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Bubbles!
This week in the Toddler Room, we learned about the letter F and the color yellow. For our art projects, we made fish and painted yellow suns! In music class, the toddlers had so much fun making noises with their boomwhackers. The weather was beautiful, so we spent lots of time playing outside! The toddlers especially […]
Indoor Fun
With all the rain we’ve had the past week, the toddlers haven’t been able to play outside at all. So we’ve had to make up for it with lots of indoor activities. The toddlers’ favorite activity is putting on music and dancing! We’ve also been playing with Play-Doh, coloring, playing musical instruments, and playing with […]
Week Six: Sensorial Works
So much rain this week! With the decrease in outdoor time, we spend every morning in movement activities and of course, we enjoy our Friday dance party. Some days we were able to make it out in the afternoon, we also had a birthday party and music time. We stayed plenty busy and active in […]
Week Five: First Day of Fall
With the falling of pine cones and the autumnal equinox comes the fall nature crafts. We collected and painted pine cones last week. This week we made autumn leaves using a resist method, painting and blotting for texture. Our Montessori leaf works include opportunities for prewriting activities and identifying sets in math. Since we’ve moved […]
Elephant Masks!
The school year is off to a great start! The toddlers have learned the letters A, B, C, D and E. For the letter E, we did a fun art project where we made elephant masks! The toddlers have also learned the numbers 1-5. We’ve also welcomed new friends Ryan and Siyuan to the toddler […]
Week Four: Getting to Ten
We reached Number 10 in our daily count and made our first 10 bundle. A 10 bundle is a group of ten sticks held together with a rubber band and placed in the 10s place on our number chart. Single sticks belong in the ones place. When we make our first 100 bundle, we have […]
Week Three: Sorting
Three sorting works joined our Montessori practical life works this week. Practically, we want our children to be pleasant dinner table companions and handle spoons with ease and accuracy, but we also want them to build hand and eye coordination and fine motor skills for a variety of other reasons. Sorting works also help children […]
Week Two Begins with One
On September 1st we learned all about the number 1 and began our tens-based math. Every morning at calendar time we do a short group activity in tens based math which is also taught in the local school district. We also trace the numbers with our Montessori sandpaper numbers, one of our regular works. Throughout […]
Art And Play Doh
This week in the Toddler Room we learned about the letter B and the number 2. We did several art projects this week! The toddlers enjoyed creating textured artwork using sprinkles and decorating birds with feathers. We also had fun playing with Play-Doh! This week we said goodbye to our friend Averie who is moving up to […]
The New School Year
Monday we welcomed five new friends to Children’s House #2 and began our new academic school year. Montessori education starts with how we occupy the classroom space, so our first week focuses on circle time manners, handling materials respectfully and classroom routines. We have plenty of getting to know you activities like forming dyads and […]
