Newsletter: August 2023 Dr. Maria Montessori’s Quote: “Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment.” “One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.”
Hearty Congratulations!!! MIA’s batch of 2023 graduates and their families! Max Naumov, Ayan Tavakoli, Josephine Bollinger, Isla Fernandez, Mila Elmi,Reina Patel, Ruby Leong, Olivia Kato, Maia Toader, Finn Walsh, Syesha Goplam, Ana Agrawal, Nicky Min, Sloane Couche, Franny Park and Niko Pedroni. We are so proud and pleased to see them blossom, ready to shine and take on new challenges as they enter the big world of TK and kindergarten and beyond. We wish them the BEST! “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go!” – Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Thank you to all the families for taking the time to attend the celebrations on July 28 and making it so special for the children.
A warm Welcome to Liam Elmi, Ryan Leong, Alia Taparia, Asher Patel, Oliver Burrows, Hazel McGowan, Axel Malmstrom, and Paxton Robbins and their parents on joining MIA.
Important Dates in September: Closed: Monday September 4 in the observance of Labor Day Holiday!
Friendly Reminder to all the returning Families about the tuition rate change coming to effect on September 1, 2023.
Message from the Director: Some common topics related to young children’s language, self-control, communication will be covered monthly. This month’s topic is Self-control.
Helping Young children Learn Self-Control Self-control is a complex skill for young children to learn. Self-control is child’s ability to keep themselves from acting on impulses that hurt themselves or others. It involves thinking ahead and deliberately controlling/inhibiting their own behavior. Self-control and the capacity to feel guilty after doing something wrong are both important developmental tasks that allow children to follow rules and develop a sense of conscience. Children who lack feelings of guilt or self-control often go onto have trouble with their behavior. How can you help a child develop self-control?
See misbehaviors as a chance to teach self-control, they are an opportunity to help a child learn to identify and manage feelings of anger, sadness, and disappointment. 1. Set and enforce clear, consistent limits.
2. When a child misbehaves, acknowledge his/her feelings, but let her/him know that what she/he did is not acceptable, i.e, I know you angry, but you cannot throw the toy or hit your brother.”
3. Use logical consequences: when a child throws the toy, show how to use it appropriately, if the child repeats inappropriate action, remove the toy by clearing saying why.
4. Model appropriate ways to express feelings.
5. Clearly state not to hit, push, or hurt anyone.
6. Give the child the confidence of asking an adult for help.
August Curriculum Highlights: The exercises of Practical Life with pouring, squeezing using ocean creatures will be introduced which will enhance their fine motor skills. Water Play with ocean creatures and the wash board for strong hand muscles has been a huge success with the children, we will continue to offer more opportunities doing the same. We have introduced the five animal kingdoms: Amphibians, Fish, Mammals, Reptile and Birds. The children are enjoying learning about the “Frog”, its body parts, habitat and its place in our overall environment. We will introduce the “Fish”. They are using many different mediums to enhance the study of each unit in art, with manipulatives, in language and math. Manipulatives: Children will enjoy working with many sea/ocean puzzles, connecting, and linking works, building with blocks, and stacking. Language: The letter sound of “j and k”. Please encourage your child to bring a small object from the same letters to share at circle. Music: In conjunction with our summer theme,
Carmen is enhancing our curriculum with summer themed musical program. In August the class will explore the ocean and its habitat through music. This unit is the favorite of many children and it is a perfect summer theme. We will sing songs about the many different ocean animals including the children’s favorites like sharks, whales, and hermit crabs. We will also explore the ean drum and listen to Camille Saint-Saëns’s musical composition, Aquarium, and we will imitate a school of fish to move along with the music. We will create ocean waves to match the gentle and slow beat of the music to imitate a peaceful ocean. We will sing a beautiful song about a seashell and discover ways people created instruments out of shells and plants of the ocean.
Thank you for entrusting your beautiful children in our care.