for signing your child up to this Spanish immersion class. We have been having so much fun, and I see them absorbing lots of new vocabulary. I cannot wait to see their progress! 

Summer 2025

Summer has come to an end, and what an eventful season it was! We enjoyed countless water play days, and the kids were huge fans of the water slides. We were thrilled to have a magician visit us, along with some fascinating reptile friends. The Vista Sheriffs also stopped by to show off their patrol car, which was incredibly exciting for the children. These visits tied in perfectly with our “Community Helpers” theme week.



Our Fridays were extra sweet with popsicles, and the summer was packed with fun crafts, from bracelet making to creative science experiments and lively dance parties. One of our favorite projects was painting with balloons during Solar System Week—it was so much fun exploring different painting tools!

Summer wrapped up with an unforgettable Field Day, complete with a playground overflowing with foam. The kids had a blast diving and playing in the foam—it was a truly memorable way to end the season.

We are beyond excited to start the new school year, especially with our Spanish Immersion class! The children are already eager to use their Spanish, and their enthusiasm for the classroom is so rewarding. Thank you to all the parents for enrolling your children in this program. I am thrilled and proud of all the fun learning experiences we have planned ahead!