. We have been counting, from day 1, every day of school, by adding one little golden unit bead to a dish. Every two weeks, it becomes another child's afternoon job. Once we got ten unit beads, we traded them for a ten bar. On March 4, we finally got to trade ten ten-bars for a full hundred square. Then, we decided to count to 100 in a different way - using the color bead bars from 1-9. Each 3 -and 4-year-old student colored in a picture of one color bead bar, and our Kindergarteners' special job was to label each bead from 1 to 100! We are still counting! Every day, one student adds another little, golden unit bead to the cup, to go along with our hundred square. March is our month for learning about fish and other creatures of the oceans. Our students are now classifying animal pictures into mammals, insects, birds, and fish: Each time another class of animals is added, we have a full-group lesson to review the previous classes, and introduce the new one. We are also learning about food groups this month. We are using the MyPlate model of nutrition. Our main focus is that we learn to identify if foods are fruits, vegetables, grain, protein, or dairy. The children are starting to identify these food groups in their lunches! On a final note, the weather is changing as we move to Spring. Please continue to dress your child for the weather, keeping in mind that our morning playtime is considerably cooler than the projected high temperature for the day. We want our kiddoes to have fresh air and exercise as much as possible! Thank you!
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Ms. Teresa is just one of the three fantastic teachers in St. Mary's Montessori Children's House! |