This Week in the Maple Room

It has been another brilliant month at the Maple room. My friends were very excited to bring mom and dad to the classroom for date nights. It was so much fun to be able to show our parents our favorite lessons and do some together.

This month we continued our lessons on North America and made many special projects including colored corn, turkeys and dream catchers. We spent a lot of time this month thinking about what it means to be thankful and all the things we are thankful for. We had many interesting things to say as we passed our sharing stone around J.

We also discovered our love for cooking this month as we made our own thanksgiving meal of apple pie and corn bread. The children enjoyed using the apple peeler, cutting them up and using a mold the press in the filling. You all have wonderful helpers for this thanksgiving so involve them and enjoy!!

As for the coming month we only have three weeks left before Christmas break. We will be putting on our holiday cheer as we continue to engage in our “big work”.  We will learn about all the upcoming holidays. In the Maple room we celebrate Christmas by bringing something from the class list for the whole class.  We have a class wish list and all our friends are welcome to bring an item from it. We will then open them on the last day before break as a group.

I would like to say a special thank you to all our wonderful parent volunteers this month.

Hope you have a good, warm and safe holiday season.

Our Christmas class list:

1.      dry erase pens (washable)

2.      sharpies

3.      color pencils (triangle ones)

4.      regular color pencils

5.      sparkle color pencils

6.      feathers

7.      sequence

8.      pompom (multi colors)

9.      markers (washable)

10.  glue sticks

11.  tape

12.  cotton balls

13.  yarn

14.  matches

15.  construction paper

16.  tracing paper

17.  felt

18.  googly eyes

19.  straws (drinking)

20.  gift cards to: Michaels, Hobby Lobby, United Art and Education

Some notes:

1.      If it is 32 degrees and above outside, we will go to play outdoors. Therefore please send your child with their winter coats/hats/gloves etc.

2.      If you have not already done so please change out the clothes in their cubbies so they have a warm set of clothes to change into if the need arises.

3.      Please check your child’s cubby (where they hang their coats) for their work to take home.

This Week in the Maple Room

Welcome back! Hope all of you had a relaxing fall break and got a chance to enjoy the lovely weather. Our friends at the Maple room have come back with great enthusiasm to work, socialize and care for our community. We continue to learn about fall and have had the chance to express our selves through various artworks and explore different kinds of corn this week. We have also learnt some new songs!

We have had three birthdays this week!! 🙂 Aikya turned 5, Ryo turned 4 and Bella turned 4 years old!

We thank our parents for continuing to send in healthy snacks for our class. We are also doing our flower-arranging lesson. So if it is your snack day, we would be grateful if you can send in a bunch of flowers too. They don’t have to be a big bunch. They can even be from your garden (children love to bring things they have grown at home).

If you have not done so, please change out the clothes in your child’s cubby, as the days are getting colder.

In the coming month we will be celebrating Diwali (the festival of light) and continue to study the continent N. America.

It was wonderful to meet all our parents at the conferences before break. Again please feel free to contact us via email/ make an appointment with Brenda. We are here for you to work together.
It was wonderful to see everyone in costumes on Friday, despite inclement weather. Stay warm and happy trick or treating everyone!

Parent’s night is this Thursday and the next! Mom’s night will be on Thurs., Nov. 6th, from 6:30-7:30 pm. Dad’s night will be the following Thurs. the 13th at the same time. This is an excellent opportunity for your child to show off their favorite work and show you around their classroom. We hope to see you there!

Dr. Montessori quote of the month: “The things he sees are not just remembered; they form a part of his soul.”

This Week in the Maple Room

How many apples tall are you?

Hello,

It has truly been spectacular September!! Time seems to have flow by once again. Our month started by celebrating Dr. Maria Montessori’s birthday. Dr. Montessori called her school the Children’s House and our room has begun to feel like home! Children have been taking more responsibility for their community and forming relationships with peers. There has been lots of group work going on this month. We have also been able to take advantage of the good weather and work outside on some days! We began our introduction to peace education with Dr. Montessori birthday. Do ask your child about Dr. Montessori, the different names of the areas in our classroom and how to say ‘peace’ in different languages. All of us enjoyed making sand paper letters in her honor.

Our friends in the Maple room have been busy this month with many “big” lessons: making poster and mobiles. We learnt about different apples – the colors, names and even got to taste some to see how different they were. Our children have been measuring their friends using our apple lesson. There has been much excitement about “how many apples tall” they are. We have been learning apple songs at circle and learning to manipulate our voices – example: loud, whisper, squeaky etc. We celebrated Johnny Appleseed’s birthday by plating our own apple seeds that we got to bring home. Maple room as a group has been enjoying our puzzle map lessons. We have been doing many exciting work with them including tracing, coloring and poking out continents/state and countries. We began studying about the continent North America: we all live here! Feel free to send in pictures/post cards any thing unique from your travels to various parts of this continent.

Working Outdoors

In the Maple room, show and tell is done if a child brings something in to show. They let Ms. Jama or myself know before circle time and we make sure they are able to share in one of the two circles. If more than one child brings a show and tell we try to accommodate both or sometimes we save one for the next day. We typically do not do one everyday. Good things to bring in would be: things the child has made, things they have found on a walk: twigs, rocks, leaves, etc. Additionally we have a nature basket and children can feel free to add to that at any time during the year.

In the coming months we look forward to continue build on all the acquired knowledge. We will continue learning about fall with our pumpkin unit.

Some Notes:

• Do stop to notice the beautiful tree across from our parking lot. Kids love it. Take walks with them and notice more!
• If it is your snack day can you please bring us some flowers for our flower-arranging job. It does not have to be a lot, just a small bunch, even something from your garden would be wonderful and appreciated by all our friends.
• Please check your child’s clothes in the cubbies and change them them if needed. Our days are getting colder.
• Children are welcome to wear costumes on the 31st of Oct. No masks or weapons please.

Have a great fall break!!