Ms. Kristen’s April 2017 Monthly Overview

What I will learn this month in Ms. Kristen’s class:

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

4/3: Introduction To The Continents/ All About Africa

• The location of the continents on the globe.
• Using the Continent Map Puzzle to locate the continents.
• Where is Africa? What is the weather like in Africa?
• Landmarks and Animals that are indigenous to Africa.
• Making an African animal craft.
• Friday, April 7^th | Dads n Donuts

4/10: All About Africa

• Learning all about the culture, traditions, and people of Egypt
• Making an African mask.
• Learning all about the culture, traditions, and people of Morocco
• Learning all about the culture, traditions, and people of Madagascar
• Learning all about Kenya and making African Drums
• Friday, April 14th | NO SCHOOL | Easter break

4/17: All About Africa

• Monday, April 17th | NO SCHOOL | Easter break
• Learning all about the culture, traditions, and people of South Africa
• Learning all about the culture, traditions, and people of Zimbabwe
• Learning all about the culture, traditions, and people of Ethiopian
• Discuss how soccer is a very popular sport in Africa.
• Making African masks.
• Wednesday, April 19^th | International Festival Rehearsal
• Friday, April 21st | International Festival

4/24: All About Spring

• Learning all about the signs of Spring.
• Learning about the parts of the flower.
• Life Cycles
• What animals are born in the Spring?

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

4/3: Aa

4/10: Cc

4/17: Rr

4/24: Tt

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

4/3: and

4/10: can

4/17: rag

4/24: the

Things to do at Home this Month to reinforce our themes:

• Try making a new recipe as a family from a country we’ve discussed in Africa.
• Discuss with your child their favorite animal that they learned about from Africa.
• Practice identifying the continents on a map of the world with your child.
• Practice with your child the name of our planet, continent, country, state, city, and their address.