This week in the Tulip Room

It was a map-tastic week in the Tulip room! The glory of Montessori is frequently when one child is working on something they found interesting another child will see and say “Hey, that looks fun can I do it next?” That occurred this week with our pin maps! Pin Maps are maps in our classroom that have flags, country names & capital names for the continents. Children work at their own level (flags only for the youngest child and all three for the older or more advanced learners) with the maps and follow ups (a follow up might be to research a flag or a country or a capital they find interesting or to make their own map by drawing flags & labeling countries/capitals).

During last month we focused on our continents and oceans and this month North America so all children have some sort of activity they are required to complete with these maps, however many have chosen to do other continents as well!

This week we talked about Broccoli, cutting & serving during the week, then making a dip and reading to the primary room on Friday. The children were invited to bring in a recipe idea to share (if your child hasn’t done this feel free to send it next week).  We heart broccoli!

In group lessons this week we enjoyed some BIG lessons/ideas! The birth and death of a star lesson this week has provided a launching pad to studies of atoms and elements. We also began the presentation of the time line of life this week and were excited to learn about the many animals and plants that we have today that were also alive 450 million years ago! WOW!

Thank you Ms. Dana for coming in on Friday to walk with us to the library, we hope for her face to become a regular Friday occurrence for us!

In the next few weeks lessons & activities will turn to fall! Watch for nocturnal animal lessons, creepy crawly insect lessons, and parts of a leaf, gourd lessons, continued recipe sharing & cooking.