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 🙂
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!
Welcome to the Principal’s challenge this week. Please help your child to view the slides to make Salt Dough. They will need some to measure everything and then they can play and model their pieces by themselves.
Have fun and I can’t wait to see what everyone makes this week.
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.
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)
I’m happy to see that you’ve come to listen to the story, and do a craft. Today I will be reading The Invisible Boy. The author, Trudy Ludwig likes to write stories that help children learn to get along with each other, even though they might have some differences. In this story, she shows “how small acts of kindness can help children feel included and allow them to flourish.”
Maybe you could talk about the following ideas with whomever read this story with you…
Did you notice something interesting about Brian’s clothes?
When the children were choosing teams, Brian was left out of the game.
When the children were eating lunch together, all the children were happily talking about the fun they had at Madison’s birthday party; Brian’s clothes were black and white…
Do you remember what the book said? Everybody had fun, except for Brian because he wasn’t invited. Do you think that the children could have talked about something different that wouldn’t have made Brian feel left out, or sad? Can you say, “let’s talk about something else now”, if you realize that someone feels left-out?
Have you ever felt left out of a group? If so, how did that make you feel? Were you able to tell them that it made you feel sad?
Do you think that you would be able to invite someone to join you, if they look sad or lonely?
How about when J.T. and the other children were making fun of the food that Justin brought to school? Justin was sad, but Brian made him feel happy again by doing what? If you don’t remember, you can listen to the story again and you’ll find the answer. I know that we have friends in our classrooms that eat Bulgogi, right? I LOVE Bulgogi, it’s yummy, healthy, Korean food!
Did you notice any changes in Brian’s clothes? How were they changing? Why were his clothes changing colors? Who made Brian feel less invisible? What did Justin do to make him feel less invisible?
I thought this was a nice story about a quiet boy, who found two new friends, and then he felt happier. Nobody wants to be lonely, right? Let’s try to be kind to everyone. Maybe you’ll make someone happy that they know a kind person like you! It’s wonderful to see children being kind, and reaching out to help another child during school. We are lucky to have lots of kind, helpful children in our classes :).
Here is an interesting colorful Suncatcher Craft from Babble Dabble Do that looks fun to make. I have a feeling that you might like to make more than one, and include your brothers and sisters as well, possibly!
You will need these materials:
White liquid glue, lots of it!
Food coloring, or liquid watercolors
Toothpicks
Plastic lids (lids from tubs of yogurt, sour cream)
Hole puncher
String
Would you like to post a photo of your suncatcher in the comment section of the blog?
Thank you for coming to the Montessori Blog this morning for a story, and a craft.
Easter is the most important celebration in the Christian church. Easter is a new beginning, and a time of hope. Easter comes during the spring season, when new life begins. So today, I am going to read a story about baby animals.
Please click the title to listen to the story. Baby Animals
Questions about baby animals.
What is the name of a baby dog, a cat, a pig?
Which animals are born from eggs, chickens or dogs?
Which baby is bigger, an elephant’s baby or a panda’s baby?
Which animal would you like to hold in your arms? And why?
If you could have any baby pet, which baby would you like to take care of?
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Song: Let’s learn this song so we know the names of the animals and their babies.
This video gives you some facts about Easter, how Easter is celebrated in different parts of the world, what candies are popular, the history of Easter baskets, and more.
Questions to think about and answer after the story
Why did the cow say, “Oink” & the pig said, “Moo”?
Why do you think the cow and the pig could sound like each other in the beginning?
How would you feel if someone laughed at you when you were trying your best?
How did the cow and the pig help each other?
How many languages can you speak or are you learning?
Animals crafts
I came across this website for animal crafts and thought they were ALL good. Since, I don’t know what supplies you have at home, I thought it would be best to leave it up to you and your child to pick.
Welcome to the first Principal’s challenge for Montessori. Please open the slidesand the instructional video for today’s challenge. I look forward to seeing examples of the learning you will be doing at home today. Remember to have fun and be creative when making your pasta faces. I hope you will be able to take some pictures of you art and with some help from an adult, share them with your teachers.
