Line Time: Mammals-This past week we learned about Mammalus. Mammals are vertebrates (have a spine or backbone), warm blooded (their body temperature does not change), have hair or fur, live bearers, and eat/drink mother’s milk when young. Some mammals live in the water such as dolphins and whales. The only mammal that can fly is the bat! Cats, dogs, elephants, and rats are mammals. Oh, and people are mammals as well. “Are we not men? We are MAMMALS………. ”
If you want to play Six Degrees Of Separation for DEVO, Mark Mothersbaugh’s (front man for DEVO) brother does the confirmation classes for my church. Also, I do childcare at the church and I have cared for his niece’s children. I know useless but interesting information. Bonus trivia: Mark Mothersbaugh went to Woodridge High School.
Did you know? Since football season is upon us it would be apropos to share this knowledge of the defensive term of “Blitz”. The term “Blitz” comes from the German word blitzkrieg, which means, “lightning war.” In World War II, the Germans employed this tactic which emphasized mobile forces attacking with speed and surprise.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian).
October Birthdays: In the Montessori classroom we have students ranging from 2.5 to 6 years old. Here are our newest 3, 4, 5 year old students.
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Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Reptiles
Letter Of The Week- G g
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bid
Next Language is Russian
Person bringing snack for week of 10/7/2018 is Chase
Weekly Theme: Biggest to smallest where we live- We discovered we live in the vast galaxy of the Milky Way (not the candy bar), then we are still in space and live in a group of planets called The Solar System. Then the planet we live is the planet Earth. Once we touched down we found we live in the Northwestern Hemisphere and live on the continent of North America. Once we found land we live in the country of The United States Of America and live in the great state of Ohio (Go Buckeyes). We all live in Summit County but live in different cities and have different addresses and phone numbers. What a journey it was!
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 10 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Landforms
Synonym Of The Week: Calm: peaceful, quiet, inactive, serene, slow
Miss Dayna introduced us to centers this week! We discussed primary colors, the color wheel, shapes, and drawing textures. We really enjoyed all of our art exploration!
We started with the three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. Then we had the opportunity to mix our primary colors to see what would happen next!
This child is using the color wheel and colored rocks to experiment with the color order of a rainbow.
We were hands on with our play doh and created shapes and animals.
We learned that making small circles, lines, and zig zags could add textures and patterns to our art.
Line Time: Living and Non-Living- This week we talked about living and non-living things. Your children now know what makes a living thing. All living things reproduce, grow, eat or take in nutrients, breathe or exchange gases, and need water. We are all in agreement that plants, animals, trees, grass, are living things! My shoe is not a living thing nor am I at 4:30 am . My youngest son’s shoes may or may not be living. I do not get close enough to tell due to the smell and I may have seen them move on their own…. Boys that are 13 1/2 years old, SMH.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 9 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect)
Radio Radio: The past six months my radio in my car has been acting up and was on it’s last leg. It started with a big pop sound and the volume would cut out. The only way to get it back to normal was to turn off the radio and turn off the car. This was very tricky while on the highway. I’d put the car in neutral, turn off the car for ten seconds, then turn the car back on, and gently put it back in gear (not sure what that was doing to my transmission). Then it happened… my “AUX” button stopped working leaving me with commercial radio. I was ready to pull my hair out. Even pounding on the radio did not work.
