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We love Music of all Decades
Our summer theme this week was Music Decades! Each day we focused on a different decade: 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. We had our splash day a day early and made Tie-Dye T-shirts! Each toddler brought in a white shirt and was allowed to choose the colors that they wanted on their shirt. Our […]
I love rock and roll!!
This week we rocked out to the music of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and the early 2000’s. Splash day made for a good way to cool off with all the dancing we were doing in the classroom. To go along with our themed music we all brought white shirts to school to… TIE DYE!!! To […]
Community Helpers
Our theme this week was “In My Community” and the Toddlers learned about all the great helpers we have in our community! We learned all about the types of trucks the helpers in our community drive like ambulances, firetrucks, garbage trucks, etc. And all the toddlers had fun recreating siren sounds! For our craft this […]
Fingerpainting and Firefighting
We’ve been discussing community helpers this week and learning about how they keep our neighborhoods running smoothly and provide a valuable service to all of us. We’ve enjoyed many good books on this broad subject and played related games, too. For art we decided to do some finger painting and really did a great job […]
WOAH! What a week we had in our class! Monday we were out to celebrate independence day, then we returned on Tuesday. Music class kick started our week on Tuesday. We exercised our brains with big puzzles from Miss. Marias class and we talked all about community helpers. Can animals be community helpers? WHY, YES […]
We want to be Dentists, Police, and Firemen
This week was our Summer Theme, In My Community. We talked about different community helpers that assist us with everyday things in life. We talked about chefs who cooked for us and some of our toddlers acknowledged their parents as their own chefs. We had a parent who was a dentist donate toothbrushes, toothpaste, and […]
Community Helpers and the Firetruck
What an exciting week for Montessori Academy! This weeks summer theme was all about community helpers. In Transition class 1-2 we talked about firemen, police officers, garbage men, teachers and dentists! We discussed all the different types of teachers there are including preschool, music and art. We learned about dentists and had one of our […]
All Around The World
The toddlers in the Toddler 2 class had a great time participating in our International Celebrations week! We learned about the Japanese Tanabata festival and made wishes to put on our bamboo tree. We also learned about the Mexican Dia de Muertos holiday and made Mexican sugar skulls. On Friday we had a big Foods […]
Celebrating the World
This week we talked about international celebrations and the Fourth of July. We made lanterns like the Chinese… Sequined headwear like the Brazilians celebrating Carnivale. We made handprint American flags… We had splash day… We enjoyed Ms. Maddy’s visiting nephews. And shared sad good byes with our friends who were going to Kindergarten. […]
International Celebrations
This week in Toddler Room 1, we celebrated international celebrations. We discussed some celebrations that happen in the United States and made Fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July. We also talked about different Carnivals Around the World (Venice, Brazil, and New Orleans). Our toddlers made Mardi Gras masks that had their choice of Feathers, […]
