Newsletter: August 2026
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 2026 graduates and their families!
TK: Poppy Robbins, Bucky Walsh, Sienna Levinson, Baker O’Connell, and Cecilia Park
K: Alexander McFarland, Alia Taparia, Avir Bhansali, Araina Sotoodian, Arzu K-Tipayamongkol, Asher Patel, Ayaan Cullen, Ellie Sietstra, Emma Naumov, Luca Omid, Oliver Burrows, Sidhant Naidu, Zia Karmally, Sonali Joseph, Sohaila and Raehmat Sidhu,
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 miss them already!
Wish them the BEST!
Warm Welcome to all the new children and their families joining MIA in August: Blair, Serena, Aryo, Arjun, Allegra Sol, Matteo, Lucas, Elijah, Ren, Philip and Madeyln.
Important Dates in September: Closed: Monday September 7 in the observance of Labor Day Holiday!
Warm Birthday Wishes to Aryan Sotoodian on turning three years old.
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.
- Set and enforce clear, consistent limits.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Model appropriate ways to express feelings.
- Clearly state not to hit, push, or hurt anyone.
- Give the child the confidence of asking an adult for help.
August Curriculum Highlights: Ocean Life and Country of EL Salvador
We will introduce a small country of EL Salvador from North/Central America. Ms. Maritza will be showcasing the geography, language and its culture with sharing many artifacts from the same. We will taste different foods too.
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 washboard for strong hand muscles has been a huge success with the children, we will continue to offer more opportunities to do the same.
We have introduced the five animal kingdoms: Amphibians, Fish, Mammals, Reptiles 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 use 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: In addition to many pictures to object, upper- and lower-case letter matching works, The letter sound of “j and k” will be introduced/reintroduced. Many new 3 letter reading works related to the ocean unit will also be presented.
Music: In conjunction with our summer theme, 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 ocean 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.