Line Time: We practiced A LOT for the show and it was worth it. What a great show!!!!!!!! We also talked about family. Moms, dads, brothers, sisters, grandparents, and cousins were mentioned. We came to the conclusion that pets are part of the family.
Did You Know? (No Saliva. No Taste) Why you need saliva to taste foods. In order for food to have taste, chemicals from the food must first dissolve in saliva. Once dissolved, the chemicals can be detected by receptors on taste buds.
A Word From Mr. John (Happy Festivus):
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 11 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian)
Know Your Languages ( in January)
Glow Stick Party in the Dark:
Peek In The Classroom:
She is working on the number rods found in the math area. The Number Rods 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.Here she is counting the randomly place rods and finding the appropriate number. Discovering where George our class Bearded Dragon is. This sparked a conversation about his spikes and eyes. Look who is reading!One of the kinders took control and lead an impromptu practice for the Christmas Show.
Kindergarten aka Academic Enrichment: No Kinder lesson as we were practicing
Enrichment (Science/Skittle Run):
I love the laughter and in the second picture look at the tongue hanging out.
Peek Into Next Week: Line Time-
Letter Of The Week-
Rhyming Word Of The Week-
Next Language is in January
Future Happenings: -Christmas Break: Saturday December 21, 2024 returning Monday January 6, 2025
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
Who don‘t like cupcakes?Someone got hungry. Maybe the dog ate the homework. We work’em hard in the Buckeye Class. Working together to catch a stray cricket.
Your Kids Say The Darndest Things (Elfie the Elf on the Shelf):
Line Time: Diligently practicing for the Christmas Show. Rockin it out!
All school practice
Did You Know? (Lets just cancel Monday, hehe) According to an article published in Stroke, a 40-year longitudinal study revealed that the most common day of the week to have a stroke was Monday. In fact, for intracerebral hemorrhages, one-third occurred on a Monday. AND, the least common days of the week? Saturday and Sunday.
A Word From Mr. Mr. John (Pull, Crack, and Rub):
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 11 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian)
Know Your Languages ( in January)
Peek In The Classroom:
One of the Kindergarten Students reading Chapter Books. Teen Beads and Boards provide valuable experience with understanding numbers 11-19. With this material, the child first learns that the quantities greater than 10 are all made up of 10 along with a number from 1 to 9. Next, the child is introduced to the symbols for those numbers with the wooden boards and cards. Finally, they associate the beads and the cards together and practice making and placing them in sequence.Teamwork washing tables.We work them hard in the classroom. No Benadryl was used in the making of this picture.
Kindergarten aka Academic Enrichment:
My Kinders practicing cursive.
SPK (Special Kindergarten Group):
This week we continued to gather data and it was the length of the kinders feet. We will gather the same data in May and compare the results. No one passed out due to stinky feet. Also, no one had holes in their socks and two students had mismatched socks.
Enrichments (Library):
Stow Library comes every three weeks to read to the students.
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 in January
Future Happenings: -Christmas Show Rehearsal: December 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium Students arrive by 5:45. USE THE RESTROOM and drop off with assigned group.
-AMMS Annual Christmas Show: December 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium Students arrive by 5:30pm. USE THE RESTROOM and drop off with assigned group.
-Christmas Break: Saturday December 21, 2024 returning January 6, 2025
-Pajama Day/Show and Tell: Friday December 20, 2024
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
You should have seen the other guy.Sometimes you just have to be goofy.Who wore it better?Did they plan this?
Your Kids Say The Darndest Things: ( I want to go home but I don’t know why)
Line Time: 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 Word From Mr. John (I’m baaaack):
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 11 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian)
DecemberBirthdays: A Montessori classroom prides itself on having a multiage class. Here are our newest 4 and 5 year old students.
Know Your Languages ( in January)
We had a visit from St. Nicholas on December 6th which is St. Nicholas Day. He left a gift of Hershey Kisses in the children’s shoes. Sorry no pictures but when they discovered the gifts… chaos ensued.
Peek In The Classroom:
To use the Vowel Tree: Have the child take the consonants card and place the card over the vowel. Have the child say the word that is formed, combining the the consonants and short vowel.
They are combining the Brown Stairs found in the Sensorial Area with Elvis the Pelvis. Looks like Elvis is chillin.
