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Hello everyone,  I hope you had a nice weekend–lots of rain on Saturday but beautiful on Sunday!  It’s Ms. Sallie’s turn for a story today.  I hope you’ll enjoy Pat Hutchin’s The Doorbell Rang.

      Click here to see the story.

* Do you like cookies?  What is your favorite kind?

* Have you ever made cookies with your mommy or someone?

* Do you think it was nice of Victoria and Sam to share with so many children?

* Do you remember how many cookies Ma made?

* Do you remember how many children came at the end?

* If the story had another page at the end, who do you think rang the doorbell?  Ding Dong!!

Sharing Activity

You can play a sharing game by yourself, with your dolls, with your family or any group of something…

You will need:

• Someone or something to share with (from 2 to any number your wish)
• Many objects to share, such as blocks, beans, acorns/nuts, jellybeans, etc.

What to do:

1. Count the number of objects you have to start with.
2. Share equally 1 for each member you are with.  (One for you, one for you, etc.)
3. Count how many each person/doll got when you have finished sharing.

Here is a sample:

   Sorting/Sharing jelly beans into egg cartons (shared between 4 sections.

If you want to try some baking……

3-Ingredient Sugar Cookies

Until next time….bye bye!

Here is our P.E. / Movement activities for today!

3 Year Olds (in Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Almoula’s group)

The three-year olds work hard on following directions and refining their coordination.  Here is a simple song/dance you can do!

4 Year Olds (in Miss Yuri and Ms. Hoshi’s group)

I hope you enjoyed our first meeting on Tuesday!
Since we would like to dance to ABC Rock together again for our next Tuesday meeting, I made a follow-up video so you could re-learn the steps! If you want to be creative, you can come up with your own moves too 🙂

This is my tutorial video:

ABC Rock with Miss Yuri

Click above to learn the dance.

Here is the link to the song:

Let’s practice singing and dancing and I look forward to seeing everyone with the dance moves on Tuesday!

5 Year Olds ~ Pre-First Graders (in Mr. Dale and Mr. Myk’s group)

Locomotor movements

Hello Green team, Blue team, Yellow team and Red team! Mr Dale and Mr Myk really miss learning and playing with everyone. For today, we are going to revisit some of our locomotor movements and maybe learn a few new ones too! Here is a   video   showing and explaining how they are done. Everyone can follow along and maybe practice each movement for one or two minutes at a time. I’m sure even parents could work up a sweat! Have fun moving!

We hope you enjoyed your P.E./Movement class for today.  Continue eating well, washing your hands properly and EXERCISE!

Today, we welcome Miss Yuri to be our guest reader.  Remember, Don’t Push the Button!

Don’t Push the Button! = click here to watch

Here is an activity Miss Yuri has found for you.  Let’s see how Larry can change….

Making Larry

We hope you liked Miss Yuri’s story.  Please comment in the comment box and attach pictures of Larry!!

Our P.E./Movement Blog Post Day has changed to Tuesdays and Fridays every week!  We hope that you will continue enjoying these activities, regardless of your age!  You can even ask your moms and dads to join you!  Remember, eating well and doing exercises are two big things you need to stay healthy!!  Whoops….don’t forget to wash your hands properly too.

3 Year Olds (in Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Almoula’s group)

The three-year olds work hard on following directions and refining their coordination.  Here is a simple song/dance you can do!

It is very important to be washing your hands all of the time but especially now.  Have some fun washing your hands by dancing to the following song–don’t forget to scrub the palm, the back of your hand, each finger, in-between the fingers, the tips of your fingers and nails and the wrist.

Now that you’ve washed your hands well, let’s go and wash our whole body with our favorite soap, Coconut Soap!

4 Year Olds (in Miss Yuri and Ms. Hoshi’s group)

Four years olds have been exploring varieties of songs to dance along! We will continue with dancing and exercising to stay healthy and fit! This week, we will introduce you to some Yoga poses!

Spring Yoga:

Yoga has great benefits for the children as well. They will help children relax, relieve stress and anxiety, sleep better, improve emotional regulation, increase empathy, and improve mood and affect.

Yoga for Spring + Printable Poster

5 Year Olds ~ Pre-First Graders (in Mr. Dale and Mr. Myk’s group)

Sock Ball games 

Hi everyone! I hope everyone had fun with our zoom meeting today. Here are a few more sock ball challenges you can do at home to continue developing your hand-eye coordination and reflexes. 

