Peek In Our Week {}{}{} Thee Buckeye Room {}{}{} Week Of 5/12/25 thru 5/16/25

Thee Buckeye Bulletin

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Ancient Greece:

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.

**Johicnus, Keeper of the Children uses a “whapper” to keep the mortal children in line.**

Other Stuff:
Letter Of The Week: Done for the year
Rhyming Word Of The Week: Done for the year

Did You Know (Blind As A Bat)?:

No bats aren’t blind. They have functional eyes and can see, though their vision varies by species. While some bats have very good vision, including some fruit bats having vision three times better than humans, their eyesight is generally adapted for low-light conditions, which is why they have a reputation for being “blind”. Bats also rely on ecolocation for navigation and hunting, especially in darkness.

A Word From Mr. John(Buffets):

Who Really Runs This School?

**The office staff is always smiling and helpful. They are truly the mortar between he brick of the school**. They’re the ones that make sure everyone is in the loop and keep everyday running smoothly. **What else do they do? EVERYTHING!**

Cultural Subjects:

Foreign Languages:
Your children can now count to ten in 16 languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic in the Lebanese Dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Hungarian, ).

Specials Spot(Science):

Non-Human Visitors:

**Newly hatched chicks from the lower elementary class paid a visit to our classroom. The children got to watch them play and got to hold pet them.**

Peek In Our Week:

She is working on Cards and Counters found in the math area. The primary goal is to help children understand that each number represents a specific amount. They learn to associate the written number with the corresponding number of counters, building a foundation for future math concepts. **Handling and manipulating the counters helps children develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and precision**.

She is working on the Spindle Box which is a math material. The purpose of the Montessori Spindle Box is to help children develop early counting skills and understand the concept of numbers and quantities. It helps children associate numbers with specific quantities of objects, specifically using wooden spindles, and introduces the concept of zero.

She has focus and the tongue proves it and we call it OCCI. What is OCCI in Montessori classrooms? A short form for “order, concentration, coordination and independence”. These are the four qualities that Dr. Maria Montessori saw as the direct aim of children’s development, especially between birth and 6 years of age.

**Look how proud she is finishing her first novel!**

Peek Into Next Week:
Weekly Theme: The Solar System
Letter Of The Week: Done for this year
Rhyming Word Of The Week: Done for this year

Academic Enrichment aka Kindergarten:

This Week in Kindergarten:
Interjection: Adds some pizzaz to the sentence
Synonym Of The Week: SNEAKY: underhanded, dishonest, tricky, sly, secretive
Sight Words Of The Week: way my

Next Week in Kindergarten:
Punctuation: commas, periods, explanation marks
Synonym Of The Week: Done for the year
Sight Words Of The Week: Done for the year