Peek In Our Week ”’ The Buckeye Room ”’ Week Of February 5, 2024

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Pollution and Recycling
The class went green for the week learning about recycling, conserving energy, and pollution.  I explained that pollution was anything that made our environment dirty.  We learned there is littering.  Littering can be people throwing trash on the side of the road or dropping a candy wrapper in the woods.  We now know that we need to put trash in an appropriate container.  We learned that air pollution is created by factories’ smokestacks and cars exhaust,  but cars are just one of the factors that produce air pollution, there are also other reasons.  Water Pollution is caused by factories dumping chemicals in the water or people throwing trash in the water instead of putting it in a trash can.  The 3 R’s were introduced and now we all know to reduce, reuse and recycle!  We thought of ways to conserve energy.  We came up with turning off lights in rooms we are not in or turning off the TV if we are not watching it.  We thought of turning off the water while we are brushing our teeth or turning down the heat and wearing a sweater instead.  During the kindergarten lesson a student realized the room was just as light with the lights off as it was if the lights were on.  Now we do our kindergarten lesson without lights.


Did You Know?:
Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories. This is better than going Keto. lol. Those heavy metalers have got something here.

A Message From Mr. John (Do I need a haircut?):

I am going for the Joey Ramone look!

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 20 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Irish, Kiswahili, Welsh).

Know Your Languages (Welsh):

February Half Birthdays: A Montessori classroom prides itself on having a multi-aged classroom.

Specials Spot :

Peek In The Classroom:

Working together on the 100 Board. This material you put the numbers in order from 1 to 100.
Teamwork!
He is working on the Vowel Tree or Vowel Substitution. This is a pre reading material. The Vowel Tree helps children develop the pre-reading skill, word blends. If a Vowel Tree is new to you, here are a few tips. Start by placing one consonant from your moveable alphabet, such as ”r” in front of “a”. Say “ra” to the child.
She is peeling and cutting carrots for a “real purpose” of providing food for the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches.

Peek Into Our Week:
Line Time- Pollution and recycling

Letter Of The Week- T t

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bed

Language Welsh

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Telling Time (quarter after)
Math.. Addition Math Facts
Language.. Conjunctions
Geometry.. Square Pythagoras

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural.. Telling Time (quarter til)
Math.. Addition Math Facts
Language.. Prepositions
Geometry.. Square Pythagoras

Synonym Of The Week: APPROPRIATE, suitable, fitting, apropos, correct, proper
Sight Words Of The Week: would about

The tracking has ended since the flower bloomed and it looks suspiciously like a work in the classroom.

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/

Thursday 2/15: Valentines get together

Friday 2/16 : NO SCHOOL Teacher training/In-Service Day

Monday 2/19: NO SCHOOL President’s Day

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

I thought this was a “You should have seen the other guy” moment but the scratch was only Nutella.
This is some fancy dancy hair.
Up close and personal with our Ball Python, Milky Way.

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (My brother and sister):

Peek In Our Week*** Thee Buckeye Room*** Week Of January 29, 2024

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This week learned a bit more about our body. We went over the five senses. We learned that we can use our sense of touch not only with our fingers but any part of the body. Have you ever stepped on a Lego in bare feet. An electrical impulse travels from your foot to your brain and your brain tells you it hurts. Our sense of hearing is through our ears. Sound waves travel through the air and are caught by our ears, then travel down the ear canal hitting our ear drum. The ear drum vibrates and the brain interprets what we are hearing. Sight is used with our eyes. Light reflects and travels until caught by our eyes. Then the brain tells us what we are seeing. We smell trough our nose. Particles travel through the air and end up in our nose captured by little hairs called cilia. The hairs send an electrical impulse to, you guessed it, the brain. The brain tells us what we are smelling. We taste with our tongue and the food particles come in contact with our taste buds. The the taste buds tell the brain if the taste is sour, sweet, salty, or bitter. I gave the students salt water, sugar water, lemon juice, and unsweetened baking chocolate. Take a look at the pictures below. Some students liked the sour and some didn’t. Why you may ask? Because everyone’s brain is different and interprets the taste differently from some someone else’s brain.