I finally bit the proverbial bullet and purchased a new radio with everything needed to install it. As I side note everything needed to install the radio cost more than the radio itself. One of the parents offered to install it. I was greeted by a very active Rotty and and had a good nap in the backyard. Two hours later I had a new radio. I plugged in my AUX cord and used my Spotify account (again). Now the journey begins. I was able to set the time but the rest is fuzzy. Programming, yes I used the word programming the rest of the features, yikes. I could change the color of my display. I had a nice red “scarlet” but my youngest changes it to pink, he said purple, we agreed on magenta. My son pokes around and “programs” the colors to change on their own and the colors blink with the beat of the music. If I wasn’t susceptible to seizures before I am now. Also, I couldn’t take my eyes of the darn thing and ran a red light. I am begrudgingly waiting for that ticket to come in the mail. I have no idea what the USB port is for. I got the blue tooth to work with playing music. I dare not make a call on blue tooth, yet…. below is my new
JVC KD-X360BTS 1-DIN Bluetooth In-Dash Mechless AM/FM/Digital Media Car Radio
Peek In The Classroom:
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Mammals
Letter Of The Week- F f
Rhyming Word Of The Week- big
Next Language is Italian
Person bringing snack for week of 9/30/2018 is Jonathan
Upcoming Events:
Picture Day- Wednesday October, 16th
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Weekly Theme: Since we live in the great state of Ohio I felt it was needed to become familiar with the states that surround our home state. We started with Ohio which is the Buckeye State and the abbreviation is OH. We then looked at the state to the east of us named Pennsylvania (not Transylvania) which is called the Keystone State and the abbreviation is PA. We traveled south and discovered West Virginia which is the Mountain State and the abbreviation is WV. Moving to the west we ran into Kentucky which is the Blue Grass State and the abbreviation is KY. Moving more westward is Indiana or the Hoosier State (what is a Hoosier anyway?) and the abbreviation is IN. To my chagrin I introduced the students to TSUN. I can not bring myself to even say the name…. xichigan wolverine state.
Let us end not on a low note like the last sentence in the previous paragraph and present the “official” things for the state of Ohio…
Mammal: White Tail Deer Fossil: Trilobite Tree: Buckeye Bird: Cardinal Flower: Red Carnation Drink: Tomato Juice Rock Song: Hang On Sloopy
***** Notice how most of these things refer to Buckeye Football/ being red or scarlet. Also, why does Hang On Sloopy have importance to Buckeye Football? *****
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 10 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian). We are implementing intensive learning programs.
Next Week: Weekly Theme: From biggest to smallest and smallest to biggest (Milky Way to your street address).
Synonym Of The Week: Active: lively, energetic, dynamic, vigorous
Weekly Theme: North America- Since we live on the continent of North America I thought it would be a great idea to identify some of the larger countries (Canada, Mexico) that border the U.S.A. Also, we identified bodies of water (Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Hudson Bay, Gulf Of Mexico, and The Great Lakes {H.O.M.E.S.}) that “touch” and are in our continent. We also reviewed the Cardinal Directions of North, East, South, West (Never Eat Soggy Worms).
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive L l, M m, N n, O o
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 10 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: Ohio and surrounding states
Synonym Of The Week: BORING: drab, dull, lifeless, mundane, monotonous
Line Time:
Food Groups, This week we had fun learning about the food groups in our class. Grains and Cereals (pasta, rice, bread, cereal, crackers), Fruit (apples, grapes, kiwi, mango which is my favorite), Vegetables (cucumbers, carrots, potato, broccoli, eggplant, which is my favorite) Dairy (my favorite… milk, cheese, yogurt), meats (beef, pork, chicken), and proteins, fats and sugars and how many servings we should have per day.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 8 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese)
Fun Fact: Did you know Fruit Loops are all the same flavor? No need eating one color before the others. I guess I was misled my whole life and I am bitter! Toucan Sam you disappoint me. hehe
Peek In The Classroom:
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time- Living and Non-Living Things
Letter Of The Week- E e
Rhyming Word Of The Week- bad
Next Language is Arabic with the Lebanese Dialect
Person bringing snack for week of 9/23/2018 is Amelia
Upcoming Events:
Picture Day- Wednesday October, 16th
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Weekly Theme: Hemispheres- We learned a few weeks ago the Earth is the shape of a sphere. We are going beyond that and learning the Earth is divided into hemispheres. Hemi means half or divided and sphere states the obvious. We have an imaginary line that runs east/west called the equator and an imaginary line the runs north/south called the Prime Meridian. These lines divide the Earth into Hemispheres (northern hemisphere, eastern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, and western hemisphere). we went further and identified the N.W. hemisphere, S.W. hemisphere, N.E. hemisphere, and N.W. hemisphere.
Handwriting: We practiced writing in cursive H h, I i, J j, K k.
Cultural Subjects: We now can count to ten in 5 languages (English, Sign Language, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect).
Next Week: Weekly Theme: North America, countries and bodies of water
Synonym Of The Week: Slow: unhurried, gradual, sluggish, stagnant, lethargic