We have begun our unit about Farm Animals. The children are pleased to learn about animals and why the farmers raise them. They have been introduced to a sensory bucket filled with corn grains and displays four animals, a sheep,…
Our five senses unit is coming to an end this week. It has been a fabulous week where the children have explored their sense of smell and taste. We introduced the students to smelling jars and tasting jars at…
What a fun week we are having. The children are exploring their sense of touch with a work that has some different textures to touch such as shaving cream, rubber bands and beads. One student described an item stating, “These…
This week we started our theme of the five senses. The children are learning songs that teach them about the five senses. We are also reading books, playing games and even have some science models of an ear and eye…
What a wonderful first week we have had in the classroom. We welcome our new children Saliha, Kaelyn, Lucien, Adrianna, Ezra and Eva and all of our returning students. They have all been busy getting acquainted or reacquainted with the…
Birthdays We celebrated 3 birthdays this month. Shira and George Siswanto both turned 4 years old and David turned 5 years old. Future Year One Students Our senior group in Montessori will be transitioning to Year 1 in August. We…
Fun Day We had so much fun at the playground playing games! We played with the parachute, racing to sponge water into buckets, going through a tunnel obstacle course, throwing water balloons and playing in the sandpit with lots of…
Life Cycle of a Frog As soon as we were back from the Idul Fitri holiday, we immediately got busy learning about the life cycle of a frog. The children are able to tell the difference between a frog, a…
We were privileged to have listened to the informative presentation about Ramadhan and Idul Fitri that was held at the beginning of the week. Shira’s parents demonstrated customs during Ramadhan. We now know that raisins are actually grapes that have…
The older children in the class were invited to watch the Year 1 class’ Pirate play this week. They were very attentive and excited to hear songs they sang last year. We have been talking and reading books about Ramadhan…