October Newsletters

Upcoming Dates

October 12th, 2021 : Picture Day. Students do not have to wear uniforms.

October 15th, 2021: Harvest Party. Please wear fall colors (orange,brown, red, yellow)

October 29th, 2021: Halloween Party. Students may wear costumes.

School Policies / School Drop-Off and Pick-Up Policies

Parking lot Safety!!!!

Slow Down!!! Please slow down when pulling in and out of the parking lot . When you are walking in the parking lot please hold your child’s hand until you reach your car door. Do not allow your student to run across the parking lot!

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We are excited to be back into school. We want to make sure our students are focused and ready for learning. Please make sure that students are at school no later than 8:30 am for morning instruction.

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Classrooms will begin our snack sharing again. Each week teachers will send a snack list home with one student of what is needed for the week, you may contact your student’s teacher through sandbox for questions.

September has brought many exciting new things to our classroom. Students are learning about their new friends, tumble tots and dance has started and lots of new things are being introduced daily in the classroom. The theme for September was Land, Air, and Water. Each classroom introduced descriptive material that distinguished the three.

PRACTICAL LIFE

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In pratical life, students were introduced to dry transfer work, dry and wet pouring, stringing materials, and tonging. All these materials contribute to the order, concentration, coordination and independence in our students work cycle.

Grace and Courtesy

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In grace and courtesy students were introduced to our daily ground rules within the classroom, introducing yourself to teachers and peers, using the restroom, drinking fountain, rolling a rug, and carrying a tray to designated area. In each classroom there is a food prep table. Students are able to enjoy making a snack with a classmate and showing grace and courtesy with table manners.

Sensorial

Teachers introduced sensorial materials such as the knobbed cylinders, knobless cylinders, pink tower, brown stairs, and red rods. These materials assist in discrimination and order, i.e shortest to longest, thickness to thinness.

Language

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In language, students were introduced to the solar system, distinguishing things that are the same and different, books discussing starting school, and their individual based curriculum.

Math

Students are able to work with premath material freely. Introduction to more material is based on the students individualized curriculum.

In geography we discussed land air and water with concrete objects such as land (dirt) air (empty jar of air, wind on playground), and water (jar of water). Students has to categorized object into the three areas. 

Students explored living and non living things in the science area. We also discussed farm and domestic animals, plants, leaves, and more about the solar system.

Cultural Studies

During cultural studies we did music and movements with learning each other’s names. We also discussed transportation on land, air and water. Students learned about Maria Montessori on our Peace Day.

Please feel free to click the links throughout the news letter to learn more about the material that was introduced and how it is used in the classroom.

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HOW can you help at home? Remember to allow your child time to decompress after school. Wait until dinner, bath time, or bed time to ask these questions…..

What three things makes up our earth? 

What are the main parts of a plant? 

What is the difference between largest and smallest?

What are some ways to read a map? 

Can you name some plants? 

What are some ways to travel by land? air? water? 

What was your favorite math work? 

Did you learn any new sounds/ words? 

HOW can you help at home? Remember to allow your child time to decompress after school. Wait until dinner, bathtime, or bed time to ask these questions…..

What three things makes up our earth? 

What are the main parts of a plant? 

What is the difference between largest and smallest?

What are some ways to read a map? 

Can you name some plants? 

What are some ways to travel by land? air? water? 

What was your favorite math work? 

Did you learn any new sounds/ words?