This Week in the Oak Room
- At January 15, 2013
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This Week in the Oak Room
The new year is off to a great start in the Oak Room! We have had a lot of fun in the snow, both real and pretend! You may have noticed our beautiful snowflakes and snowmen we made to celebrate this lovely time of year. Miss Darci even got some icicles for us to examine! Very interesting…
Madison and Emery enjoying our “pretend” snow…
Next week we will be learning even more about snowflakes and icicles as we continue our study of the weather. We’re also taking turns as the daily meteorologist and making predictions about the outside temperature. We had an exact hit on Thursday with Maisie’s guess of 36 degrees!
We’re taking a trip east and beginning our study of Asia. There is so much to learn about the world’s largest continent! If any of our families have anything to share from a trip to this area of our planet, we would love to see it.
Give peace a chance. (Yes, I had to go there!) Maria Montessori devoted much of her life to world and inner peace, therefore it is a very important part of our curriculum. We have expanded our “peace” area of the classroom with even more jobs to help the children learn to respect themselves, others and their world, to be kind and respectful and complete activities designed to sooth and calm the spirit. We introduced our “kindness wreath” on Friday. Please ask your child about it; this is an excellent opportunity to discuss what kindness means to your family and see what it means to them.
We are so happy to start the second half of our year and watch your children flourish and grow. Have a great week!
Pretend Snow Recipe: 2 boxes of cornstarch mixed with one can of shaving cream. FYI: this is messy, but so much fun!
Child quote of the week:
Miss Holly: “Would you like to do the sound cylinders with me Collin?”
Collin: “No, thank you. We have enough noise right now.”
“Education today, in this particular social period, is assuming truly unlimited importance. And the increased emphasis on its practical value can be summed up in one sentence: education is the best weapon for peace.” – Maria Montessori
Parent’s Night Out
- At January 15, 2013
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Parent’s Night Out
Enjoy an Evening Out and Drop the Kids at
Center Grove Montessori
Friday January 25th
5:30 – 8:30
HOSTED BY:
CGM Aftercare Teachers |Kristine Speight & Cecily Dibble|
For Preschool & Elementary-Aged Children
*Sorry, we cannot accommodate infants or toddlers*
Dinner is Included
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-Macaroni & Cheese
-Hot Dog
-Baby Carrots
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-Applesauce
-Popcorn (movie)
Space is Limited!
Payment and Reservation Must Be Made With Brenda
By Wednesday, January 23rd
Reservations Required!
Montessori Math
- At January 10, 2013
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Ever wondered how Montessori Math materials are used? Center Grove Montessori School is hosting a “Walk through Montessori Math” on January 24th at 6:30 pm. Come and let us share a few of our beautiful materials and see how they are used by your child (or invite a friend to come and witness). Some for specific operations and many for a multitude of operations! Hope to see you there!
Open House
- At January 08, 2013
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Join Us!
Saturday, Febuary 23 rd
1-3 pm
Come see our beautiful school just in time for Open Enrollment starting in March.
This Week in the Maple Room
- At December 21, 2012
- By CGMontessori
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Thank you to all of you for being such a supportive bunch of parents. For taking the time to be so thoughtful about bringing in snacks for our children. The small sized fruits, pears, apples and tangerines have been a great hit! The special Christmas snacks were just adorable.
Welcome to Jasraj Oberoi. He is three and very happy to be part of our Maple room. The experienced children have guided him to navigate his mornings very smoothly. Once again, Jama and I are honored to witness the joy of these powerful children building their sense of community.
We have been celebrating some holidays around the world. Clara, (Luke and Kate Plunkett’s exchange student) who is from Belgium, came to our class room to share the celebration of St. Nicholas. She brought some pictures, sang a song in French about St. Nicholas and brought Belgian waffles for us to taste, made by her. Then at the end of the day, we lined up our shoes for St. Nicholas, pretended to be asleep and found tangerines in our shoes!
Anna, was our St. Lucia this year. She worked hard to make a crown for her to wear just for this day. The children were busy making star headbands and candle crowns. Ms. Kristen came and talked to us about how this holiday is celebrated in Sweden. She helped us make Swedish buns. Then at the end of the day, Moriah (Tulip room) and Anna (Maple room), dressed as St.Lucia brought us the buns to taste. It was lots of fun.
For Chanukkah, children have been making star candle holders from clay. We lighted a menorah and some older children visited the elementary class to help make latkes. We all liked the latkes.
