This Week in the Oak Room
- At December 07, 2013
- By CGMontessori
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December is the month of many celebrations at Center Grove Montesssori! This week we talked about Hannukah and St. Nicholas Day. We made latkes, lit our menorah and played many games of dreidel. We also made special paper shoes for St. Nicholas to leave a treat in. The children really enjoyed learning about the differences and similarities of these holidays to those we celebrate with our families.
Next week we will be discussing the European holiday of St. Lucia. Also, we, of course, will be making our usual Christmas crafts and baking some delicious treats for our party on the 19th. From 2-3 pm on that day we will be having our Christmas celebration with games and treats to share. In lieu of staff gifts we ask that gift givers bring in an item for our classroom. A wish list will be posted on the bulletin board by the front door.
A reminder: we have had a few issues with children not having a change of clothing at school. Please take the time to check your child’s cubby to make sure they have everything they need.
Please Note:
It is getting chilly outside. Please remember that we do take the children outside if the temperature is above 32 degrees, so they need to have appropriate outdoor clothing. With the cold mornings and warmer afternoons, we find dressing in layers to work best in keeping the kids comfortable.
Child quote of the week:
Andrew: “These onions don’t like my eyes.”
Children’s Holiday celebration
- At December 07, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In Maple Room
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December is usually a hectic time for many adults as they prepare for the holidays. Young children are very aware of the excitement in the air. As guides we would like to ignore the exuberance that surfaces in the classroom, but we found that it is more constructive to channel the children’s excitement into purposeful activities. One popular idea with children is to learn about different holiday customs around the world.
We celebrated Hanukkah this week. Cooking and tasting latkes was a lot of fun. We will also be celebrating St Nicholas day, St. Lucia Day and Los Posada and Christmas.
The children will also create gifts for their parents and wrap them all by themselves. They will collectively glue a piñata in preparation for the Los Posada and Christmas party. We place little treasures into the piñata and the children each take a turn to break it open.
The party will take place on the last day before winter break. On that day the children can bring a small present for their classroom. This custom has evolved at CGM. Rather than exchanging gifts with each other, (including teachers) the children give a small gift that can be used by the entire classroom community. The children enjoy opening their presents and eventually seeing them used in the classroom. It becomes their contribution to their classroom community. This year the piñata party will be on Dec.20th.
Dates to remember
Dec.9th St. Nicholas
Dec.13th St. Lucia
Dec.20th Christmas and piñata party. Open presents for the classroom.
Here is a wish list for our classroom.
Construction paper different colors
Card stock different colors
Soft color pencils
Stencils
Children’s atlas
Gift certificates for Montessori services
Happy Holidays.
To Our CGM Families
- At December 06, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In CGM Parent News
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Dear CGM Families,
I am so happy to announce the opening of our second location, Indiana Montessori Community School (IMCS) in Whiteland, Indiana.
IMCS will be serving children ages 21/2 to 18 years. It will have a primary, elementary and an adolescent program.
We are enrolling NOW for the IMCS location. The plan for IMCS is to start the primary program in January 2014 and in August 2014 to start the elementary and adolescent programs.
We have thought about taking the step ahead to make it possible to have an adolescent program for a while. Let’s ALL make it happen. We have open spaces for new friends at IMCS. We need everyone to spread the word and help with enrollment.
Please ! Yell it from the rooftop !
CGM will continue at its current location to serve with a primary and an elementary programs, (ages 21/2 to 12 years). CGM families are welcome to choose either location according to their convenience.
I know that I have been blessed with the wonderful support from the gracious families of CGM! Together, we have been providing a great place for our children in the past years.
To come this far is definitely not a one man show. I am surrounded with great families, including our staff families, that have special and varied talents and expertise that make us successful.
We hope to grow more together!
Please check out the new website, which is still under construction. www.indianamontessorics.com
Take a drive to IMCS at 531 U.S 31 South, Whiteland IN 46184. It’s just 7 miles away from CGM.
There is construction underway to bring the place up to the state required code. That is expected to be completed by end of December.
If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns please feel free to call, email or talk to me anytime. You can always talk to Brenda for more information.
Thank you for all your continuing support.
Sincerely,
Indu Agnihotri
317-544-8508
info@centergrovemontessori.com
School is Closed for Today, December 6th
- At December 06, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In CGM Parent News
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Due to inclement weather and the prediction for more, we will be closed for today. Enjoy playing in the snow!
This Week in the Oak Room
- At November 25, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In Oak Room
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What a busy week! All of the children were so active and busy doing jobs and playing with friends. We spent a lot of time this week making discoveries about Native Americans as well as the pilgrims that came across the ocean on the Mayflower. Many of you may have seen our wonderful totem poles at the front of our hallway. We appreciate that so many of our families took the time to help their child make such wonderful additions to the pole. You can really see the student’s personalities in every creation!
Nice headband Andrew!
