Jumping into January

Hello parents and thank you for visiting our blog!

We hope everyone enjoyed the holiday break and we are very excited to start the new year again with your children.

This month we are focusing on the Solar System, Constellations, Space, and Planets. We discussed the inner planets and outer planets and learned a song naming the planets in order. We talked about the different gases that make up some of the planets and how far they are from the sun.

Our practical life area and cultural area are filled with new materials for the children to explore with and to help enhance their learning with the different themes for the month.

This month we have introduced our new “Peace” curriculum called – Honoring the Light of the Child. It’s weekly activities to help nurture peaceful living skills in young children. Activity One – “See My Love” explained to the children that they are special and unique, and how they all have lights of love within them. These lights of love are called their “Love Lights” and we explained how its the inner peace within them. These lessons will continue weekly with ways of teaching the children peaceful ways of solving problems.

On Wednesday, January 8th, we had the African Dance Troupe performed for us with lots of high energy dance and drum playing. We learned about their culture and a way of communicating through dance and music.

Our Kindergarteners celebrated their first chapter book party with Charlie and Chocolate Factory. They watched the original movie and had some time for some arts and crafts.

This past week we discussed the importance of celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and how he was a great influence on making our country united.