All Things Scaly in North America

Dear P3 Families,

We hope you all had a restful and enjoyable holiday. We loved hearing about how the children spent their very long weekend! We welcome everyone back and are working in full force for the last stretch of the first semester! Where did the time go?

Parent-Child Night was such a blast! It was amazing how all the children were so excited showing you their favorite jobs in the classroom. We hope that seeing the materials in action gave you a little snapshot of their day, as well as, seeing the variety of Montessori materials we utilize to teach them phonetic sounds, counting, simple operations, place value, etc. The children just love the 100 board, which is extremely important for them to master transition (29 to 30, 59 to 60) when counting, the reading boxes, the ever so popular step board; an amazing work that helps them with initial, middle, or ending sounds, spelling out three letter letter phonetic words, long vowels, and blends. There will be other Parent-Child Nights coming up this school year, so please stay tuned for future dates! It will be a wonderful opportunity for families who were not able to attend, and a chance to see what new things your child is working on later in the year. In the mean time, enjoy these pictures from that evening!

The Primary classes also had the opportunity to watch “Animal Tales”, a very cute show where performers told stories which required lots of participation from the children and animal interaction!

To supplement our study on North America and the United States, room mommies (Kaitlyn and Alison) did a fantastic job leading a cooking project with the children. They made “No Bake Cherry Pie”, which even came with a story called “How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the USA” by Marjorie Priceman. It talks about a young baker who travels through the country to get ingredients for a cherry pie. It’s a wonderful story to learn about the United States!

We would also like to give a big birthday greeting to Sofia Casas, who’s now 5! Thank you for celebrating with us!

We are concluding our studies on reptiles and North America. In addition to the flora and fauna, the children are also learning about Native American homes and having so much fun doing their own pictographs! In the math area, the concept of graphing has also been introduced by graphing the weather in circle every morning.

Always busy in P3!