She is working in the Math Area and creating 10 in different ways. Did you know 10 is the magic number?
Look at the concentration cutting carrots. This is a Practical Life work to enhance focus.
Kindergarten aka Academic Enrichment:
My Kinder Students!
In my “Special Kindergarten Group” we are measuring height and documenting weight and then we will revisit this in May and compare our data.
Enrichments (Science):
Having fun inflating a balloon using baking soda and vinegar that creates my favorite gas… Carbon Dioxide!
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 in January
Future Happenings: -Christmas Show Rehearsal: December 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium Students arrive by 5:45. USE THE RESTROOM and drop off with assigned group.
-AMMS Annual Christmas Show: December 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium Students arrive by 5:30pm. USE THE RESTROOM and drop off with assigned group.
-Christmas Break: Saturday December 21, 2024 returning January 6, 2025
-Pajama Day/Show and Tell: Friday December 20, 2024
Friends, Frolic, and Fun:
Look at the difference of the oldest/tallest child and the youngest/shortest child. She has taken on the moniker of the new peanut of the classroom.
Ya shouldah seen the other guy!
Empathy runs rampant in the classroom.
What’s going on here? I am not sure but it looks kind of cool.
We spent the past two weeks learning all about trees and leaves! Trees are such a fantastic part of the fall season, with their beautiful colors and falling leaves. We discussed the life cycle of a tree, learned that trees are a type of plant, and labeled the parts of a tree. We dove into a leaf study afterwards, learning about photosynthesis and chlorophyll, why leaves change color during the autumn season, and how important those fallen leaves are to animals and insects during the winter months.
We also enjoyed a nature walk on a warm, sunny, fall day! We looked for signs of the autumn season, and Kindergarteners completed a tree study. We brought leaves into the classroom and looked at their parts, drew them, and measured them with rulers.
This preschooler is working with our Tree Puzzle. She was introduced to the vocabulary of the parts of a tree while placing the pieces of the puzzle onto the control card. This preschooler is making a Parts of a Leaf booklet. She is practicing coloring each part of the leaf, labeling that part, and explaining to a teacher what each part of the leaf does. This Kindergartener is being introduced to the different parts of the leaf, and what they do, using the Leaf Puzzle and label cards. Just another way to practice our learning!This Kindergartener has traced and labeled our Tree Puzzle. He has also added some sunshine and rain to his drawing to give some more information about photosynthesis!We collected leaves outside, observed them, and then drew a detailed drawing of them. Check out this Kindergartener adding the veins of the leaf to her drawing! It’s time for a Nature Walk! Ms. Kelly is explaining what may have happened to this tree for it to look this way. We also spied some tree rings which we know gives us information about how old the tree may be! Kindergarteners each chose a tree to study. Here they are observing their tree. This Kindergartener found an inch worm on her Tree Observation Book!Preschoolers went on a scavenger hunt with Ms. Kelly, looking for colors, shapes and textures!There was a page for a bark rubbing in the Tree Observation Books!A truly beautiful day for a picnic!
What a beautiful September we have had in the Cherry Blossom class! We have enjoyed warm, sunny days outside and so many fun activities in the classroom. Our Monarch butterflies hatched from their chrysalis and we set them free as they begin their long migration to Mexico. Blossoms have learned about Living and Non-Living things this month, as well as their 5 senses. They have used those 5 senses as they explored apples and pumpkins, ending the week with an amazing trip to Ramseyer Farm! And we wrapped up the month by welcoming the season of Fall, and learning about the four seasons.
Practical Life/Sensorial
We were able to use all of our 5 senses within the classroom this month, especially in the Sensorial area! We used our sense of sight for sorting and building from biggest to smallest. We used our sense of hearing with our sound cylinders. We used our sense of smell with our smelling jars. We used our sense of touch with our thermic tablets, rough and smooth boards, and fabric box. And we tasted tested sour, salty, sweet, red apples, green apples, and apple cider!
Math
Our Math lessons range from one to one correspondence as the children count quantity, to counting by 10s with our Tens Board, to filling in Ten Frames, and Kindergarteners are working with the Addition Strip Board and recording the sums of their equations.
