Thank you for attending the student-led presentations at the beginning of the week. The children worked very hard and were so excited to demonstrate their skills and knowledge of materials in the classroom. In our classroom we are focusing…
We have begun our unit on Jobs People Do. The teachers dressed up as a doctor, flight attendant, chef and farmer to help the children learn that clothing can sometimes identify people's jobs. At group time, we talked about different…
It has been another fun week learning about the animals of Asia. Asia has some of the most diverse and unique animals and birds on this planet. We are focusing on the Panda, Tiger, Komodo dragon, camel, peacock and orangutan.…
Please welcome Clara Brender and her family into the Montessori classroom. We are so happy you all are here. What are some famous sites in Asia? What does it mean to wear traditional clothes? These questions inspired us to look…
We started our new unit about Asia. The children are learning that Asia is a continent and that there are countries within the continent and the countries have cities and towns. This is a difficult concept for three, four and…
Our unit of Feelings is coming to an end this Friday. We have been focusing on anger, sadness, fear and love. We are reading age appropriate books with illustrations that demonstrate these feelings. The children are learning that all feelings…
We will resume our unit on Feelings this week. The children are learning that we have many feelings and can have more than one feeling at one time. We are increasing our knowledge of ways to describe how we feel…
We are focusing on Chinese New Year this week. We are reading books about the holiday and making rat finger puppets, in honour of The Year of the Rat. Many of you were busy preparing for the presentation on…
We have begun our unit on feelings. The children are practicing how to label what they feel perhaps using new vocabulary such as proud and confused. They are learning to look at their friends faces and try to understand what…
Happy New Year! It is wonderful to be back with the children in the classroom. We missed them all. We are beginning our second semester and have planned many fun and educational activities for the children to enjoy. We have…