Thank you to all parents who attended Parent/Teacher Conferences! We appreciate your insight and involvement into your children's education! The report card, while detailed, outlines the skills and subjects a student will be taught in the traditional three-year cycle of Montessori education, from 3-6 years old. Every year, they will repeat and extend lessons to suit their age, ability, and level of concentration. Please see the page, "How does Montessori Education Work?" on this website for a fuller explanation of the expectations for each of these three years.
As you might have seen on the St. Mary facebook page, or the "Buzz" newsletter, we concluded our in-depth squash unit with preparing and eating a pumpkin pie. The children got to see, and execute, the full process from fresh, raw pumpkin to a delicious pie. And of course, being part of food preparation makes it more likely for children to taste a new or unfamiliar recipe. We reiterated our rule about food tasting, which is everyone takes "one polite bite." Now that it is December, we will continue to learn about hibernation and migration. We will also begin to explore conifer division of trees, and differentiate them from the deciduous trees we learned about in October. Also, we will add birds to our animal classification work. Of course, Christmas is a big topic this month. Ms. Rachel is beginning today to have a short Advent service with the children each morning. We are practicing our song with Mr. Magowan, our new music teacher, for the Christmas concert. The Scholastic Book Fair is being held tomorrow and Wednesday (December 4 and 5). The Montessori class is signed up to shop at 11 am on both days. As that is the time of half-day dismissal, we invite parents to come in and shop with your child during that time. Of course, if you send in money, we will assist any children in purchasing books. Thank you for encouraging literacy and love of reading!
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Ms. Teresa is just one of the three fantastic teachers in St. Mary's Montessori Children's House! |