Hearty Congratulations!!! MIA’s batch of 2024 graduates and their families! Arin Varahan, Axel Malsmtrom, Celine Ha, Daniel Wu, Hazel McGowan, Ishaan Taparia, Laila Patel, Miraya Rohra, Sabria Burrows, Sophia Martinez, Shloak Doshi, Summer O’Neil, and William Borsari. 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 12 and making it so special for the children.
August: We are excited to start the new classroom this month! Warm Welcome to all the new children and their parents: Artin Tavakoli, Cecilia Park, Lucie Yoon, Siara Jayaram, Adam Zia Karmally, Ayaan Cullen, Asher Ouyang, Eleanor Sietstra, Emma Naumov, Holden Ha, Baker O’Connell, Dilan Gupta, Luca Omid, Roya Hassas, Angad Thagad, Sienna Levinson, Sloane Crowley, Layla Marin, Nina Toader, Derek Wei, Aahnik Doshi, Avir Bhansali, Sidhant Naidu, Zebastian Chen and Luke Blaby.
Important Dates in September: Closed: Monday September 2 in the observance of Labor Day Holiday! Warm Birthday Wishes to Alexander McFarland on turning four years old in August! We are excited to introduce our new teacher Ms. Muzhghan Noori. She will be working in the new classroom with Ms. Ana. Ms. Muzhghan Noori is from Kabul, Afghanistan. Besides English, she is fluent in both Dari and Pashto, official languages of Afghanistan. She completed her Early Childhood Education units to attain her Associate Teacher Certificate from Diablo Valley College, California in 2022. She has over two years of experience working with young children. She is excited to be part of MIA team and build meaningful relationships with children.
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, 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 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. 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.