Weekly Theme: We were introduced to subtraction with manipulatives (golden beads, static/no borrowing).
K Kids doing handwriting.
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences (sometimes silly sentences).
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 18 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Subtraction w/ Golden Beads (Dynamic/Borrowing)
Synonym Of The Week: SKINNY: thin, lean, emaciated, scrawny, slender
Line Time: We learned a little bit about family since we are going to be spending a lot more time with family during the holiday season (be it good or be it bad).
Saying Goodbye:
We are saying good bye to this guy due to his family moving. See you later!!!!!!!! Noticed how he is doing the “O” in O-H….. I O.
What is your favorite Christmas song (1970 to present): My favorites are Fairy tale of NYC by The Pogues, 2,000 Miles by Pretenders, and Do They Know It’s Christmas by Band Aid.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian).
Saying
Peek In The Classroom:
When the student is around three or four years of age, depending on how quickly the child has grasped the concept of counting to 100, and also helping them to understand number order. They are introduced to the 100 board. This work is more of an abstract work. The child learns to place the tiles in numeric order and develops an understanding of the concept of patterns.
We have been following this student for about a month tracking her sensitive period with Geometry. She still has a strong interest in Geography. This interest can last a few months or a week. We will see how far she will go in this sensitive period.
This student is working on the 3 part cards in the language area. They focus on three letter/short vowel sounds. Three part cards are the perfect introduction to any new set of vocabulary, and can be found in more than one area of the Montessori classroom.
These two girls are working on the Vowel Tree. The vowel tree is a fun activity to make and play with. This is another fun way to practice short vowel, and letter sounds. They are also practicing handwriting by copy writing the words they created.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- 5 senses
Letter Of The Week- O o
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bug
Next Language is Irish
Upcoming Events: Winter Break: Off from Saturday, December 21, 2019 returning Monday, January 6, 2019
Parent/Teacher Conferences: January 17, Friday 7am to 7pm. Details and sign up to follow soon.
Weekly Theme: Currency, We learned to identify the dollar bills and coins and how much each are worth. Your child can learn even more by attending this childcare program.
MONEY MONEY MONEY Moneeeeeey
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences.
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 18 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Subtraction with manipulatives (Golden Beads)
Synonym Of The Week: HEALTHY: hearty, athletic, sound, strong, fit
Line Time: We spent the majority of line time practicing for the Christmas Show. It was a rockin time! But I could not find the eggnog, or cookies for Santa. Oh wait…. Score !!!!!!!!
Speaking Of Eggnog (which I love by the way): While culinary historians debate its exact lineage, most agree eggnog originated from the early medieval British drink called posset, which was made with hot milk that was curdled with wine or ale and flavored with spices. In the Middle Ages, posset was used as a cold and flu remedy. Now I want to try posset even if it looks like it is a gelatnis solid.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian).
Peek In The Classroom:
She has almost completed the fish puzzle which she will learn the different parts of the fish. Also, the little white knobs on the pieces, tracing the puzzle parts, and coloring the traced pieces will help her fine motor skills.
We are following this student through her trek in a Sensitive Period. This is when she has an insatiable attraction to a particular area/subject or particular work in the classroom. She desires to work with Geometric Shapes. Here she has mastered the small hexagon box.
Stretttttcccchhh. This girl is working on the Pink Tower and Brown Stair. She is actually doing an extension of the work. She wanted to know if the Brown Stair is placed on end if it will be the same height as the Pink Tower. Obviously, the Brown Stair is taller than the Pink Tower. Her question is answered.
The cube is made up of a number of colored blocks, which fit together in a specific way. Assembling it uses a child’s fine-motor skills and requires the ability to discriminate between the blocks based on multiple characteristics. Unlike Montessori’s iconic pink tower, for example, the trinomial cube does not isolate only one quality. Some blocks have one color, others have two. Some blocks are cubes, while others are rectangular prisms. While the pink tower blocks vary only in size, the trinomial cube’s blocks vary in color, size, and shape! This makes the trinomial cube a more complex sensorial material, and it requires organized thinking to master.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Family.
Letter Of The Week- No Letter due to I am being nice.
Rhyming Word Of The Week- No word due to I am being nice.
Next Language is none selected due to I am giving everyone a break.
Upcoming Events: Winter Break: Off from Saturday, December 21, 2019 returning Monday, January 6, 2019
Pizza Party, Show and Tell, PJ Day: Friday, December 20, 2019 (We supply the Lunch. You supply the child)
Christmas Show: Practice: Wednesday, December 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
Show: Friday, December 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 5:30pm (Doors will open at 5:30pm)
Take them to the restroom before dropping off. Even if they say they don’t have to.
***************** Day Of Show ***************** *************** NO AFTERCARE ***************
Attire: Students are asked to wear brown and white since we are representing reindeer. The brown can range from a light tan to a deep brown and any combination of what is worn on top or bottom. We will supply the reindeer antlers. If you have any questions please ask.
Weekly Theme: Using a ruler- We learned how to use a ruler and we measured using the English measurement of inches and Metric measurement of centimeters and touched upon the millimeter. We measured our shoes, TV remotes, and pencils.
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences.
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 18 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Currency, Coins and bills
Synonym Of The Week: None due to I am being a nice guy.
Sight Words Of The Week: None due to I am being a nice guy.
Language Of The Week: None due to I am being a nice guy.
Line Time: We spent the majority of line time practicing for the Christmas Show. It is going to be a rockin time
December Birthdays: The Montessori classroom is comprised of 3 year old to 6 year old students. Here are our newest 4 and 5 year old students.
Pastor Kirk Reads: Pastor Kirk read a story how one tree in the Carpathian Mountains helps several animals in the forest. Fun Fact… My grandmother’s village in Slovakia was at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. One student blurted that that fact was not fun.