Wall of Disgust and Fun:


Did You Know?:

Identical twins don’t have the same fingerprints. You can’t blame your crimes on your twin, after all. This is because environmental factors in the womb such as (umbilical cord length, position in the womb, and the rate of finger growth) impact your fingerprint.

A Message From Mr. John (Baking branches to kill critters):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 19 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Irish, Kiswahili).

Know Your Languages (Kiswahili):

Specials Spot (polymers love each other so much they hug to create a strong bond):

Peek In The Classroom:

A new found science box was put on the shelf which curious students explored.
Look at that concentration pouring from a small pitcher in a funnel.
This was not his mess and without being asked he recognized the need to sweep the crumbs.
Someone really likes Geography!

Peek Into Our Week:
Line Time- 5 Senses

Letter Of The Week- S s

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bup

Language Kiswahili

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural. Telling Time (to the half hour)
Math.. Using a Ruler
Language.. Conjunctions
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, Geo Cards

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural. Telling Time (quarter past)
Math.. Addition Math Facts
Language.. Conjunctions
Geometry.. Geometric Solids

Synonym Of The Week: FAT, overweight, big, bulky, heavy, plump
Sight Words Of The Week: more these

Kinders are tracking this plant’s growth. On 1/17 6in 15cm, 1/23 15in 38cm, 1/29 22in 58 cm. And it may be ready to bloom soon. We have guesses if it’s going to bloom green, red, or yellow.

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/

Thursday 2/15: Valentines get together

Friday 2/16 : NO SCHOOL Teacher training/In-Service Day

Monday 2/19: NO SCHOOL President’s Day

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Some one shouted “Milky Way is moving!” of course a bum rush to the nature center ensued.
Another sighting in the classroom of the elusive boy.
Just a goofy expression.
They kind of look scared?????

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (Pokemon is my fave):

Peek Into Our Week !!! Thee Buckeye Room !!! Week Of January 22, 2024

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Skeletal System- (Last Week)This week we looked at the skeletal system and if we didn’t have a skeleton we would be one messy blob on the ground (insert a flagellant sound).  We learned the skull protects our brain, the rib cage protects our lungs, and the spine keeps us sitting and standing straight.  We learned technical terms for our arms, leg and our digits which is a funny name called phalanges. We brought our life sized foam puzzle into our room.  His name is Elvis because we learned about the pelvis and it was a cool rhyming name.

Elvis sitting up and hanging out.

This week we learned a bit about the internal organs.  We started with the brain which is like the computer of the body.  It tells our body how fast to breathe and how fast our heart should beat.  We discovered the lungs help us breathe and puts oxygen in our blood. Our stomach digests food, the small intestine take nutrients out of our food and large intestine gets the remaining water from indigestible food and creates waste (poop)(that word produced laughter) or as I referred to a bowel movement.  The kidneys process excess water and creates pee (more laughter) or urine.  The liver removes toxins from the body. We found out that the largest organ of the human body is the epidermis.  The liver is my fave internal organ.  What is yours?

They are working on the internal organ wok.

Did You Know?:
One in 18 people have a third nipple. Known as polythelia, the third nipple is caused by a mutation in inactive genes. Didn’t Chandler Bing on friends have a third nipple. I dare not post a picture of this.

A Message From Mr. John (I “heart” Grandparents Day):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 18 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Irish).

Know Your Languages (Irish):

The Nature Center:

Feeding time for the roaches. Madagascar Hissing Roaches are herbivores and dine on fruits and vegetables.

