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

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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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

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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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:
Line Time- Pilgrims

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

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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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:
Line Time- Dinosaurs

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):


Peek In Our Week ___ Thee Buckeye Room___Week Of October 23, 2023

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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Birds-
This week we learned about what makes a bird a bird. We learned a bird is a vertebrate and is warm blooded. A bird is born from a hard shelled egg and has feathers. Not all birds can fly and the ones that can not fly are called flightless birds which include penguins, ostriches, and the dodo bird. The jury is still out if chickens can fly.

I say, I say, That boy ain’t right.

Did You Know:
Napoleon’s chief of staff organized the hunt. He bought more than 3000 rabbits from local farmers as he wanted to impress his boss. Napoleon and his guests turned up one summer morning in a field, ready to hunt as many rabbits as possible. When the bunnies were released the rabbits didn’t scamper away in fear. Quite the opposite — they bounded toward Napoleon and his hunting party. Napoleon and his buddies soon found themselves bombarded with a barrage of fluffy bunnies.  This reminds me of the Monty Python scene in The Life Of Brian.

Run away. Run away…

Message From Mr. John (Hot Blooded):

I do not think Foreigner has any original members but they’ve played Blossom the last two years and they sound great.

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)

Know Your Languages (Romanian):

Impromptu lesson of going through an owl pellet. We found fur, claws, and many small bones.

Specials Spot (Science):

They are pointing at the clay in the shape of a bowl floated while the clay sphere sank.

Trunk or Treat Celebration:

It was like hearding cats, yoysk.
Parent and grandparent helping with Trunk or Treat!

Peek In The Classroom:

Tracing and Coloring the Fish Puzzle. Can you find where he drew the fish heart(s)?
Tracing and punching the continents (with a push pin).
Making Tens with the color bead bars. Montessori bead bars are introduced to the child to teach them the counting concept and color recognition. Counting with ten bar beads is a practical method for learning complex mathematical operations, like addition and subtraction efficiently. Do you see she went in order 1/9, 2/8 then did the opposite 9/1, 8/2?
She is learning to count, write, and identify numbers from 1 to 100.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Insects and arachnids

Letter Of The Week- J j

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bip

Next Language is Swedish

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

Weekly Themes:
Geography.. North America
Math.. Division golden beads no borrowing
Language.. Pronouns
Geometry.. Construction Box (rectangle box 2)

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:

Geography.. North America
Math.. Division with Golden Beads and other materials
Language.. Adjectives
Geometry.. Construction Box (blue rectangle box)

Synonym Of The Week: COLD: freezing, chilly, frigid, frozen, cool
Sight Words Of The Week: use your

Kinder students in alphabetical order which they did on their own.

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:

Sometimes you just do not ask.
Mighty oaks and sprouts. Our tallest and shortest students.
Loosing teeth is a right of passage. This student has crossed that line quite often.
I said there was something different about her. I asked: Did you get a haircut? No Did you shave your mustache? giggling, no. OH! you’re wearing your glasses!!!

Your Child Says The Darndest Things (TMI about her brother):

The children learned that mammals are the only animal that eats/drinks mother’s milk!

Peek In Our Week ()()() Thee Buckeye Room ()()() Week Of October 16, 2023

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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Fish-
We learned fish are vertebrates or they have a backbone or a spine.  They are cold blooded (their body temperature changes to the temperature around them) and have slimy and scaly skin.  The unique thing about fish is that some fish are born alive and some fish are born with jelly eggs.  Some examples of fish are Trout, Bass, Sharks, and Swordfish.  And one more important point is that fish live in water.

I saw this when it was in the theaters.

Food For Though: Do you know that you do not realize you fell asleep until you wake?

Message From Mr. John (Clouds):

My guilty pleasure. For the longest time I thought the title was “Clouds” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1UngfqojI

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 13 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian)

Know Your Languages (Russian):

Specials Spot (Music):

Tambourine fun in music class.