What’s The Diff? What is the difference between bologna and baloney?
Bologna is the name of a city in Italy, pronounced “boh-LOAN-ya.” But although the sausage named after the city in English is spelled the same, it is pronounced “buh-LOAN-ee” and is often spelled baloney. Either spelling is acceptable for the sliced meat product. P.S. I love fried bologna/baloney!!!
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian).
Peek In The Classroom:
These two boys worked with the Pink Tower and Brown Stairs. Here they matched the corresponding pieces of the Pin Tower and Brown Stairs. This deviation of the primary goal is called an extension.
This student traced, colored, and labeled the Continent Puzzle Map.
This kindergarten student is working in her binder. Specifically she is hworking on her 100 page. Her first page is from 1 to 100 then 101 to 200 and so on. Let’s see how far she gets at the end of the school year.
Theses students are working on an Albanesi Assessment. This assessment it a bridge between Montessori tracking and traditional education grading.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Practicing for the Christmas Show.
Letter Of The Week- No Letter due to practicing for the Christmas Show.
Rhyming Word Of The Week- No word due to practicing for the Christmas Show.
Next Language is none selected due to practicing for the Christmas Show
Upcoming Events: Winter Break: Off from Saturday, December 21, 2019 returning Monday, January 6, 2019
Pizza Party, Show and Tell, PJ Day: Friday, December 20, 2019 (We supply the Lunch. You supply the child)
Christmas Show: Practice: Wednesday, December 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
Show: Friday, December 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 5:30pm (Doors will open at 5:30pm)
Take them to the restroom before dropping off. Even if they say they don’t have to.
***************** Day Of Show ***************** *************** NO AFTERCARE ***************
Weekly Theme: This week the kindergarten students did addition with carry overs (dynamic)/carry overs in multiple columns/with empty columns using the Stamp Game, color bead bars, and multiplication booard. They are displaying an “X” for multiplication.
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive writing sentences.
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 18 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Measuring with a ruler
Synonym Of The Week: None due to Christmas Show practice
Sight Words Of The Week: None due to Christmas Show practice
Adding None due to Christmas Show practice to the languages
Scrubbing potatoes for the Stone Soup Celebration.
Go BUCKEYES!!!!!!! beat ttun.
Thanksgiving Break: We return Xonday Decexber, 2nd
Christxas Show: Practice: Wednesday, Decexber 11 @ 6:00 px– 7:30 px
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditoriux, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
Show: Friday, Decexber 13 @ 6:00 px– 8:00 px
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditoriux, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 5:30px (Doors will open at 5:30px)
Take thex to the restroox before dropping off. Even if they say they don’t have to.
************** Day Of Show ************** ************ NO AFTERCARE ************
Attire: Beige and white. Ask Kelley, Taylor, or xyself and refer to the exail.
Line Time: This week we talked about pilgrims and how they came to the New World on the ship called the Mayflower. It was a long journey and when they finally got there they had to hunt for their food and build their own shelter. The children were surprised that there was not a Target to get blankets, Giant Eagle to get food, Home Depot to get building materials. We learned that the first Thanksgiving probably didn’t have turkey but instead had pheasant, eel, and fish. As a side note (didn’t discuss in class) there was no Black Friday.
November Birthday: A Montessori classroom is comprised of children ages 3 years of age to 6 years of age. Here is our newest four year old.
What’s The Diff?: What is the difference between seeing a concert and seeing a show? I am thinking when you use the term “show” it is a small, intimate venue with about 200 of your closest friends (Musica, Peobody’s Down Under). A concert most likely will be held in a venue about 2,000+ people (Blossom, The Q). As you can tell I like “shows”. Some pics as I was leaning onto the stage of the last two “shows” I attended. lol. One last thing are you seeing a group or a band?
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 17 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian).
Peek In The Classroom:
These friends are working on the continent puzzle map. They are tracing, labeling, and coloring the seven continents. This work not only will learn help them with geography
This boy is working on a decimal work found in the math area. This work will introduce the child to the concept of the decimal system (10’s). To make the child familiar with the names and relative sizes of the columns of units, tens, hundreds, and thousands. With this work I tell the children the magic number is “10”. for example ten units equals one ten, ten tens equal one hundred, 10 hundreds equals on thousand.
This girl is diligently working on the Metal Insets. Metal Inset work can help the child to; Grip and hold the pencil (and hold the pencil upright) Refine hand control to steady the pencil. Develop movements of straight and curved lines, in preparation for letter formation or a continual line which can assist with cursive.
This girl is in a stage we call a sensitive period. Montessori sensitive periods refer to a period of time when a child’s interests are focused on developing a particular skill or knowledge area. During this time Maria Montessori describes as the child’s absorbent mind. This student has been working on Geometry for the last three weeks. We will track her interest and see how far she goes in this area.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- GO BUCKEYES!
Letter Of The Week-
Rhyming Word Of The Week-
Next Language is
Upcoming Events: Thanksgiving Break: We are off Wednesday, November 27th and returning Monday December 2.
Christmas Show: Practice: Wednesday, December 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
Show: Friday, December 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium, 2300 4th St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221United States
ALL STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 5:30pm (Doors will open at 5:30pm)
Take them to the restroom before dropping off. Even if they say they don’t have to.
***************** Day Of Show ***************** *************** NO AFTERCARE ***************
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
You shoulda seen the other guy.
Laughter is good for the soul! We all should do more of this.
Weekly Theme: We learned how to multiple to the thousand static/column without carryovers with manipulatives. I told the students that multiplication is merely adding multiple times. We learned what the multiplicand and multiplier are.
X for multiplication
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive three letter words cat, red, pit, mop, cup
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 19 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, Hungarian, Irish, Kiswahili).