Grandparents Day:

Scenes from science class on grandparents day.
Proud grandparents

Peek In The Classroom:

The cards and counters reinforces the knowledge that each number is made up of separate quantities. The child will see the sequence of numbers and how many separate units go to form each number. Great practice to show the odd and even numbers as well.
They traced Elvis and are labeling his bones.
We are giving students going in kindergarten and first grade the Albanesi Assessment. This assessment is a link between Montessori and traditional assessments.
Animal puzzles are wonderful for hand-eye coordination and for developing the fine motor muscles of the hand. These puzzles provide a hands-on opportunity for a child to learn the anatomical parts of an animal. Tracing and labeling the parts are a popular activity.

Peek Into Our Week:
Line Time- Internal Organs

Letter Of The Week- R r

Rhyming Word Of The Week- but

Language Irish

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural. Telling Time (to the hour)
Math.. Using a Ruler
Language.. Adverbs
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, Geo Cards

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Cultural. Telling Time (half hour)
Math.. Using a Ruler
Language.. Conjunctions
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, More Geo Cards

Synonym Of The Week: NICE, kind, pleasant, delightful, good, helpful
Sight Words Of The Week: first than

The kindergarteners are tracking the growth of this plant. On 1/17 it was 6 inches and 15 centimeters. On 1/23 it was 15 inches and 38 centimeters.

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/

Thursday 2/15: Valentines get together

Friday 2/16 : NO SCHOOL Teacher training/In-Service Day

Monday 2/19: NO SCHOOL President’s Day

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Pigtails.
A strong interest in watching roaches eat.
Contemplating!
As he was doing this he was saying “I’m upside down, I’m upside down!”

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (Gunna buy a plant):

Peek In Our Week ### Thee Buckeye Room ### Week Of January 8, 2024

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To honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we learned a bit about his life and his accomplishments.  The students became actresses and actors as they recreated Rosa Parks making her stand on a bus in Montgomery Alabama.  The students enjoyed playing the part of the bus driver, Rosa Parks, “the mean guy”, a police officer, Martin Luther King Jr., and passengers on the bus.  We discussed our differences such as skin color, eye color, hair color, and gender.  Then we discussed how we are similar.  We talked about discrimination and segregation.  We talked about if someone with red hair wouldn’t be allowed to do art “just because” they have red hair or if anyone who had blue eyes would have to go to a different classroom with less materials, broken crayons, or no books “just because” they have blue eyes.  I had only boys fetch the chairs for the skit and brought that to the attention of the class.  We had some very sad girls…. I did let the girls take the chairs back after the skit.

Below is a picture after the skit where everyone can sit where they want.  The thumbs up means the students approve.

Did You Know?:
There is a cheese that has live wiggling maggots in it and it is called Casu Martzu. Casu Martzu is created by leaving whole pecorino cheeses outside with part of the rind removed to allow the eggs of the cheese fly to be laid in the cheese. A female can lay more than 500 eggs at one time. The eggs hatch and the larvae begin to eat through the cheese. The acid from the maggots’ digestive system breaks down the cheese’s fats, making the texture of the cheese very soft; by the time it is ready for consumption, a typical Casu Martzu will contain thousands of these maggots. Due to health concerns this cheese has been banned in the European Union.

A Message From Mr. John (Great week to start 2024):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 16 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian).

Know Your Languages (Hungarian):

Specials Space (Science):

I fell on the proverbial sword and spilled water on my head to point out the differences of absorption between paper towels and diapers.
Filling the cup with a diaper as she watches.
She is anticipating getting wet but the water never came.

A Lesson on Ancient Egypt:

An Upper Elementary Student visited our classroom and gave a presentation on Ancient Egypt.

