Warm Birthday Wishes to Shloak, and Sophia on turning four and Mila on turning five in April.
Dates to Remember:
Friday April 7: School Closed for Easter Holiday
Tuesday April 25 : School Pictures
Parent/Teacher conferences: Dear Parents, please use the doodle link below to sign up for scheduling a time to meet with us for parent/teacher conferences. It is so wonderful to share your child/ren’s progress with you. It fills our hearts with joy to see them blossom as they explore the Montessori environment, learn to navigate social interactions, and overcome emotional challenges to be the well-adjusted child they can be.
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New Staff Introduction: MIA is very excited to welcome Maria Soledad Andrade, AKA Ms. Marisol to our program. She has a BA in Psychology from Ecuador, where she grew up and raised her three daughters. She has moved to Concord to be closer to her children and granddaughters. Her hobbies include reading, writing and dancing. She is continuing her education in Early Childhood at DVC. She is very excited to join MIA team of dedicated staff to grow in the field.
Upcoming School Pictures: Nathan Phillips Blue Note Photography
Please see important information for picture day readiness and prices attached.
We would like to request that all students are present in the morning no later than 9:15 AM for class pictures. We want to capture all our beautiful group of children for the class pictures. Ordering pictures is optional through Blue Note Photography.
Reminder: Please apply sunscreen once on children before dropping off, for full-time children we will reapply in the afternoon before going out.
Classroom Activities
Practical Life: Spring activities with eggs whole hand transfer, spooning, dry and wet pouring. Bubble/froth making, color mixing and sieving.
Language: The initial sounds of “q and r”. the booking making with all sounds covered so far “a-p”. letter formation practice for older children.
Story books this month: “The very little girl, Little cloud, Emily’s balloon, Shadows”.
Math: Continue to use spring objects to reinforce symbol and quantity association. Practice number formation.
Sciences: Spring season curriculum activity: We are very excited to introduce the life cycles of lady bug and butterfly to the children next week. They will observe, feed them and learn the names egg, caterpillar, chrysalides, butterfly, egg, larva, pupa and adult ladybug.
Due to continued interest from the students we are introducing and reintroducing the “The Solar System”. They will be learning the names of the eight planets, the asteroid belt, and the Pluto and the Kuiper belt. Some basic concepts about each of them and their sequence from the sun. We are using a model of the solar system, Montessori picture cards, puzzles and bookmaking to reinforce the concepts. If students can write, they are practicing writing others are cutting and pasting vocabulary words to label pictures.
Lyrics to the Solar system:
“There are 8 planets in the solar system
We revolve around the sun
Join us to learn about the different planets
Sing along and have some fun
My name is Mercury, I am 2nd hottest planet, closest to the sun, a year on my surface is 88 days.
My name is Venus, I am the 2nd planet from the sun, I am the hottest and the brightest planet and too hot for anyone.
My name is Earth, I am 3rd planet from the sun, I am the planet you live on, I am the only planet with Organic life, so take care of me because we are all one
My name is Mars, I am red in color, I am 4th planet from the sun, I have the highest mountain Olympus and the volcano
My name is Jupiter, I am covered in clouds, I am the 5th planet from the sun, I have a giant red spot of raging storm,
My name is Saturn, I am brown in color, I am the 6th planet from the sun, I have an outer layer that is extremely thin made of dust and icy chunks.
My name is Uranus, I am 7th planet from the sun, Humans have made me the icy planet because I am
We will celebrate Earth Day on April 22 with Reuse, Reduce and Recycle initiative discussions and practices.
Sensorial: Grading with wooden knobbed cylinders and knob less cylinders, rabbit faces ordering from largest to smallest.
Smelling jars with common household spices like cinnamon, black pepper, and rose water.
Art: Exploring art with finger paints and making clouds and rainbows and lots of spring works with flower making.
UPDATE:
Reminder: School Picture Day coming up on Tuesday April 25 at 9:15AM.
We are requesting all children to be dropped off at school no later than 9:15 AM.
Please let us know at academyimpressions@gmail.com or message us at 925 765 8473 if you would like your child/ren to take individual pictures.
Thank you for your cooperation, it is really appreciated.