You can do them 10, 20 or even as many times as you want! Remember to always be mindful of your space and the things around you and know where you’re throwing your sock ball. Enjoy!  (Mr. Myk)

–toss-clap-catch – click here to watch

-toss and to a wall and catch (2 hands, same hand, alternating hands)

–crazy toss and catch – click here to watch

We hope you enjoyed your P.E./Movement class for today.   Stay fit and healthy!!

Spring is here and so is Easter.  Easter is a time for a new beginning.  We see cherry blossoms in bloom and on the farms, we are starting to hear of animals being born.  It’s too bad that we can’t just say, let’s go out and enjoy Spring, but there’s always room for a story.  Today’s story is about a baby bunny and an egg.  Please enjoy!

        The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown – Click here to enjoy!

Here are some questions to answer and think about:

* Were you able to guess what was in the egg?

* What other animals are born from an egg?

* Why do you think the duck kicked the bunny or rolled it down the hill?

* If you found an egg, what would you do?  Would you kick it or throw nuts or rocks at it?

A Question Game = Which animals hatch from eggs?

You can try making Easter bunnies and chicks out of paper plates anc paper cups!

Here are some coloring pages you can print and color:

Coloring Pages – click here to open

Can you draw a cherry blossom tree to share with everyone?

Looking forward to hearing some comments and seeing some drawings!!

Whether it is Konnichiwa, Bonjour, Buenos Dias, Namaste, or any other language, it is always good to greet and be greeted with a smile and a Hello!!  To celebrate International Day, as you already know, we are collecting your pictures via Google Drive or E-mail (please check email sent to each family on Wednesday, March 18th).  We have gathered some activities that you may want to do with an international flair.  Hope you enjoy them!

Here are some songs you might like to sing-a-long with:

Here are some activities you can do:

* Coloring Pages : Open the links, print and color

Sample

Map of World

Children of the World 1

Children of the World 2

Children of the World 3

Click link for Kangaroo Dot Painting Craft

INDIA

Welcome to India!  We will make a Rangoli today.

If you don’t have round coffee filters, you can use any kind of paper — preferably something that the ink can bleed through to make the design symmetrical.

AFRICA

Let’s learn some African Dancing.  You can follow along to the beat of the African drum!

Now you can make your paper African drum!  Ask your mom or dad to draw the shape for you if you can’t.

AMERICA

The bald eagle was chosen in 1782 as the emblem of the United States of America.  Its long life, great strength and majestic looks, as well as it not being found on the European continent made it the choice of the new settlers.

Here is a Bald Eagle craft for the children to make.

Bald Eagle Craft – Click here to view

Thank you for spending time with us today!  We hope you enjoyed International Day.  Although our post ends, here, you can continue on with these activities as many times as you like. 

Next week will be our Spring Break, so there will be no blog posts.  You can go back to all of the stories and activities.  Remember, we listen to good books over and over!!

Have a nice day and we hope to see you soon!   Sayonara, Au Revoir, Adios, Good-bye!!

Hello everyone,

If we were at school today, it would be International Day.  I would be able to see everyone in a special outfit.  Did you know that we have 26 nationalities amongst all of the children and teachers who are in and teach in the Montessori?  You are very lucky to have so many friends from around the world!

Please enjoy the story for today!  You will have a little treat!

Hello & The World Turns Round and Round – Click here to view

Here are some questions to answer:

• What present did you like the most?
• How do you say “grandmother” or “grandfather” in your language?
• What present would you like to receive?

Here is a *Hello” Song in many languages:

Here are some activities from different countries:

1.) Flag Wreath – World-wide

Children love flags.  You can make a flag wreath with your hands!  Have your mommy or daddy trace around your hand (you can try too!).  Cut it out and then make it into a flag.  Make as many as you want to and then paste it together into a circle.  You’ve made a Flag Wreath!!  You are a Global Citizen!

  You may want to paste the hands on a circular backing.

Flags of Children at Saint Maur Montessori – Click here to view

(Apologies if any flags are missing.)

2.) Dream Catcher ~ Native American Indians (U.S.A.)

A dream catcher is a ring that catches bad dreams and let’s you sleep peacefully through the night.  You can make one using a cardboard ring or by using a paper plate.  You can stick anything on the ring to decorate it, such as paper, straw pieces, beads, feathers, macaronis, whatever you have and like, just the the pictures below.  The string in the middle (optional) represents a spider web.  Spiders were known, by the Native Americans, to catch the bad dreams and make them disappear in the sunlight.  Please enjoy!

  Here are some dreamcatchers you might like to copy….

