Hi Families,
Lots of special days this week to celebrate and recognize!
Tuesday was International Peace Day! We read a beautiful book called "What Does Peace Feel Like?" which illustrates all the ideas of what peace looks, sounds, tastes, feels and smells like to children around the world.
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| What Does Peace Feel Like? |
Kindergarten students then created their own "My Peaceful Place" pictures to represent how we can all feel peace differently. Ask your child about their peaceful place. What's yours?
Some ideas for continuing this work at home:
- have a family Sharing Circle talking about what peace is to you
- create pictures together showing peace
- design or build a peaceful spot in your home together
- try a Mindful practice technique to bring peace to your minds and bodies
Then, it was our Terry Fox Run on Wednesday. We listened to the story "Terry Fox and Me" to learn about Terry's life and the important role his friendship with Doug Alward played in the Marathon of Hope.
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| Terry Fox and Me |
We went outside to the field to run across Canada, completing Terry's journey.
This week, we also introduced the last couple shelves of materials. Children now have an extensive repertoire of materials they can select from during the Montessori Work Period.
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| The Montessori Roman Arch |
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| Homes from Across the World |
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| Recreating Famous Structures |
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| Self-correcting number puzzle, matching numerals to quantity. |
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| Hanging Senguin Board, representing teen numbers |
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| Montessori Hundred Board, understanding numbers in a sequence |
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| Spindle Boxes, creating quantity to match numerals |
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| Sensory exploration in rice |
- Tuesday, September 28th: Picture Day
Ms. Thomas
