January, 2017

Kate Case

Themes of the week | Classroom group lesson time (in addition to individual Montessori Work time)

1/30: Living and Nonliving   

  • The basic needs of living things
  • Graphing what is living and nonliving
  • Making a venn diagram to explain living and nonliving
  • Making a collage out of magazines to find living and nonliving
  • Poem and song about living and nonliving

Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will be doing a variety of crafts, songs, and activities that will help the children get a better understanding of what is living and nonliving.

2/5: Nocturnal Animals

  • Creating a KWL chart
  • Leading a disscussion about day and night activities
  • Bats vs. owls using a venn diagram
  • Making a day vs. night bulletin board
  • Valentine’s day party, Friday, February 10th

Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will be doing a variety of fun and engaging activity and crafts on nocturnal animals

2/13: Fairy tales

  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • The Three Little Pigs
  • Elements of a fairy tale
  • Creating our own crowns

Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will also introduce a variety of fairy tales. The children will have fun doing different crafts, songs, and games!

2/21: All About Story Sequencing

  • Monday, February 20th, President’s day – No School
  • The Little Red Hen
  • Goldilocks and The Three Bears
  • Three Billy Goats Gruff
  • There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will be doing a variety of crafts, books, and lessons on story sequencing.

 Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.

1/30: Oo
2/5: Pp
2/13:Qq
2/21: Rr

Rhyming Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.

1/30: hen
2/5: bat
2/13: pig
2/21: fly

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes

  • Gather different sized boxes and create a castle together
  • After reading a book together see if your child can tell you what happened in the beginning, middle, and end
  • Take a night walk and see if you can spot any bats
  • Look through a magazine together and see if you can spot living and nonliving.

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