The children had been making a piñata, collectively for Christmas and Posada celebration. It was so much fun to break the piñata and find some presents for us.
Thank you to all the families for all the useful presents to the classroom. The children were excited to see the things that they can use and some items were used immediately. Thank you for the paper, glue, markers, pencils, fractiles, trays, puzzles and gift certificates to Montessori services.
Happy holidays to all our families. We wish you peace in the new year !
Tulip Room This Week
- At December 18, 2012
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In the tulip room we continue to celebrate holidays around the globe, visiting Sweden and making St. Lucia buns was a hit last week and making latkes, lighting the menorah, learning the dreidal song and reading Hanukkah stories this week.
We will have a christmas gift opening party Wednesday, as well as celebrate the Mexican holiday of Los Posados with a taco bar. Some mexican puppet friends, visited our classroom on friday and gave us our food assignments. If you haven’t seen these, please ask your child or check their backpack! We are doing this pitch-in style, feel free to send a snack or a lunch on Wednesday if you are concerned that your child won’t care for the food, or don’t if you know your child will be satisfied with the taco bar.
We sincerely enjoyed our caroling at the nursing home so much that we decided to carol local businesses! We found that to be a blessing to us and the businesses! In addition to our acts of giving we are hosting 3 Days of Giving. The tulip room is practicing 3 days of giving in honor of the giving season. The first day of giving we gave to those who do things for us; the library, the field, the businesses who let us trick or treat them and all those special people who come to teach us so many wonderful & interesting things. The second day involves making a gift for one of our family members and the third is a random act of kindness (which is attached). This gift is to be given to someone who won’t and/or can’t ever give anything back. Please help your child find the appropriate person or place to gift this too. This act of giving came home with your child, if you haven’t seen it yet please ask them about it, if you have any questions let us know. In a world of getting it is so wonderful and peaceful to see the children participating in the thrill of giving, their faces light up so much when they see the joy they are bringing to others.
On Wednesday the children will be bringing home their green folders which contain fun work as well as follow up work to lessons they have had, we ask that you spend some time with your child over break finishing up this work, it will keep them well practiced as children. Thank you so much for blessing us with the honor of spending each and very day with your children, we consider it a blessing beyond any to know such wonderful people.
Have a safe and happy holiday break!
This Week in the Oak Room
- At December 16, 2012
- By CGMontessori
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On Friday morning, while I sat with our class at our morning circle, the lives of 20 children and 6 adults dedicated to their care were stolen by the violent act of one man’s madness in Newtown Connecticut.
The theft of such innocence and vitality tests my faith in my fellow man and leaves me frightened of what darkness may be lurking just beyond our front doors.
I am filled with sadness for the community and families that have lost love ones in this tragedy. My mind will never comprehend acts of violence against children, but in my heart I send wishes of peace and prayers of hope to those that are grieving.
I look to the faces of my own children and those that I care for at school to sooth my broken heart. I have chosen a few of my favorite pictures from this week as a gentle reminder to myself and our families to cherish every moment we have with these delicate humans in our care…
Heavy Hearts….
- At December 14, 2012
- By CGMontessori
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We are with heavy hearts here today at Center Grove Montessori in lieu of the shooting at the school in Connecticut. Please remember that media coverage and adult’s discussions/anxieties can traumatize children that are not directly impacted by a traumatic event. Limit the media coverage you are allowing your children to see and be careful with your actions/discussions around them. If they know about the shooting, don’t hide it from them, let them talk and share their feelings, and be honest. Such a sad day….give them an extra hug tonight.
Parents Night Out
- At December 13, 2012
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Do you need a few more
hours of shopping time
without “little hands”?
Center Grove Montessori Aftercare Teachers
are offering a few extra hours of extended care.
Space is limited!
Reservations and payment in advance are required!
When: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: Center Grove Montessori
Who: Preschool and Elementary Children
(Sorry, we cannot accommodate
infants and toddlers)
Cost: $20 per child – dinner is included
We will be having dinner and a movie for the kids. If time allows, maybe even a craft.
Dinner will be:
Mac & Cheese or Hot Dog
Green beans
Applesauce
Popcorn for the movie
Interested Parent MUST make a reservation with Brenda by
Monday, December 17, 2012 so that preparations can be made.
Looking for Something fun to do?
- At December 12, 2012
- By CGMontessori
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