Preschool
Pets are the BEST!
This week we talked about how awesome animals are when they become members of our families. We discussed all the different things that we have to do to be responsible for our pets and read many books about the subject. For theme related art projects we made vet vests out of paper bags… We also […]
Writing
This week in Children’s House 2-1 we learned how to trace and write letters during the Montessori work cycle. We learned how to write words as well and even make short sentences. We enjoyed working on water color paintings as well. Our favorite book this week was “Madeleine” by Ludwig Bemelmans. We practiced our cutting […]
The Rise of the Mammals
This week we turned our attention from reptiles to mammals, learning why mammals are higher up on the food chain and what advantages we have over those poor reptiles with their cold blood and reptilian brains. Here’s a pictorial journey through our week. We also had a bunch of fun this week…
Mathamatics in Children’s House 2-1
This week in Children’s House 2-1 we learned how to count in sequence from 1 to 20. We worked on simple addition, matching, number recognition and writing out numbers. In our craft time we made paper ice cream cones, writing numbers on each scoop! We also enjoyed painting colorful watercolors as well. We worked with play […]
Reptile Revolution
We started our chapter on Animals this week with an introduction to Reptiles. We learned all about their scaly skin, scary fangs, and cold blooded ways. Besides studying our relevant library books and playing reptile related games, we worked on multiple craft projects. You can find our cool snakes hanging from the ceiling. We also […]
Character Matters
Not to blame hormones, but our heavily testosterone laden class sometimes needs reminding that we use gentle hands with our friends and girls don’t always like to be chased. After a few unfortunate incidents it was decided that we had to scrap plans to start our scientific study of animals and spend a week working […]
Mathimatics in Children’s House 2-1
What an interesting week we have had in Children’s House 2-1! We learned counting in sequence from 1 to 20, and we learned to identify numbers from 1 to 10. We worked with simple addition and practiced writing the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on our mini boards. One of our art crafts involved a […]
Reading and the Letter “E”
This week we had so much fun reading! We learned how to trace and write the letter “E”, both lower and upper cases. The letter “E” makes a long and a short sound and we found many words and objects that begin with both sounds. We learned how to read simple sentences and observed sight […]
Goodbye, September!
We had a fun second week of our study of the alphabet, phonetics, and all things literary. We also had a record 5 people complete their academic challenges and another 3 who got honorable mention. Ms. Maddy and Ms. Brittany were extremely proud of everyone’s efforts, especially on Friday. Oh, and that super […]
Week of Nature
In Children’s House 2-1 we enjoyed our weekly music lesion with Miss Marcia. Our students love to express themselves artistically, and music is such a large part of this expression. We read the stories of “The Tree Little Pigs” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. We acted out the stories and took turns playing the […]