Language
Our sweet Blossoms are working hard in the Language area as well. Our youngest children are working in the Pre-Language area as they practice What Does Not Belong or Opposites. Older preschoolers are working with Sound Pouches as they are introduced to letters and the sounds they make. Kindergarteners are isolating ending sounds in words or even working on blends in words!
Handwriting
There are so many different ways we practice our handwriting skills throughout the day! Chalkboards, dry erase boards, sand trays, and paper and pencil!
Cultural
You’ll see hints of our whole group Cultural lessons sprinkled throughout our classroom. Whether the children are working on Parts of a Pumpkin books, or Four Seasons art, or Parts of an Apple books, or even a pumpkin patch and an apple orchard in a child’s sketchbook!
What are the Kindergarteners up to?
My favorite part of a mixed age classroom is observing students teach lessons to other students. Our Kindergarteners practiced math skills with some preschool students this month. Why do we do this? Many reasons! Working together practices communication skills. Teaching a skill to another person strengthens the understanding of the concept. Learning from another person opens up new ways of understanding.
Learning is SO MUCH FUN!
Ms. Kelly has been working with the class on feelings and calming techniques. We have been practicing yoga and different ways to breathe. Here the class is practicing Lotus pose and taking five deep breaths.
Here’s a peek at some of our days! Worm weather, the excitment of finding the picture you’re looking for while sorting, the smiles that apple cider brings, and Cherry Blossom trees with Pink Tower and Brown Stairs!
A Peek Into October!
October will be a busy month as we dive deeper into Fall. We’ll be studying trees and leaves, as well as beginning our Animal Classification unit – a classroom favorite every year!
Important Dates:
Friday, October 11 – No School/Fall Break
Friday, October 25 – Trunk or Treat (more info coming soon!)
What a beautiful first two weeks of learning in the Cherry Blossom classroom! We have spent these first 8 days discussing our classroom’s “Expected Behaviors”. These are our classroom expectations for the school year, such as being respectful to materials and being kind to others. We read books, held classroom discussions, and looked for all the ways we use these Expected Behaviors all day long!
Kindergarten Corner:
Our Kindergarteners returned ready to LEARN! They jumped right back into their addition equations as if they hadn’t been away from school all summer! They excitedly began Reading Groups and Writer’s Workshop this week, are stepping into their roles of leaders within the classroom, and are assisting their teachers throughout the day. We have a feeling that this is going to be an amazing group of kiddos!
Pre-K and Preschool Corner:
Our returning preschoolers have proudly claimed their Pre-K status, and jumped right back into their work activities as well! There has been handwriting, teen numbers, beginning sound isolation, and so much more this week! Our newest learners, or Preschoolers, have spent a wonderful few days learning our classroom routines, exploring Practical Life trays, and enjoying some partner works with older friends.
Enrichment Corner:
We started both Music class with Ms. Lisa and Art class with Ms. Lindsey this week. We were also very excited for our first science experiment of the year with Mr. John!
A Peek at our Week:
We have two very hungry monarch caterpillars growing in our classroom. Ask your child about what stage of the life cycle these insects are in! We also spent so many beautiful days outside exploring our new blacktop play area, running around in the grass, playing basketball and soccer, jumping in puddles, and enjoying popsicles with Ms. Sarah! Also, meet our new neighbors!
We have had such a busy month in the Cherry Blossom classroom! We have been preparing for the upcoming International Festival where we are representing South America. Your child has been practicing their fact that they will present during the festival, as well as singing our special songs in Spanish! We can’t wait to share our songs and facts with you next week!
Speaking of the Festival, here is some important information for you! Our Rehearsal will be on Wednesday evening, this is not a dress rehearsal so your child can wear whatever they wore to school that day. On Friday, for the show, your child should come dressed in an outfit that represents the country that they studied. If you have any questions about this, please ask me asap.
Here is a flashback from International Festival 2022 when we studied Africa. Recognize any little faces?
We have been lucky enough to have some visitors this month teach us about countries all over the world! We have learned about Pakistan, Japan, Brazil, and China!
Our ASL lesson even followed the theme! Mrs. Thompson has traveled through South America. She shared her experience with us, as well as taught us how to sign South America, anaconda, condor, and many other words!
Coming Up Next Week!
Our Focus Lesson: South American country presentations
Monday, 4/22 – Earth Day!
