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Welcome to Ms. Sallie’s Story Time!  How are you all doing?

My story for today is called,It’s Mine, a fable by Leo Leonni.

It’s Mine by Leo Leonni ~ Click here to view

Here are some questions to think about….

1. Do you remember what a fable is?
2. What lesson is this story teaching us?
3. Can you tell which statements are true or false-that means yes or no:

•  In the beginning, Milton, Rupert and Lydia were friends.
• The water really belongs to Milton.
• Crow speaks to the three frogs about their quarreling.
• Rain falls and the water rises.
• The frogs thing that the toad is a rock.
• The frogs do not fight anymore at the end.
• They’ve learned to share.

Did you answer the questions well?  I’m sure you did as you are all good listeners.

Now, here are some activities you can do.

1.) Pass the Ice Cream = A Sharing Game

You will need

* 2 or more players (your mom, dad, brothers/sisters, friends, anyone!)

* Paper, a little stiffer than regular paper, to make the cone

* Crayons, colored pencils or something to color with

* Some glue or tape to stick the cone together

* A ball (light weight is good)

-Put lines on a piece of paper like the lines on an ice cream cone and color if you wish.

-Roll the paper into a cone and glue or paste it together.  Your cone should be able to fit your ball.

-Now, your ready to play!

-Pass the ball to each other and try not to drop it!  How can you share and help each other out?  It is good to ask questions like “Would you like some ice cream?” and answer with a “Yes, please,” or “No thank you.”, etc.

Pass the Ice Cream Photos – click here to view

2.) Frog or Toad – What’s the difference?

3.) 5 Green and Speckled Frogs ~ A Song

5.) Frog Craft Ideas

Hope you have fun!  See you next time!

We have a guest reader today ~ Ms. Schumacher, from the library.  Please enjoy!!

Zero ~ Click here to view

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)

(1) Musical time/Dance moves:

Party While We’re Young:   This is child-friendly music so please do not worry! 

This has simple moves such as… show your right/left hand, show your right/left foot, spin your head around, touch the ground and reach the clouds. 

When the song goes “Party Party~” the children are free to do their own moves, follow the dancers on youtube or you can also teach them some simple dance moves. 

You may also watch the video with the children and dance along. It is a nice upbeat song getting their sillies out!

(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)

The students have some experience with yoga that we did in class and we have done it in an adventure story way wherein we imagine we travel to the safari or the arctic to find things that we can copy or pose similar to.

In this assignment, the kids will go to the ocean and meet a few sea 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 through our nose.

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/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 next Tuesday for another P.E./Movement class.  Stay fit and healthy!!

This is Week 1 and Monday is 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!!

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!

1) Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

https://youtu.be/zv6ybv3YfeM

2) Gummy Bear

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

The children have been working on refining their coordination, movement manipulation, and balance. They will further develop their dance and gymnastics skills as well.

(1) Animal Walk:

The animal walk is a very simple exercise that the children enjoy. Also, this helps us see how their muscles strengths to support their weight while doing this exercise. During our lessons, we have covered, crab walk, bear walk, frog jumps, snake slither, duck walks, penguin walks, seal slide, etc.

https://lemonlimeadventures.com/animal-walks-sensory-diet/

Crab walk and seal slide require arm strength.

Please assist them if they are having difficulty holding their weight up.

(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)

Yoga is a great way to move your body independently, even in your own living room!  This is a link to the poses we practiced in January. All students have experimented with these and should be quite familiar with them.  Challenge your child to take you on a trip to the Arctic as we did in class with this interactive yoga adventure.

You can remind children to control their breath through their noses and to try to hold each pose for three slow breaths before changing to the other side.

Arctic Yoga Poses – Click here to view

Tomorrow, we will do some yoga with an adventurous story.

We hope you enjoyed your P.e./Movement class for today.  We’ll see you again tomorrow as it will be our second class for the week!!

Here are some suggested ideas for your child to do as today is P.E./Movement Day!  They are separated into age groups.

