Preschool
Exchanging Valentines and Turning 5!
The craziness continues as we go from one special occasion to the next. We shared Valentine’s Day cards with each other and baked chocolate chip cookies for our party on Friday, had a fun stay at home snow day on Monday, barely caught our breath on Tuesday and celebrated the twins’ birthday on Wednesday… We […]
Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day
It was a busy week of special days and we enjoyed every minute! First we decided we couldn’t let Chinese New Year go by without creating one of the best things about it… a Dragon! We started with recycled egg cartons. After cutting them to size, (a tedious, messy job!) we painted each tiny cup […]
Into the New Year
Our classroom completed progress assessments in December and we began our new year with a new sense of our direction for the second half of the school year. Our older four year olds and five year olds are moving from the hundreds to the thousands with our more advanced math works, practicing writing and working […]
New Challenges and Hard Workers!
Now that the weather has done a 180, we’ve spent more time at school and more time working our gross motor skills on the playground. One of our favorite outdoor activities all week (besides getting chased by “Abiyoyo”) was creating a obstacle course and winding our way through it, complete with midway modifications and added […]
Snow Days Fun!
Obviously the bad weather over the weekend made us miss a bit of school over the last few days, but those that came in (once we got school back open again) had no trouble keeping themselves busy! First I surprised everyone with a visit from my wonderful husband, John, who brought with him the friendliest, […]
Crayon and Marker “Melting”
The best thing about this week was that we got to meld two of our favorite Montessori classroom pursuits… Art and science. First, we decided to replace the snakes that hang from the ceiling of our room. That meant having to come up with a new artwork experiment that would be appropriate for such a […]
Operation Room Bedazzling!
There’s nothing more wonderful than taking good care of our special space by keeping it beautiful and well organized. After sending most of our classroom art home before the break, we found our walls were greatly in need of some artistic touches. Needless to say, we’ve been busy, busy, busy redecorating. Many of our group […]
Welcome back!
Three days into the new school year and we are already right back into the swing of things… But first I want to take a look back and share some of our holiday memories. On the last day before winter break, (the ever popular “pajama day”) we only had two friends show up for school […]
See you next year!
This last week before winter break was filled with fun… My birthday was a blast! Just take a look… Not only were we visited by my wonderful, kid loving husband, John, (who said he felt like Mr. Greenjeans, though you […]
Countdown to Winter Break Begins!
What a wonderful, frenzied week of super busy preparations for the season’s festivities, not the least of which is my BIRTHDAY! Needless to say, we’re ready to party… Step one: Make the room pretty with holiday/party bling. Step two: Make art. We did a multi-day project […]