Wednesday, 4/24 – International Festival Rehearsal – arrive by 5:45pm
Friday, 4/26 – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL – arrive by 5:30pm
Our Focus Lesson: Our Galaxy, Rainbows, and South America
Our group lessons this week were a mixture of topics! We continued our exploration of space by learning about our galaxy, the Milky Way, discussing the Universe, seeing what Earth looks like from space, and then exploring what astronauts do! This completes our Outer Space unit, we’ll be taking a closer look at our planet Earth next week! Rainbows can be found all around our classroom this week as the children buzz with excitement over the possibility of a leprechaun visit. St. Patrick’s Day may be over the weekend, but I have a feeling that a certain sneaky leprechaun will cause some chaos in the classroom anyways this week. Ms. Sam also introduced us to the continent we’ll be studying for International Festival. We took a look at South America books, were introduced to our songs for the performance, and started our research!
That Sneaky Leprechaun!!!!!
That silly leprechaun did surprise us on Friday! Just take a look at the mess that he made! At least he was kind enough to leave us a little surprise though!
Enrichment Spotlight!
We have completed our study of Peter and the Wolf with Ms. Lisa in Music, and are now learning about jumpy and smooth music. Children were introduced to the piano and got to play a few notes!
In Art with Ms. Varela, children have completed their self portraits! Aren’t they adorable?!?
This week was Ms. Tonya’s favorite experiment in Science with Mr. John! I just love the dancing raisins!
Coming Soon!
Next Week’s Focus Lesson: Our planet Earth
Important Dates:
Tuesday, March 19 – Elementary Science Fair @ 6:00! All are invited!
March 25 – April 1 – Spring Break! School resumes Tuesday, April 2.
We have had a busy few weeks as we’ve begun our newest unit of study – outer space! We studied the planets of our solar system – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. We discussed characteristics of each of these planets and learned about the rocky planets vs the gas giants. We also talked about dwarf planets so Ms. Tonya could include Pluto in our discussions. We learned what the word orbit means, and discussed asteriods, comets, the Moon, the Sun, and stars. Did you know that stars come in four colors? Yellow, white, blue, and red!
Right to Read Week!
What a fun week celebrating reading within our classroom! Right to Read week encourages everyone to read books for fun, and what books are more fun than Dr. Seuss books! We read many Dr. Seuss books this week, noticed rhyming words and nonsense words along the way, and had a blast with our dress up days!
Work Time is the BEST!
Coming Up Next Week!
Focus Lesson: Space – Our Galaxy and the Universe
Important Dates:
Tuesday, March 19 – Elementary Science Fair
March 25 – April 1 – Spring Break! School resumes Tuesday, April 2
Line Time: This week we went back in time and took a look at Ancient Greece and talked about Greek Mythology. The Greek Gods hung out on Mt. Olympus and we learned the King of all Gods was Zeus and if you made him angry he had a lightning bolt in his hand that he would throw at you. Zeus had a wife named Hera and she was the Goddess of Marriage. If you were a sailor you dare not make Poseidon angry because he was the the God of the Seas and held a trident (a fork like spear) in his hand. Zeus had a brother that he sent to the under world and that God was named Hades. Hades had a pet that was a three headed dog named Cerberus. We also learned about Pan and Medusa.
Did You Know?
People used to say “prunes” when taking pictures. In the 1840s, it was considered childish to smile for pictures so it became popular for people to say “prunes” instead of “cheese” in order to keep their mouths taut.
AMessage From Mr. John (Corroborating My Dad’s Story):
Corb sent a letter to NBC telling them that the guy was his dad. NBC sent him a 8×10 autograph picture of Ted Danson, LOLOLOLOLOLMr. Corbin the blonde in the middle.
Cultural Subjects: Your children can now count to ten in 23 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, Dutch/Flemmish, Polish, Serbo-Croation).
Know Your Languages (Serbo-Croation):
Nature Center:
Spots first shed in the classroom. Meet the newest addition the Pac Man Frog named Jabba!
Know your languages (Serbo-Croation):
Peek In The Classroom:
They are exploring the “Tree Bin” where they can find and feel different nuts and branches. She traced and labeled Elvis the Pelvis.He is working on 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. It’s one of the lengthier mathematics activities and is good for encouraging concentration.He is making creations with the Geometric Construction Boxes.
