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This week’s quote:

“We cannot create observers by saying ‘observe,’ but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses”.
Maria Montessori

On Monday, April 22^nd we celebrated Earth Day with lots of cool projects the children made using recyclable items. They especially enjoyed making a book- holder using recycled cereal boxes they brought from home.  Thank you to our volunteers, Cathy and Trista for your help throughout the morning.

Meet this week’s classroom helpers:

Bia is the greeter and likes to welcome visitors to our room.

Sophia will take care of the plants.

Madeline is responsible for leading circle time and completing the calendar.

Dylan helps clean the classroom after a (sometimes) messy lunch.

Lucas A. helps Ms. Brianna prepare the tables for lunch.

Victor reports the weather for us during circle time.

Nathan is responsible for feeding our two fish.

With our beautiful Las Vegas weather this week, the children are having a great time during recess running, jumping, hollahooping, sand building, and sliding.

 Also enjoying outside with Ms. Val

This week Ms. Lina brought the culture of Bolivia to our classroom and shared a musical slideshow of pictures related to Bolivia.  The pictures consisted of music, food, animals, landmarks, celebrations, and clothing.

Reading buddies relationships:

Through the past 7 months, the children have been sharing books together with their “reading buddy” every Friday.  The relationships that are built throughout the year are so special, and to see the older students sharing thoughts and encouraging conversations with the younger ones is something to be proud of.  It’s amazing to share in this experience.

 Carmella P. and Sophia P. – “I enjoyed reading her favorite book to her called “Vote” – Carmella P.

“She was always nice to me” – Sophia P.

Himmat D. and Gabriel C. – “Gabriel learned to read more books to me” – Himmat D.

“I liked all the funny books he read to me” – Gabriel C.

Zach R. and Lucas A. – “He is really nice and focuses when I read to him” – Zach R.

“I liked when Zach read me the pirate book” – Lucas A.

Upcoming Events:

On Friday, May 10^th – Mother’s Day Tea @ 9:30-10:15am

On Wednesday, May 15^th – Primary Field Trip to Children’s Discovery Museum.  Departing @ 8:45am.

Our Primary Performance has been changed to Wednesday, May 29^th @ 9:00am

Hello Parents and thank you for visiting our blog.

This week’s quote:

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.
Maria Montessori

This week our class discussed the importance of taking care of and protecting the Earth.  We talked about cleaning up our environment and how to continue recycling our trash.  We read: “Why Should I Recycle” and learned new ways of helping the Earth.  The children also enjoyed new Earth Day activities in the Practical Life Area.  We’ve also learned a new song titled: Promise.  It teaches the children that the Earth is there home and to always Promise to protect it.

We also continued our studies of South America and the Rain Forest, and learned about more animals that live in the rainforest (spider monkey, jaguar, Yanomani people, and the chameleon).

 Meet Our Classroom Helpers This Week:

Lars is the Greeter this week.  Whenever a visitor enters the classroom, Lars is responsible for introducing himself and welcoming them to our classroom.

Sydney takes care of the plants in the classroom.

Victor is the calendar helper.  He leads the circle and goes through the days of the week and the dates.

Sophia helps get lunch ready by placing everyone’s lunch and name cards at the tables.

Mia reports the weather to our class.

Noah feeds the fish.

On Monday, we had our Rainforest Assembly and enjoyed seeing some real life animals from the rainforest.  We saw snakes, lizards, a tarantula, hissing beetles, a macaw,  and an iguana.    The children learned all about their habitat and ways to help protect our amazing rainforests.

During Kindergarten, Ms. Maryam  presented an Exchange Game which focused on exchanging units to ten bars, ten bars to hundreds, and hundreds to thousands.

 On Monday, April 22^nd we are celebrating Earth Day with some earth friendly projects.  Please remember to bring in an empty cereal box (like shown below) by Monday,  so that we can begin making our Earth Day book holder to take home.  Thank You for your support!

Upcoming Events:

On Monday, April 22^nd – Celebrating Earth Day

On Friday, April 26^th – Kindergarten Assembly

On Friday, May 10^th – Mother’s Tea

Hello parents and welcome to our blog.  Thank you for visiting.

This week’s quote:

“Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.”
― Maria Montessori

This week we continued to learn about South America and the Rain Forest.  We discussed all the amazing animals and learned about the different layers that make up the rain forest.  The children had an opportunity to taste some wonderful fruit from South America and the Rain Forest, such as: papaya, pineapple, mangos, grapes, coconut flakes, and different tropical fruits.  Thank you to our parents who volunteered to bring fruit in to share.  The children really enjoyed it. YUMMY!

The children also drew their own rain forest picture and added their own animals to each layer. Lastly, Ms. Diana from P2  joined our classroom and showed the children a dance from Argentina.

In Spanish class,  Ms. Lina played some music and shared a few instruments from South America.  They were: a Zampona ( wind instrument), a Jira, a Jicara, and  Maracas.

This week we discussed the importance of Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse and the effects it has on our environment.

Our older students are continuing to mentor their younger friends in the classroom and are enjoy playing the role as the “teacher”.

We are so very proud of our Kindergarteners for working hard every afternoon on completing their goals…….Great Job!!!

Upcoming events:

Friday, May 10^th – Mother’s Day Tea

Hello parents and thank you for visiting our blog.

This week’s quote:   “Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”
― Maria Montessori

We hope everyone had a relaxing spring break and it was so nice to see all those bright smiles again on Tuesday!

VERY BIG NEWS TO SHARE:

After the Kindergarteners sent a  letter to the President of the United States last month,  we received a letter back from the President!!!   President Obama thanked us for our kind words and caring thoughts about our country.  He encouraged us all to continue to work hard and try and help those around us.  He was very proud to see young Americans sharing such important views about our great country.  The Kindergarteners were so excited to hear of this wonderful news!!

This week we started a new month with  April self-portraits and calendars to take home and a new continent – South America.  The children have enjoyed learning all about the amazing animals that live in South America.  We talked about the Rain Forest and the layers that make up the Rain Forest.  Please let us know If you have visited, have souvenirs, or know of any foods that come from South America/rain forest region and would like to share with our class.  Thank You!

We are also looking for any parent volunteers who would like to bring a fruit snack for next week that relates to our theme – South America/Rain Forest (such as: dried coconut, mango, passion fruit, tangerines etc.)  Thank you for your support!

Our Practical Life area has new activities for the children to explore such as; pouring, transferring, sewing, planting, and sorting which continues to build on fine motor skills, independence, and self-guidance.

Upcoming events:

Friday, April 12^th – Kindergarten Assembly @ 8:30am

Monday, April 15^th – Rain Forest Assembly @ 10:00am