January Half Birthdays:

Peek In The Classroom:

This is a prime example of an older student teaching a younger student letter sounds. This is one of the advantages of a multi aged Montessori classroom.
Ask any child in my class and they will tell you 10 is the magic number. This boy is making 10 with different combinations of beads. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, by far the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. The reason for the choice of ten is assumed to be that humans have ten fingers/toes (digits).
This is one of his favorite works. He is tracing and animal then he will color it and label the parts of that animal.
Do you notice she had to distinguish different shades with some colors? Sorting different colors helps children to learn how to sequence, which indirectly prepares their little minds for Mathematics. Sorting colored buttons (or other objects) teaches children about order, colour identification, color matching, and concentration.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Skeletal System

Letter Of The Week- Q q

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bub

Next Language is Korean

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Landforms (Archipelago/Chain Of Lakes)
Math.. Review Fractions
Language.. Adverbs
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, Geo Cards

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. No School
Math.. Fraction Review
Language.. Review Adverbs and other grammar
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, More Geo Cards

Synonym Of The Week: SICK, weak, unhealthy, ailing, infected, frail
Sight Words Of The Week: now made

Kinders focusing on their in-class handwriting. Well, most of them, lol

Future Happenings:
-NO SCHOOL Monday January 14 for MLK Day. Don’t be that family that shows up.


–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/

-Grandparents’ Day: Thursday January 25, 2024

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Two little peanuts. Don’t let their stature fool you. They are tough cookies.
You should have seen the other guy!
AMMS Straight Jackets
Stripes!

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (I Love My Family):

Peek In Our Week ___ Thee Buckeye Room ___ Week Of December 11, 2023

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The Buckeye Bulletin

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Diligently practicing for the Christmas Show. Rockin and a Rollin

Did You Know?:
If you’ve ever seen a beaver’s teeth you’ll know that they appear pretty orange. This is because, whereas other rodents have magnesium in their tooth enamel, beavers have iron. So beavers have orange teeth for the same reason we have red blood.

A Message From Mr. John (They rocked it!):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 15 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew).

Specials Spot: ASL

Know Your Languages (Korean in January)

Peek In The Classroom:

Meet our newest pet. Our milksnake named Nemo.
What’s so interesting? Oh! A Madagascar Hissing Cockroach is molting.
Look who is reading.
Two kindergarten students working in their binders doing math problems.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Christmas Show Practice

Letter Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Rhyming Word Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Next Language is Korean in January

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Landforms (peninsula/gulf)
Math.. Review Math Operations
Language.. Review Parts Of Speech
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, Geo Cards

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Landforms (Isthmus/ Strait)
Math.. Review Math Operations
Language.. Review Parts of Speech
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, More Geo Cards

Synonym Of The Week: Not til 2024
Sight Words Of The Week: Not til 2024

Kinders practicing cursive.

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/
-Pajama Day/Show and Tell: Thursday December 21, 2023
-Christmas Break: Friday December 22, 2023 returning January 9, 2024

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Who is sitting in my chair?
Shorts in December in Ohio? Nope, she tricked me.
Exercise before afternoon pick up.
I ain’t afraid of no bug!

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (Her dog wanting to stay outside):

Peek In Our Week !!! Thee Buckeye Room !!! Week Of December 4, 2023

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The Buckeye Bulletin

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Diligently practicing for the Christmas Show. Rockin it out!

Did You Know?:
A priest once told me there are the same number of stitches on a baseball as on a rosary. With a little research I’ve found this to be true at 108. Prove me wrong.

A Message From Mr. John (0 percent effort):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 15 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew).

December Birthdays: A Montessori classroom prides itself on having a multiage class. Here are our newest 4 and 5 year old students.

Know Your Languages (Korean in January)

Peek In The Classroom:

She is working on sorting found in the sensorial area. Sorting Activities in Montessori promote children to develop visual memory, muscle memory, and hand-eye coordination. Children are also able to identify different patterns, sizes, relationships, differences, and similarities between different objects.
They completed a creation with the red rods, brown stairs, and pink tower. This is called an extension. Extensions are activities that are introduced after the initial presentation with a material, in order to encourage the child to re-visit the material and solidify the skills and/or concepts it’s designed to provide.
A group of students gather to look at continent picture boxes.
She is meticulously working on her kindergarten binder.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Christmas Show Practice

Letter Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Rhyming Word Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Next Language is Korean in January

