Dr. Maria Montessori’s Quote: “Do not tell them how to do it. · The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.” Important Dates: Parent/Teacher Conference week October 23-27, 2023 You will be offered the chance to sign up for a 20-minute conference time to discuss your children progress one on one with the teachers. Please use The Doodle sign up link below to reserve a spot for your conference time. https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/e19wq7qe The Zoom link for the conference will be sent the week prior to the conferences on October 18th 2023. Warm Welcome to Alexander McFarland, Arzu Khan-Tipaymongkol, Kiera Heneghan, Bucky Walsh and Penelope Robbins and their families. Birthday Wishes to Axel on turning four on 11th October. Friendly reminder to please refrain from sending chocolate/ high sugar or candy related items to school for celebrations/ in everyday lunch.
New Staff Introductions: MIA is very excited to welcome Ms. Marlene and Ms. Yami. They have joined the warm and caring MIA team to work with your wonderful children. Ms. Marlene brings three years of experience working with young children in addition to her passion, patience and professionalism. She has had the opportunity to meet and work with all the children since last month. Ms. Yami is curious, caring, patient and passionate about working with young children. She is working on completing her Early Childhood Education at Diablo Valley College. She is getting to know all the children. We look forward to continuing working with each child. October Curriculum Highlights: Circle Time Presentations: Monday: Practical Life Tuesday: Music Wednesday: Language Thursday: Math Friday: Cultural The beautiful season of fall brings shades of brown, red and yellow in our environment. It is a great transition in our curriculum from the study of colors to fall colors shapes of leaves. The exercises of Practical Life with bring many fallen leaves and other acorns for pouring and spooning. Many different size pumpkins, gourds and squash will be presented to wash, scrub and cut open. We will wash the pumpkin seeds, roast, and taste them. We taste different ways to use pumpkin next month (November). Children had a blast exploring colors. They made guesses on what colors when mixed make a new color and how to make brown and black they had to mix all three primary colors. Children noticed colors all around them, in nature and man-made. Manipulatives: Children will enjoy working with many puzzles, connecting, and linking works, building with blocks, and stacking. Language: The letter sound of “h and j” will be introduced. Mathematics: We will count with small pumpkins, introduce estimation, diameter, and circumference to measure the pumpkin. Sciences: learn the parts of a pumpkin, trace and label them.
MONTESSORI BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION – A LOVELY CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY Montessori birthday celebration gives a concrete way for young children to understand the months of the year and the earth’s revolution around the sun each year. It also is a way for children to feel special and to connect with their place in the world. To celebrate in class, we request parents to bring pictures of their child from each of his years and share important milestones at circle. A healthy snack for the group maybe be brought in to share. Some ideas for snack are small muffins (no cupcakes please), fresh fruit or crackers. Snack should be low in sugar.