Peek In The Classroom:

Composing numbers reinforces the association of quantity and symbol. This work students can compose from 1 to 9,999.
She is working on exchanging quantities. 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.
She is doing the 10 board. Another exercise in the relationship between symbol and quantity. Do you see the pattern she created?
Montessori education emphasises practical life activities that help children develop independence, concentration, and coordination. One such activity is braiding, which can be introduced to children as young as three years old. Braiding helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and a sense of order.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Birds

Letter Of The Week- I i

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bin

Next Language is Romanian

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Hemispheres Equator, Prime Meridian
Math.. Subtraction golden beads/other materials (carry overs)
Language.. Pronouns
Geometry.. Construction Box (rectangle 1)

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:

Geography.. North America
Math.. Division golden beads no borrowing
Language.. Pronouns
Geometry.. Construction Box (rectangle box 2)

Next Week:
Synonym Of The Week: COLD: freezing, chilly, frigid, frozen, cool  

Sight Words Of The Week: use your

Another nice kindergarten picture.

Upcoming Stuff:

Trunk or Treat: Friday October 27 2023… Details sent via email
Parent/Teacher Conferences: (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS): Friday November 10 2023… Details to follow.
Bring Your Parent To School: Mondays and Wednesdays starting November 20, 2023… follow the link to sigh 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:

Two girls NOT happy about being told to STOP WORKING!
Being serenaded as the girls count to 100.
I call this the back hug.
Cousin It’s cousin?

Your Child Says The Darndest Things (Strong opinions about socks):


Peek In Our Week ||| Thee Buckeye Room ||| Week Of October 9, 2023

Thee Buckeye Room Bulletin

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Amphibians- This week we looked at the Amphibian.  We talked about how the Amphibians are vertebrates, cold blooded (the body temperature changes to the temperature that surrounds the amphibian), their skin is soft and moist, and they are born from jelly eggs.  Some examples of Amphibians are toads, frogs, and salamanders.  We learned that the term amphibian means of two worlds.  Amphibians are born in the water but live their life on land.  Below is the ever not so popular frog Baron Silas Greenback from the cartoon Danger Mouse. One of my fave cartoons as a young adult.

Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine:

…I’m happy, hope you’re happy too.. What song is this?

Did You Know?:

The only letter in the English language with more than one syllable is W with three syllables and it’s sound begins with the d sound. MIND BLOWN!

dub uh you/ dub ya/ double you

Cultural Subjects:

Know Your Languages (Italian):

Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian).

Enrichments (Art):

Peek In Our Week:

This material focuses on the understanding of the consonant blends, either in the beginning, or ending of the word, or both, as well as a short vowel sound. It is also a focus on the reading skills. There are instructions and an answer key included with the Montessori Blue Language Series.
A scene in Practical Life. In the forefront a boy hammers golf tees into a pumpkin. Behind him a student uses eye droppers to mix colored water (primary) together to make secondary colors.
Last week she mastered the relationship of quantity and symbol for the 10s. She advanced to building numbers from 10 to 99 using the golden beads. The aim is to associate the quantities and symbols from 10 to 90. Using the Tens Boards, the child explores the number names of the tens and the sequence of numbers 11–99.
She is working on the sand paper numbers. The direct purpose of the Sandpaper Numbers is to teach children the symbols that represent each number, allowing them to visually identify any number from 0 – 9. In Montessori education this is specifically taught separately to counting from 0 – 9, where children often fall back on rote memorisation.

Peek Into Next Week:

Line Time- Birds

Letter Of The Week- J j

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bip

Next Language is Russian

Academic Enrichment:

Weekly Themes:
Geography.. Hemispheres
Math.. Subtraction with golden beads (no borrowing)
Language.. Articles
Geometry.. Construction Box (triangle

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:

Geography.. Equator, Prime Meridian, Hemispheres
Math.. Subtraction golden beads (carry overs)
Language.. Pronouns
Geometry.. Construction Box (rectangle 1)

Synonym Of The Week: CALM, peaceful, quiet, inactive, serene, slow

Sight Words Of The Week: for with

Kinders pointing at their favorite kindergarten teacher. Lol

Upcoming Events:

Trunk or Treat: Friday October 27 2023… Details sent via email
Parent/Teacher Conferences: (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS): Friday November 10 2023… Details to follow.

Thanksgiving Break: No school from Wednesday November 22 thru November 26. Returning Monday November 27.

Friends, Frolic, and Fun:

Fancy Space Hair comes apart way too soon.
Charlotte enjoying a gut loaded, calcium powder cricket.
Snug as bugs in a rug.
A perfect gift from a student. My back will never itch again.

Your Kids Say The Darndest Things: (My Sister)


Peek In Our Week ^^^ Thee Buckeye Room ^^^ Week Of October 2, 2023

Thee Buckeye Bulletin

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Reptiles-
This past week we learned about Reptiles.  Reptiles are vertebrates (have a spine or backbone), cold blooded (their body temperature changes with the surrounding temperature), have dry scaly skin, hatched from hard shell eggs.  Examples of reptiles are turtles, snakes, alligators, and lizards. We suspect that dinosaurs may have been reptiles.