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Landforms (cape/bay)
Math.. Review Math Operations
Language.. Adverbs
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, Geo Cards

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Landforms (penninsula/gulf)
Math.. Review Math Operations
Language.. Review Parts of Speech
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, More Geo Cards

Synonym Of The Week: Not til 2024
Sight Words Of The Week: Not til 2024

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/
-Christmas Show:
Rehearsal- Wednesday December 13…6pm to 7pm NOT a dress rehearsal at Cuyahoga Falls High School
Christmas Show- Friday December 15…6pm to 7:30pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School
-Pajama Day/Show and Tell: Thursday December 21, 2023
-Christmas Break: Friday December 22, 2023 returning January 9, 2024

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

A fancy bun she made all by herself.
He is trying to get her attention and she, well……
Third Eye Blind
Sam slippers with a photo bomb and more of the third eye.

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (Rowan and his dog):

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Diligently practicing for the Christmas Show. Rockin it out!

Did You Know?:
Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people. True, there are only five well-documented fatal lightning strikes on giraffes between 1996 and 2010. But due to the population of the species being just 140,000 during this time, it makes for about 0.003 lightening deaths per thousand giraffes each year. This is 30 times the equivalent fatality rate for humans.

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 15 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew)

Know Your Languages (Korean in January)

A Message From Mr. John (RIP Shane MacGowan)

A few thoughts on the video… How many guys are in this band? How many cigarettes were smoked during filming? Did you notice Matt Dillon is the police officer? Why does Kelly A keep telling me I can’t use this song for the Christmas Show?
If you want more, check out Jimmy Fallon and his guest singing a good version of this and explaining what a lock in in Ireland is on Christmas Eve.

Peek In The Classroom:

The last pre-reading material before reading. She is now reading the Hooked on Phonics series. This is an example of how fast things can move in the classroom.
She can now compose numbers with quantity and symbol. Do you see what patter she (pretty much) completed.
Look who is reading chapter books (Billy B. Brown). Notice the verbiage on her book mark.
She is working on a pre-reading material.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Christmas Show Practice

Letter Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Rhyming Word Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Next Language is Korean in January

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Landforms (peninsula/gulf)
Math.. Review Math Operations
Language.. Adverbs
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, Geo Cards

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Landforms (straight/isthmus)
Math.. Review Math Operations
Language.. Review Parts of Speech
Geometry.. Geometric Shapes II, More Geo Cards

Synonym Of The Week: Not til 2024
Sight Words Of The Week: Not til 2024

Why do I give them a choice between silly and nice?

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/
-Christmas Show:
Rehearsal- Wednesday December 13…6pm to 7pm NOT a dress rehearsal at Cuyahoga Falls High School
Christmas Show- Friday December 15…6pm to 7:30pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School
-Pajama Day/Show and Tell: Thursday December 21, 2023
-Christmas Break: Friday December 22, 2023 returning January 9, 2024

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Wearing their shirts backwards in the new hot trend.
This guy is showing off his guns.
Being surprised when confronted with this face was rather scary, lol.
Girls showing off their flexibility skills. I said “NO THANK YOOOOOOOU”

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (I love my family):

Peek In Our Week *** Thee Buckeye Class *** Week Of November 13, 2023

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Native Americans/Thanksgiving-  We talked about Native Americans and how Indians were named Indians.  On student informed us that Christopher Columbus landed in North America but thought he was in India.  Hence, the name.  We talked about how Native Americans were indigenous.  Then the Pilgrims came over from Europe on a ship called the Mayflower.  The pilgrims had a rough go of it at the beginning because they didn’t have enough blankets or food.  They could not just go to Target or Giant Eagle to get supplies because at that time there were just woods and wild life. 

Food For Thought:
Why are things transported on land called a shipment but things transported by boat called cargo? MIND BLOWN!

Thoughts From Mr. John (Ear Bug):

This is the song. It was filmed at my villa in Greece when I wasn’t using it. The Cure asked. I said yes.

