This week has been lots of fun, We welcomed many new friends to MMS. Many lessons and crafts centered around animals
Dress Up Day!
was our main focus. We all enjoyed animal dress up day, and moving like the animals. We also played rhythm games.
Animal Work is so much fun.
Welcome to “Wild About Nature”! We have had a great time this week! The children really seem to be enjoying their time together! It is nice to have children from all different classrooms together! The older children have been showing the younger children new work and the younger children are having fun being in an older and different classroom! We have enjoyed working with all the children and we are looking forward to being together for the next five weeks!
Animal words.
“Worm Workout”, “Bean Bag Bop” and “Going on a Lion Hunt” (words and movement instructions attached so you may enjoy doing it at home with your child!).
Birthday Celebration: We celebrated a birthday this week: Happy 4th Birthday goes out to Brady Baughtman!
Here are a few of the activities we enjoyed this week: Geography and Science
Some Additional Activities:
We have been learning about the difference between birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. We have talked about some of the places where animals live in the world. In particular the children enjoyed learning about wild cats, chimpanzees, alligators and crocodiles.
Story time: Animals from A-Z, National Geographic Mammals, DK Amazing Animals Q & A, Sloppy Joe, Colorful Chameleons, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and If You Give a Cat a Cupcake.
On Wednesday (“Movie Day”), the children learned the common characteristics of mammals and what makes them different from other animals as well as learning about the animals that live in the rainforests of Costa Rica.
Animal Bingo, push-pinning safari animals; painting, and craft activities (i.e., coloring, making a special gift for Father’s Day, sewing and Perler Beads) as well as animal puzzles and traditional Montessori classroom activities such as Practical Life, Sensorial, Math and Language activities.
Music and Movement:
And Making New Friends!
We have been singing many songs this week including: “Move Fast, Move Slow”, “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed”, “Star Bright”, “Three Blue Pigeons”, “Five Frogs Jumping on a Log”; and “Alligator Stomp”. One of the children’s favorite song and story of the week was “Puff the Magic Dragon” and their favorite movement songs were
Have a Nice Weekend and next week our theme is “It’s Alive”! !