This Week in the Oak Room

Wow! What a busy week in the Oak Room.  Our children were working so hard and exploring so many new things!

We are learning a lot about what we hear around us.  Sounds are everywhere.  The children were introduced to different kinds of sound this week;  Living, Natural, and Artificial.  Maybe over the long weekend you and your child can listen for these different types of sound sources at home and while you’re out.

For our peace lesson this week, we have been talking to the children about being kind and have had two more ribbons added on to the kindness wreath.  The kids really enjoy this activity and have been thinking of ways to make Miss Darci and I notice they have performed an “act of kindness.”

Welcome to our newest student Gurpartap!

It’s cold, but please remember that we do go outside if it is above 32 degrees, so send those hats and mittens!

Flu season is most definitely here.  We sanitize the classrooms regularly, but we are spending more time together indoors.  If your child is running a fever or exhibiting any flu-like symptoms, please keep them at home until they are symptom-free for 24 hours. Thanks you.

Next week we will continue our study of Asia with a focus on the country of India.  The children will be making flags, preparing food and learning about what life is like for children who live in that particular part of our world.

Child quote of the week:

Celia: “Miss Holly, Santa Claus stinks.  I asked for a Barbie and he brought me a ukulele.”

Note: Celia speaks very fondly of her ukulele, but has made this statement to me every day since returning from break.  I’m not at all sure what she needs me to do with this information.  Maybe I’ll have to write Santa!

“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment.” – Maria Montessori