Godzilla and son may have been reptiles.

Did you know?
When it comes to the alphabet everyone knows that “Z” is the last letter, but did you know it wasn’t the last letter to be added? Although located in the first half of the ABCs, “J” is a latecomer and was the 26th of the current set of letters to be added.

And it is all good between them.

Last week trivia answer: Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo went to Woodridge High School.

A Message From Mr. John (Don’t Do Starburst And Water):

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 9 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with Lebanese dialect).

Know Your Languages (Arabic With Lebanese Dialect):

October Birthday: Montessori prides itself on maintaining a classroom wit 3 to 6 year old students. Here is our newest 6 year old.

Enrichments (Library):

The children listened to a story and learned some fun facts about an oak tree.

Peek In The Classroom:

He just completed the Cards and Counters. 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.
She is working on the Pink Rhyming work. Rhyming skills should be practiced continuously from the Phonemic Awareness level all the way through a child’s reading career.  This is the Pink Level individual rhyming work. This work supports the child’s developing understanding of spelling patterns.  
This student is working on the Binomial Cube found in the Sensorial area. The direct aim of this binomial cube is for the kids to correctly build the cube within the box while using and developing visual acuity and dexterity. The indirect aim of the Montessori Binomial Cube is to prepare the child to learn advanced algebraic concepts. In the background a student is putting 40 books back in order.
Unsolicited help sweeping the room.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Amphibians

Letter Of The Week- H h

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bit

Next Language is Italian

Academic Enrichment aka kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:

Geography.. Cardinal Directions
Math.. Multiplication carry overs with other materials
Language.. Articles
Geometry.. Geometric Solids

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:

Geography.. Hemispheres
Math.. Subtraction with golden beads
Language.. Articles
Geometry.. Construction Box (Triangle)

Synonym Of The Week: CALM: peaceful, quiet, inactive, serene, slow

Sight Words Of The Week: for with

Kinders know when a camera is pointed at them.

Upcoming Events:
Trunk or Treat: Friday October 27 2023… Details sent via email
Parent/Teacher Conferences: (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS): Friday November 10 2023… Details to follow

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Feeding the cockroaches caused quite a stir.
Fancy hair. Goofy face.
Salami Face! Remember the episode of The Office? lol or on a disturbing note…. Silence Of The Lambs.
It is actually a funny scene.
Girl pals.

Your Kids Say The Darndest Things(The cost and size of a Pokemon binder):


Peek In Our Week $$$ Thee Buckeye Room $$$ Week Of September 25, 2023

The Buckeye Room Bulletin

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Mammals-
This past week we learned about Mammals.  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………. “

I have to do this every year…. 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. 

Trivia: What high school did Mark Mothersbaugh attend.

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.

A Message From Mr. John (Who are these bands????):

Certainly not Mr. John’s genre.

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 10 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese).

Know Your Languages (Japanese):

Enrichments (ASL):

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson leading the Sign Language Class.

Peek In The Classroom:

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.
The Puzzle Maps help students memorize continents but memorization is only one benefit. Montessori students use these maps to gain a deeper, more rich understanding of how continents relate to one another.
Segmenting and blending orally helps build a student’s ability to sequence the sounds in words. If students demonstrate significant difficulty during the phonemic awareness portion of the lesson.
A new material creates a lot of attention.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Reptiles

Letter Of The Week- G g

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bid

Next Language is Arabic with Lebanese Dialect

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Reptiles

Letter Of The Week- G g

Rhyming Word Of The Week- bid

Next Language is Russian

Academic Enrichment aka kindergarten:
Weekly Themes:

Geography.. Cardinal Directions
Math.. Multiplication w/carry overs
Geometry.. Polygons

Next Week:
Weekly Themes:

Geography.. Cardinal Directions
Math.. Multiplication Other Materials
Language.. Articles
Geometry.. Geometric Solids

Synonym Of The Week: ACTIVE: lively, energetic, dynamic, vigorous

Sight Words Of The Week: you his

Just a nice kinder pic.

Upcoming Events:
Trunk or Treat: Friday October 27 2023… Details to follow
Parent/Teacher Conferences: (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS): Friday November 10 2023… Details to follow

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Ya shoulda seen the other guy!
Boys… a rare sighting in the classroom.
I ask her to take a nice picture….. and I get this.
Now this will do.

