Dear Parents,
Warm April greetings! The warm spring weather is perfect for us to grow our herbs such as parsley, basil, thyme and mint. Also, we are in the process of planting indoor flower and vegetable seeds. Children always enjoy planting and watching the sprouts grow.
Our popular farm animals unit study has been added in our language curriculum. The farm is used as a language resource in the Montessori environment. It provides a platform for a range of activities including language enrichment, vocabulary, grammar and of course reading. The farm set materials include a barn and miniature farm animals. This is a great Language activity for every level. Our younger friends will identify the animals with the I spy approach, while our older friends will label the names of the animals, and our kindergartners will continue to learn nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech that might be used on the farm. They will then proceed to build longer sentences using the words from the lesson.
Our Kindergarten group has been showing great progress and independence in reading. Their enthusiasm and comfort level with comprehension skills are notable. As Morahs, it is heartening to see this momentum! At this time we want to again thank our wonderful, loving Morah Paula for her time in listening to and guiding our children with their reading assignments every Wednesday. Our students enjoy reading with her!
Have a wonderful week!
Morahs Uma, Kara, Kenzie, Chaya