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 15 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew)

Know Your Languages (Hebrew):

Specials Scene(Music):

Frieda Frog saying hello to the children at music.

Peek In The Classroom:

She is working on the math material called the number rods with numbers. The Number Rods help children learn the names of numbers, and identify the symbol and their sequence and learn to correctly associate between the spoken number and its quantity. Children grow to understand that each rod represents a unique quantity and that each number is represented by a single object as a whole, separate from others.
Children love learning about geography while perfecting fine motor skills. She traced the continents and poked (with a large push pin) and placed the continents to the map. Poking improves fine motor skills in toddlers while also getting familiar with the shape and boundaries of each continent.
The Montessori Change Game, also called the Exchange Game, is a classic Montessori math activity. The purpose of the Change Game is to give children the opportunity to experience how small quantity categories can be exchanged for larger quantity categories and still total the same amount. Ask your child what the magic number is.
Cards are placed at the top of the tree and read slowly. Once the first word/nonsense word is read, the card is slid up the trunk reading all the words and deciding if they are real words or not. This material gives the child plenty of work with the changing middle vowel sound that often needs a lot of practice. This is a popular pre-reading work.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- The Game!

Letter Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Rhyming Word Of The Week- Taking a break to practice for the Christmas Show

Next Language is Korean

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Ohio
Math.. Fractions
Language.. Adverbs
Geometry.. Large Hexagon Box

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. biggest to smallest (Galaxy to street address)
Math.. Fractions
Language.. No School
Geometry.. No School

Synonym Of The Week: Not til 2024
Sight Words Of The Week: Not til 2024

I thought it would make a cool album cover.

Future Happenings:
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/
–Thanksgiving Break: No school from Wednesday November 22 thru November 26. Returning Monday November 27.

-Christmas Show:
Rehearsal- Wednesday December 13…6pm to 7pm NOT a dress rehearsal at Cuyahoga Falls High School
Christmas Show- Friday December 15…6pm to 7:30pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School
-Christmas Break: Friday December 22, 2023 returning January 9, 2024

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Another set of twins.
Another example of you just don’t ask why a student puts a backpack on their head. But someone thinks it is funny.
She got tired of waiting for me to fix her binder pages so she taught herself.
He said it was so easy he can roll a mat with his eyes closed.

Your Children Say The Darndest Things (my little sister):

Peek In Our Week ::: Thee Buckeye Room ::: Week Of November 6, 2023

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Dinosaurs-  We traveled back in time and discovered some fascinating things about certain dinosaurs.  We learned that dinosaurs no longer exist and that they are extinct.  We know dinosaurs exist because scientist found their bones or fossils.  From these fossil we saw that some teeth were long and sharp to tear flesh from it’s prey which belonged to meat eaters or carnivores (T Rex).  Some teeth were flat for grinding plants, leaves, and branches and belonged to plant eaters or herbivores (Brachiosauras).

Dino from the Flintstones

Did You Know:
Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes? Carbon dioxide given off by the bacteria used to make Swiss cheese creates the air bubbles in the process, resulting in those holes that we refer to in the industry as “eyes.” The size of the eyes does not have an effect on the taste of the cheese and can be controlled through temperature, storage time and acidity.

My children say Swiss Cheese smells like stinky feet. What are your thoughts on Swiss Cheese?

November Birthday: The Montessori Classroom prides itself on having a multiage cclassroom. Here is our newest 5 year old student.

Message From Mr. John (Star Struck):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 14 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog)

Know Your Languages (Tagolog):

Specials Spot (Art):

The old hand turkey craft.

Peek In The Classroom:

She is working on consonant/vowel blends. This will help her with advanced reading.
The key purpose of the Moveable Alphabet is to prepare children for writing, reading, and spelling. The child’s use of the material progresses from single words, to phrases, and eventually to stories. In this way, the Moveable Alphabet teaches children how to symbolize their own thoughts, and begin to write creatively.
She is working on the memory game where I show her a number and she goes across the room the retrieve the correct number of sticks. Memory game incorporates movement, elements of suspense, control, and academic learning. Look at her expression of excitement.
She decided to “go all in” with her work on sand paper letters by taking out all of the letters.