Your Kids Say The Darndest Things(Ninja Turtles):


Peek In Our Week ### Thee Buckeye Room ### Week Of September 18, 2023

Thee Buckeye Bulletin

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Living/Non-Living
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 5:00 am.  Some of the parents are not living until they have had their coffee.  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 17 years old, SMH.

A Message From Mr. John (Dang Mosquitos):

Fun Fact: (Dang Mosquitos, again)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls mosquitoes the “world’s deadliest animal.” It’s a weighty moniker for an insect that weighs just 2.5 milligrams, but it’s well deserved because vector-borne diseases, including those transmitted by mosquitos, cause more than 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. They are truly evil things.

Souless, Pesky things!

Trivia: What was the name of the band that visited Gilligan’s Island?

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 7 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek)

Know Your Languages (Greek):

Enrichment (Science):

These students are demonstrating cylinder strength

Peek In Our Week:

She is working on the Movable Alphabet. 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.
He is working on a math material named the 9 Tray. The aim of the 9 Layout lesson is to help children understand number placement (1s, 10s, 100s, 1000s) as well as reiterate the association between quantity and numeral.
Here is one of my readers. The ability to read is an essential skill, one that children absolutely love to learn. The Montessori-based approach to develop reading skills gives children a solid reading foundation and confidence to read and learn on their own. Children who are read to often are proven to be more successful readers themselves.
They are rolling mats. This will be one of the first activities which we teach 3-6 year old children coming to the Montessori classroom. Rolling and unrolling a mat teaches children patience and how they should be doing stuff for themselves, and not relying on the teachers to roll and unroll a mat for them.

Peek Into Next Week:
Line Time- Mammals

Letter Of The Week- F f

Rhyming Word Of The Week- big

Next Language is Japanese

Upcoming Events:
Nothing really going on. Lets celebrate… hmmm… my pseudo birthday with jelly donuts!

Academic Enrichment:
Weekly Themes:
Next Week:
Geography.. Continent/Fun Facts
Math.. Multiplication w/carryovers
Language.. Nouns/Verbs
Geometry.. More geometric shapes

Synonym Of The Week: SAD, miserable, gloomy, depressing, downtrodden, glum, unhappy

Sight Words Of The Week: from he

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Sistahs!
The tall and the short.
Deep in thought.
Cuteness

Your Kids Say The Darndest Things (ouch!):


Peek In Our Week +++ Thee Buckeye Room +++ Week Of September 11, 2023

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 {I love cheese/smoked gouda}, yogurt), meats (beef, pork, chicken), and proteins, fats and sugars and how many servings we should have per day.

A Message From Mr. John (I really am shy):

Fun Fact:
Giraffe ‘horns’ are not actually called horns, but ‘ossicones’ and both female and male giraffe have them. Ossicones are formed from ossified (hardened into bone) cartilage and are covered in skin.

Remember this guy’s name? Bragging rights who knows without using Google.

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can now count to ten in 6 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French)

Know Your Languages (French):

Enrichment (Music):

Ms. Lisa explaining musical terms.

Peek In Our Week:

Kinders working in their Kindergarten Binder.
She is working on the Ten Board. This work strengthens the correlation between quantity (tens) and symbols (10,20,30….)
A curious student observes work on the Colored Bead Bars. The Bead Stair consists of colored bead bars that concretely represent the numbers from 1-9. These bead bars with their characteristic colors are used to learn countless math concepts from basic counting, to skip counting, to addition, to multiplication, and even to the squaring and cubing of numbers.
She is working on the Number Rods with symbols. The Number Rods also help children learn the names of numbers 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.

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 Greek

Upcoming Events:
Ramseyer Farms- 
Friday, September 22, 2023

Picture Day: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Academic Enrichment:
Weekly Themes:
Next Week:
Weekly Themes:

Geography. Continent Fun Facts ll
Math. Multiplication no carry overs
Language . Nouns and Verbs
Geometry. Geometric Shapes ll

Synonym Of The Week: HAPPY: cheerful, content, jovial, joyful, merry

Sight Words Of The Week: our was

Showing the addition symbol.

Frolic, Friends, and Fun:

Strike a pose.
Just a funny face.
You should have seen the other guy!
Does this hurt his eyes?

Your Kids Say The Darndest Things (A Cat With One Eye):

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