3.) LEGO Maze – from Denmark to all over the world

Did you know that LEGO came from Denmark and the name comes from 2 Danish words “leg godt” which means “play well”?  The first LEGO was made 70 years ago!

Can you make mazes and use a marble to go through the maze?

I hope you enjoyed today’s story and activities.  You will be receiving another post later on today because it’s International Day at Saint Maur!  Until next time…..  Bye!

It’s our P.E./Movement Day!  We hope you will enjoy the activities which were sent in by the teachers of the 3 age groups for you to do!!  We hope that you are staying healthy by 1) eating well, 2) washing your hands properly and 3) exercising!

3 Year Olds (in Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Almoula’s group)

The three-year olds work hard on following directions and refining their coordination.  Here is a simple song/dance you can do!

The children love to move and move and move and then FREEZE!! See how well your child can stay absolutely still and FREEZE.

4 Year Olds (in Miss Yuri and Ms. Hoshi’s group)

(1) Musical time/Dance moves:

Dancing Robot:

They have simple instructions such as turn your head to the right/left, stand up straight/raise/lower your left/right leg. The children can pretend to be a robot as they dance like a robot. Enjoy!

(2) Calming Down Exercise:

The children could sit criss-cross apple sauce (crossed leg) and try to calm down their bodies through this breathing and stretching exercise.

5 Year Olds ~ Pre-First Graders (in Mr. Dale and Mr. Myk’s group)

Pre-1st graders worked hard on a dance unit this semester.  They learned how to dance individually and as a team as we danced through the seasons.  Now, we can even move in “canon” where one person starts and another follows and another follows after that.  Since we cannot dance together with school closed, Mr. Dale thought you might like to try some individual dancing at home.  Here is a video about one of Mr. Dale’s favorite types of dance – ballet! You can follow along with this tutorial to learn how to jump like a ballet dancer.  This jump is called a sauté.  Happy jumping!

How To Saute ~ Jump Like a Ballet Dancer

We hope you enjoyed your P.E./Movement class for today.  That’s all for this week.  Don’t forget to wash your hands and exercise!  Stay fit and healthy!!

It’s our P.E./Movement Day!  We hope you will enjoy the activities which were sent in by the teachers of the 3 age groups for you to do!!  We hope that you are staying healthy by 1) eating well, 2) washing your hands properly and 3) exercising!

3 Year Olds (in Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Almoula’s group)

The three-year olds work hard on following directions and refining their coordination.  Here is a simple song/dance you can do!

4 Year Olds (in Miss Yuri and Ms. Hoshi’s group)

I hope the children are enjoying dancing and exercise at home. While we are also at home, we would like to continue helping children building their muscle strength through activities and different moves and learn to calm their bodies after their exercises.

(1)Dynamic Warm-Up exercise:

We start with warm-ups. Please make sure they are aware of their surroundings and make their own “bubble.” (Space) We have been warming up by doing jumping jacks, arm circles, walking knee-hug, leg swings (both left and right), and hopping ten times.

If visuals help, here is a 9 minute video of how they could warm up as well.

(2) Calming Down Exercise:

The children could sit criss-cross apple sauce (crossed leg) and try to calm down their bodies through this breathing and stretching exercise.

5 Year Olds ~ Pre-First Graders (in Mr. Dale and Mr. Myk’s group)

Today, the kids will go to the jungle and meet a few creatures that they can pose like. Please watch the video entirely first so that you can pause at strategic moments so that you and your child can have enough time to copy the poses and breathe properly. We breathe in and out of our noses.

Differentiation: Take note of the child’s balance and form. If they are performing well, extending the pose for a few more breaths/seconds would help with their muscle strength and endurance. If they are struggling to copy the poses exactly, they could either take a few quick rests/resets within the same pose and then try again.

We hope you enjoyed your P.E./Movement class for today.  We’ll see you on Thursday for another P.E./Movement class.  Stay fit and healthy!!

We are happy to announce that we have another guest reader today as a little treat for the weekend!!

Mr. Dale, one of our P.E. teachers for the 5-6 year old group, is treating us with one of his favorite stories called Aliens Love Underpants.

Aliens Love Underpants – Click here to view

Here are some activities Mr. Dale has chosen for you.  Print them out and enjoy!

Aliens Love Underpants – Matching Underpants

Aliens Love Underpants – Coloring Pages

Aliens Love Underpants – Make a Stick Puppet

We hope you had a good time with Mr. Dale!  Thank you so much for joining us.