What I will learn this Month in Ms. Kate’s class:
Themes of the week | Classroom group lesson time (in addition to individual Montessori Work time)
2/27: Dr. Seuss Week
- Reading The Cat and the Hat; having fun making our own hats.
- Reading Fox in Sox; creating a silly sock graph
- Green eggs and Ham; taste test and graph
- Read Put Me in the Zoo; create one of the characters
- Graphing our favorite book
Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will be doing a variety of crafts, and Dr. Seuss activities.
3/6: My Five Senses
- Sight- play a fun take away game
- Sound- guess that sound game
- Taste- taste test
- Touch- a fun hand-print craft
- Popcorn game using all of our five senses
Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will be doing a variety of fun and engaging activity and crafts on the five senses
3/13: Art Appreciation
- Monet- oil pastels
- Van Gough- creating sunflowers
- Richard Shilling- nature and earth art
- Creating sculptures with clay
- Splatter painting with Jackson Pollack
- Saturday, March 18th: Mother/Son, Father/Daughter Dance 2-4
Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will be teaching all about the famous artists, and doing a varirty of crafts and activities on this subject.
3/20: All About Spring
- All about the four seasons
- Animal moms and their babies
- Life cycle of chicks
- Parts of the flower
- PJ day and show and tell
Afternoon Group Time:
Ms. Ame will be doing a variety of crafts, books, and lessons on spring
3/27-3/31: Spring Break
Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.
2/27: Ss
3/6: Tt
3/13: Uu
3/20: Vv
Rhyming Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
2/27: green
3/6: yum
3/13: art
3/20: tree
Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:
- Take a nature walk and collect different things you see. Come home a create a piece of art with all of your nature treasures!
- Visit a farm and see all of the baby animals. You could also bring a journal and write and draw all of the animals you see.
- Try to spot any of our rhyming words in Dr. Seuss books
- Be adventures and try a new meal or snack together.