We are only in school for Monday and Tuesday of the upcoming week, so we will be spending our time talking about Thanksgiving, baking and the older children in our classroom and the Maple room have been practicing a play to perform for their younger peers. This will be a lot of fun for all of us!
Happy Birthday Evan and Ava!
Please Note:
Please take the opportunity during this break to update or check your child’s change of clothes in their cubbies. We prefer two sets of clothes that are seasonally appropriate. Thanks for your attention to this matter.
Child quote of the week:
Miss Darci: “Ava, what do you want your Native American name to be for your headband?”
Ava: “Distracted…”
This Week in the Maple Room
- At November 24, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In Maple Room
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It has been fun and exciting, learning about Diwali and Thanksgiving. This Tuesday we will be having a feast. Children will make stone soup and corn bread for the feast. Each one of us is bringing one ingredient for the soup. We will start the soup on Monday. Please send in the vegetable/ingredient your child has picked to bring on Monday.
Jama, Pavitra and I are thankful for being blessed with the opportunity to be part of your child’s learning journey at Center Grove Montessori.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Reminder: As it turns colder, please update your childs change of clothes that are kept at school.
This Week in the Oak Room
- At November 20, 2013
- By CGMontessori
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With the onset of the cold and flu season, we have been practicing a lot of personal care skills such as hand washing, face cleaning and nose blowing. We always encourage the children to take care of their bodies by eating well, resting and keeping themselves clean. They are all doing very well with these lessons, but practice makes perfect, so keep up the reinforcement at home please!
Thanks to our parents for the very entertaining and educational Diwali celebration! We really appreciate the thought and care that went into the classrooms. The children had a wonderful time and were so excited to try so many new things!
Hopefully all of our families are diligently working on those totem pole cans. We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s creation and putting together our class pole. Our plans for Thanksgiving this year will cover the traditional history of the interactions between the pilgrims and the native americans through stories and playacting. On our last day before our short break, we will celebrate together by baking and making our own butter!
Happy Birthday Collin and Madison!
Please Note:
It is getting chilly outside. Please remember that we do take the children outside if the temperature is above 32 degrees, so they need to have appropriate outdoor clothing. With the cold mornings and warmer afternoons, we find dressing in layers to work best in keeping the kids comfortable.
Exciting news!
- At November 20, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In CGM BLOG
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We are pleased to announce the opening of Indiana Montessori Community School, our second location.
Center Grove Montessori will continue in its current location. Our second location, Indiana Montessori Community School, will be in Whiteland, Indiana. It will serve primary, elementary and secondary school students. The primary program will start in January 2014 and the secondary in the Fall 2014.
Enrollment for our primary program, ages 2 1/2-6, for Indiana Montessori Community School has begun. So please help us by spreading the word about our exciting new school.
This Week in the Tulip Room
- At November 12, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In Tulip Room
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Last week we had some amazing homework turned in, had a lesson on fabric printing, bluegrass/country/folk music, a lesson on the countries in North America, had a presentation on the Day of the Dead and worked on our Timeline of life Research Teams (these teams were suppose to research and present on their period and did so through food, slideshows, shelf materials, posters and games).
The best thing about my job is that I learn something new everyday! This weekend I learned that our school can benefit from parents shopping on Amazon. You just have to use the fundraising link and it takes you to Amazon and then when you buy we get credit…(there is some amazing cubing materials I’d love to have for the children, but these are so expensive, I hope to get them soon!). Also I learned that the magazine “Tomorrows Child” is available to us digitally, for free, through Compass, so we will not be ordering so many magazines (saving trees & money) and will just let you access it online through the parent resources tab.
Thank you to the parent volunteers who are coming into the room once a month and helping! I feel so blessed to have these people in the room and to be able to do so much more because of them! We are looking for parent volunteers to assist in our International Fair in the spring..look for more details soon! Thank you for allowing us to be with such awesome and interesting people everyday!
This Week in the Oak Room
- At November 11, 2013
- By CGMontessori
- In Oak Room
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What a busy week! The children in the Oak Room have been working hard on jobs, Dia de los Muertos activities and having fun with friends. We spent a lot of our time talking about Mexico and the tradition of the Day of the Dead celebrations. We were pleased to learn that the children were very interested in why this holiday is celebrated and what the children of Mexico do to honor the special people in their lives who are no longer with them.
Next week we will be joining with the Maple Room to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights celebrated in India. This is a great favorite with the children so we are looking forward to those activities and tasty foods!
We will soon begin our preparations for Thanksgiving and learning about the history of this American holiday. Please look for a coffee can and instructions that will be sent home as a family craft activity. This will be your child’s contribution to our totem poles!
Please Note:
Thank you for your cooperation with the new nap routine. The nap packs are a great success and the children seem to enjoy the responsibility of taking care of their pack and getting ready for nap all by themselves.
It is getting chilly outside. Please remember that we do take the children outside if the temperature is above 32 degrees, so they need to have appropriate outdoor clothing. With the cold mornings and warmer afternoons, we find dressing in layers to work best in keeping the kids comfortable.
Good friends working together!