Peek Into Next Week:
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Letter Of The Week- M m

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bop

Next Language is Hebrew

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

Weekly Themes:
Geography.. OH IO
Math.. Fractions
Language.. Adjectives
Geometry.. Small Hexagon Box

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Ohio
Math.. Fractions
Language.. Adverbs
Geometry.. Large Hexagon Box

Synonym Of The Week: Not til 2024
Sight Words Of The Week: been down

A “nice” pic with a bit of spunk from the kinders.

Future Happenings:
–Operation Christmas Child: Friday November 17, 2023
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/
–Thanksgiving Break: No school from Wednesday November 22 thru November 26. Returning Monday November 27.

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Pretty In Pink.
Did they call each other to plan on wearing the matching pants?
She is practicing dance. I’d be walking with a cane if I attempted this.
Quite the ladies man.

Your Child Says The Darndest Things (My Brother’s Birthday):

Peek In Our Week “”” Thee Buckeye Room “”” Week Of October 30, 2023

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Arachnids, Insects, Invertebrates- This week we broke away from vertebrates and looked at some invertebrates. Namely, insects, arachnids, and some other invertebrates. We learned that insects have a head, thorax, abdomen, six legs, and two antennae. Some examples of insects are the ladybug, bee, butterfly, and ants. Arachnids are a bit different and have a fused head and thorax (called a cephalothorax) and an abdomen. Some arachnids include spiders, ticks, and scorpions.  

Who remember Atom Ant?

Breaking out the insect and arachnid.

Did You Know: Be nice to crows
Crows can recognize human faces and remember them for their entire lives. They’ve also been known to leave gifts for humans. My question is if you anger a crow how long do they hold a grudge?

Message From Mr. John (Let the Music Move You): For general admission shows I get to the venue 2 hours before doors open to get against the stage.

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 15 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish)

Know Your Languages (Swedish):

Specials Spot (Music):

Music class implements movement which is very important at this age.

Peek In The Classroom:

In the foreground he is working with the language material, Opposite Cards. In the background she is working on the Binomial Cube which is found in the sendorial area.
She is learning how to write from 1 to 100.
She is working on the knobless cylinders that can be found in the sensorial area. This material strengthens fine motor skills and visual discrimination. Did you notice she discovered the relationship in regards to height?
She us working on the trinomial cube that is housed in the sensorial area. As with all Montessori sensorial materials, the cube has both a direct and an indirect purpose. The direct purpose of the binomial and trinomial cubes is for the child to practice the steps to properly disassemble and build the cube, while refining dexterity and visual acuity.

Peek Into Next Week:
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Letter Of The Week- L l

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bot

Next Language is Tagolog

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

Weekly Themes:
Geography.. North America Bodies of water
Math.. Division with Golden Beads and other materials (no borrowing)
Language.. Adjectives
Geometry.. Construction Box (blue rectangle box)

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Ohio
Math.. Fractions
Language.. Adjectives
Geometry.. Small Hex Box

Synonym Of The Week: OLD: ancient, elderly, used, seasoned, mature
Sight Words Of The Week: how each

Just having fun.

Upcoming Stuff:
–Parent/Teacher Conferences: (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS): Friday November 10, 2023… follow the link.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45429935-2023#/
–Operation Christmas Child: Friday November 17, 2023
–Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sign up, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B48A8A92DA6F94-45382628-buckeye#/
–Thanksgiving Break: No school from Wednesday November 22 thru November 26. Returning Monday November 27.

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

I never understood the mismatch craze.
His sweatshirt is stuck on his head.
Who wears it better my student or Mike Reno of Loverboy?
Peace, Love, and Donuts!

Your Child Says The Darndest Things (My dogs):