Peek Into Our Week ** Mr John's Class ** Week Of January 15, 2018

Cultural Subjects:
Your children can count to ten in 17 different languages (English, Latin, Sign Language, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Arabic with the Lebanese dialect, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagolog, Hebrew, Korean, and Hungarian).

Line Time:
We started to learn about our body and how it works. We learned about our five senses (touch, hearing, sight, smell, and taste). Did you know you can “feel” with any part of your body? Of course parents know that. Who has not stepped on a Lego in bare feet and screamed in pain? But we associate touch with our fingers (hot/cold, hard/soft, rough/smooth). We hear loud noises, quiet noises, high and low noises, “Are we there yet?”. We need light to see and if we close our eyes we can’t see. The lights being turned on at 5 am on a Saturday morning. There are good smells like cinnamon, vanilla and bad smells like a dirty diaper and vinegar. My favorite was the taste test where we tasted sweet (sugar water), salty (salt water), sour (pure lemon juice), and bitter (unsweetened baking chocolate). The children enjoyed “most” of the tastes. Hehe

The pictures in order from our line time taste test. Students not sure about the taste of sour (concentrated lemon juice). A mad dash to spit out the salt water. Really diggin the sugar water. And she can not get the bitter, unsweetened baking chocolate out of her mouth fast enough.

Take A Peek Into Our Room:

These students are having a fun time working with the Knobless Cylinders. The direct purpose is to observe and compare the different series with each other (there are for boxes). The indirect aim is getting a clearer understanding for the different dimensions (height and diameter) and their interplay. In this case they are creating different patterns from a template.

The Montessori classroom is not your typical classroom and it is very unique as are the students in the room. As you can tell with the above picture (notice the tutu around the neck). Each child progresses at their own pace and this is not what we call a cookie cutter classroom and each child is treated as an individual.

The Co-Teachers (Kathleen and Sabrina) do a lot! Every day classroom assistants in a Montessori classroom are integral support staff to insure that children have an authentic Montessori experience. An effective assistant supports the teacher, helps prepare and maintain the environment, observes behaviors, and models grace and courtesy. They also preserve and protect lessons, assist in the development of independence classroom, assist with lessons with the lead teacher to prepare and maintain an orderly, attractive, and joyful environment. They are another pair of observant, attentive eyes and ears. Classroom assistants are also crucial in modeling courteous and respectful behavior as well as contributing to the warm, supportive, and calm atmosphere that is the essence of a Montessori classroom.

Looking Into The Future:

Line Time For Week Of 1/22/2018: The Skeletal System
Letter Of The Week:  Q q
Rhyming Word Of The Week:  bub
Language:  Irish will be added

^^^^^ Daddy/Daughter, Mommy/Son Dance — Saturday February 10, 2018, 2 pm to 4 pm ^^^^^

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Language: Irish will be added

Peek Into Our Week Mr John’s Class Week Of January 15, 2018

Looking Into The Future:

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