Today, March 11, the Montessori Children's House celebrated our 100th day of school. We have been counting since the very first day. It is one of our student jobs to add a unit bead in the afternoon to mark another completed day. Today, we commemorated the day with lots of hundred-themed activities. Every day, in our classroom, children have access to the hundred board, and the ten square chain. Today, we added hundred board grids to fill in with animal counters, colorful game chips, and marbles, as well as stamping 100 colorful stamps, tracing the numerals 1-100, and coloring worksheets that say "Happy 100th Day of School!" Please enjoy these photos from our special day: In the morning, we gathered together at our rug to count the days together. We counted 9 ten bars, and 9 unit beads. We added one more unit bead. We learned, from our golden bead lessons, that we could exchange 10 unit beads for another ten bar. And then we exchanged our 10 ten bars for a hundred square! The completed chart was then hung on our classroom timeline.
On Monday, we will continue counting beyond 100 days!
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Hello again from the Montessori Children's House! We hope you all had a fabulously relaxing Winter Break! We are wrapping up our February unit this week; even though it's now March, it's hard to let go of some of our February work. This year, the challenge of matching all the Presidents' pictures was particularly popular! We have also continued to learn about money, the names of coins and their denominations. Today, Ash Wednesday, we officially marked the beginning of the Lenten season. Father Luke and Father Ryan visited our classroom to give us our ashes. Each student also learned about being thoughtful and reflective in a concrete way, by drawing a joyful picture, and copying or tracing the word "Alleluia" on the paper. Then we folded those papers and put them away in a box, "burying" our Alleluias for the forty days of Lent until Easter Day, when Jesus rose to heaven! Then we can "unbury" our Alleluias once again! Each student will bring home their Alleluia drawing for Easter. Ms. Teresa also read the Easter Story from our Children's Bible, and will continue to do so regularly for the whole Lent season. Ms. Kathy has introduced a school-wide project to encourage each class to brainstorm every week about ways in which we can Pray, Fast, and Give for Lent. Today, the Montessori class had their first brainstorming session. We decided to Pray for God and Mary, Fast from our favorite food, and Give a toy away. Please reinforce these concepts at home! We also hope to have more days during which we can go outside. We were able to this week, and the children benefited greatly from the exercise in the fresh air! Please continue to dress your child appropriately for the weather, and thank you for all those who have kept snow gear here for the winter. Finally, we know that everyone is choosing what's best for their families regarding masking due to Covid 19. Many parents have reached out letting us know their preferences for their children. Thank you to those who have. If there's any questions, do not hesitate to let the Montessori team know. A quick email or note helps us know what your preferences are, so that we can reinforce them here at school.
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Ms. Teresa is just one of the three fantastic teachers in St. Mary's Montessori Children's House! |