Themes of the Week
(in addition to Montessori Work time)

9/29: Five Senses

• The students will learn about their five senses and their parts of the body that correspond to each sense.

10/6: Leaves

• The students observe the differences in leaf shape.
• The students observe the different fall colors and the fun we can have with leaves.
• The students sort a variety of fall objects.
• The students learn different textures and identify them.

10/13: Apples

• The students will describe an apple using all of their senses.
• The students will discuss the shapes apples come in.
• The students will taste test red, green, and yellow apples.
• The students will explore the inside of an apple.

10/20: Pumpkins

• The students will identify feeling words such as happy, sad, scared, etc.
• The students will guess and count how many seeds are in a pumpkin.
• The students will practice measuring to make a treat.
• The students will practice team work.

10/27: Bats

• The students will learn about the life cycle of a bat.
• The students will research facts about bats.
• Halloween party (Friday, October 31^st)

Letters of the week
9/29: Dd
10/6: Ee
10/13: Ff
10/20: Gg
10/27: Hh

Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:

• Have students describe things at home using their senses.
• Go on a family walk to see how many different kinds of leaves you can find together.
• Take a trip to an apple orchard.
• Make homemade applesauce from your child’s favorite apple.
• Bake pumpkin seeds.
• Take a trip to a pumpkin patch.
• Research other nocturnal animals.