Hello dear families!
It has been a wonderful first week. We feel so fortunate to be in our second year together and we've already caught many of the students that were with us last year helping the newcomers find their way around the classroom, teaching each other works they've mastered, creating classroom laws (the students voted on that name), and taking on classroom jobs. It truly feels like a warm and welcoming classroom.
What we're working on
We started the year off with a lot of practical life lessons. Practical life is a part of the Montessori curriculum that allows the students to practice practical life skills such as coordination, control of movement (gross and fine), a sense of order and practicing independence. Some practical life activities include: sorting, sewing, cooking, cleaning, finger knitting, line activities, puzzles, and orientation games. If you'd like more information about practical life activities, please let me know. These practical life activities also set the tone for how to work in a Montessori classroom and guide us to be socially responsible for how our environment looks, feels and sounds like. In addition to the practical life activities, we're beginning our curriculum with a study and review of the continents of the world. Some students are creating maps, some are answering puzzling questions such as "Which oceans touch South America?" and some students are locating major mountains around the world. We're also getting back into the habit of practicing our math skills daily as well as our cursive handwriting.
Coming soon!
Elementary newsletter
This will be a weekly website reminder that includes a link to all of our classroom newsletters! That way, the school-wide news and our classroom news will all be in the same place. Also, you'll be able to see what other elementary classrooms are up to at GRS.
Land School Trip
Later this month, the lower elementary level will be taking our first Land School trip of the year. More information to follow.Here's a link to the Land School's blog if you're interested:
That's all for now. Please feel free to email me if you have any further questions, comments or concerns.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