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)

The children have been working on refining their coordination, movement manipulation, and balance. They will further develop their dance and gymnastics skills as well. Here are some activities you can do:

(1) Musical time/Dance moves:

Since we would like to discourage students from viewing the computer screen for an extended amount of time, please play the music on youtube and refrain from showing the screen if needed. 

Puppet Master:

Dance moves: Raise foot, raise knee, raise the other foot, raise the other knee, and walk in a circle. Are the children able to balance themselves?

Airplane Song:

Dance Moves: They will pretend to be on the airplane and do some different moves such as jumping, spin around, gallop, and free-dance. 

(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 students completed a yoga unit in January.  Yoga is a great way to move your body independently, even in your own living room!  This is a link to the poses we practiced in January. All students have experimented with these and should be quite familiar with them.  Challenge your child to take you through the African safari as we did in class with this interactive yoga adventure.

You can remind children to control their breath through their noses and to try to hold each pose for three slow breaths before changing to the other side.

African Animals Yoga Poses – click here to see the cards

Although the activities are geared for each age group, everyone can enjoy them!!

Happy Girl’s Day!!

Today, March 3rd is known as Hinamatsuri, Momonosekku (Peach Festival) or Girl’s Day in Japan.  It is a special day set aside for girls to celebrate the happiness and health of girls.  Special dolls are bought by grandparents (custom is usually the father’s side) when a baby girl is born and are set up each year.

Below are some clips for the explanation of Girl’s Day for you to look at, if you are interested.

Here is the Hinamatsuri Song, Ureshii Hinamatsuri:

Here is a craft you can do for Girl’s Day.

    Hina Dolls

Materials :

• 2 pieces of white paper (cut into a circle) or 2 paper plates
• 2 smaller circles for the head/face (white or peach color ~ can be colored)
• Black paper for hair (both) and odairi-sama’s kanmuri (emperor’s hat/crown)
• Gold for ohina-sama’s crown (empress)
• Light color (tan) for odairi-sama’s shaku (a flat ritual baton) and ohina-sama’s ohgi (fan)
• Crayons or something to color with and/or patterned paper to paste

Fold the paper circle or paper plate in half and decorate like a kimono like the picture above.  You will need to make one for the emperor (prince)/odairi-sama and one for the empress (princess)/ohina-sama.

Have fun and Happy Girl’s Day!!  Please note that boys can join in the fun, too!

Ms. Salllie

Welcome to Ms. Sallie’s Story Time!  Today I will be reading What If? by A.H. Benjamin and Jane Chapman.  I hope you enjoy it.

What Is – Ms. Sallie’s Story Time  -please click

At the end of the story, you may want to think about these questions:

1.  What were the animals afraid of?
2.  Do kangaroos really live on a farm?
3.  Do you think it’s a good idea to have a kangaroo for a babysitter?
4.  What do you think the kangaroo will do with all of the baby animals?
5.  Would you like to have a kangaroo for a babysitter?  What would you do?

Thank you for listening!!

Ms. Sallie

March 2, 2020

Dear Montessori Parents,

Welcome to our Montessori Blog that you will have access to during the school’s closure.  Here you will find stories read by the teachers so that your child has a visual connection with us all.  Each day one teacher or assistant will share a storybook and pose questions for your child to think about and discuss with you.  She will also share some ideas/activities that your child might like to do.  Our Montessori P.E./Movement Team will be posting something for your child to do on the P.E. Movement days.

Please know that Montessori is a hands-on learning method and as such, we want to discourage children viewing a computer screen for extended amounts of time.  

Since none of us can even imagine this kind of situation occurring around the world, we have been putting our SMEOS of being a “Life long learner’, into practice by familiarizing ourselves with new teaching platforms through technology. Please bear with us as we learn this new system of sharing stories with your child.

As we are all unsure of just how long school will be closed, we ask that you regularly check our school website. 

Respectfully, 

The Montessori Staff