// Photos: First week of December! //
// Week of Nov. 26: Curriculum Update //
The last week of November in the Triangle Room we reviewed past lessons and explored more challenging work. We reviewed our letter sounds with the alphabet sounds song and focused on the sandpaper letter “b”. We focused on practicing the phonetic sound “b” with matching objects. In the Sensorial Area, we continued to work with the Knobbed Cylinders and the Knobbless Cyclinders. We introduced the Red Rods which continue to work on visual discrimination of differences in size in a concrete way.
For our seasonal art project, we glued kernels on our corn picture, placed colorful stickers creatively on our bird picture and worked hard to finish our art projects for the art show.
// Photos from the last week in November //
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// This week at HPMS //
As we near the season for giving thanks, our friends in the Triangle Room have so much to be grateful for. During circle time, we read a book about the first harvest and how people gave thanks and shared their food with one another. We asked each child what they were grateful for and many children responded by saying they were thankful for their families, teachers and pets. We also started preparing for our harvest celebration by cutting vegetables for our “Stone Soup”. We are looking our Harvest Celebration with you!
// The Days Leading up to Thanksgiving //
// Curriculum Update: Week of November 5 //
This was a week of celebrations in the Triangle Room. We celebrated Diwali, a Hindu ‘festival of lights’ during circle time.
A short presentation was led by couple of our parents to explain the meaning of Diwali. The presentation included a short story followed by an art craft. The children were able to use different colors to paint their own “diyas” made out of clay. To end the Diwali celebration, the class was treated to some delicious treats.
We also celebrated our first birthday of the year! Our friends enjoyed singing “ The Earth goes around the Sun” as they watched the birthday celebrant walk around the the circle for each year of his life.
Next week, we look forward to celebrating each child’s accomplishments during our Parent-Teacher Conferences!
// Photos: Week of November 5 //
//Curriculum Update: Week of October 29 //
We ended the month of October on a busy note. Our Triangle Room friends gathered around at circle time to help carve a pumpkin into Mr. Jack-O-Latern. It was both a sensorial experience and an extension to learning about the parts of a pumpkin. We created our very own pumpkin patch in Hamilton Park’s communal garden. The children were able to walk around the garden and pick their own little pumpkins.
As an art craft, they also created their own Jack-O-Lanterns and some children designed their own seasonal fall necklace using different materials, such as beads, pumpkin pasta and erasers.
// Photos: Week of October 29 //
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// Week of October 22: Curriculum Update //
As more leaves fall from our trees, opportunities for sensorial experiences emerge in the Triangle Room. Each child was given a bag and was allowed to roam in the park, to collect different type of leaves for an art project. They also enjoyed playing and throwing leaves in the air with all their friends.
We are continuing to learn more about pumpkins in all areas of the classroom. During circle time, we introduced the parts of a pumpkin from a little seed to its full size. Our Pumpkin Scrubbing Work allows our children to strengthen their fine motor skills. A song that we are learning to sing which is also helping us to count is our “ Five Little Pumpkins” song.
// Week of October 22: Photos //
// Week of October 15: Curriculum Update//
Our Triangle Room students are working hard towards their independence. Many are able to put on their jackets the using the “dip and flip” method. This allows the children to put on their own jacket without a teacher’ help. Some of the children are also able to change their shoes from indoor and outdoor with minimal assistance from the teacher. A group lesson was shown to teach the children how to turn their sleeves from the inside to outside. All these tools help the children build independence to promote confidence.
Our children are also busy with the many seasonal art projects. They enjoy pasting different color leaves on their autumn trees and rubbing crayons against the different kinds of leaves. We are also learning recognize the number “one” by tracing the pattern with our hands and pasting seeds on the outline.
// Week of October 15: Photos //
// Curriculum Update, week of Oct. 9 //
Our Triangle Room friends came back from the long weekend with smiles and a readiness to work. We are beginning to see the children move about the classroom with more ease and internalize a sense of order in the classroom. Many of the students are able to choose their own activities in different areas of the classroom and some are able to complete a whole work cycle on their own.
Group lessons have been given on Montessori Sensorial materials such as the Brown Stairs and Pink Tower. These materials help to recognize and understand the differences in sizes.
// Photos from the week of Oct. 9 //
//Curriculum Update: Week of October 1 //
Autumn is in the air, especially in the Triangle Room. The children are beginning to see more pumpkin and leaf works out on the shelves and enjoyed and an apple tasting activity during circle time. Each child showed their preference for their favorite apple/apples. Some chose the red delicious apple as their favorite and some chose the golden delicious apple as their favorite, while other children chose all three apples as their favorite.
During our walks outside, we are beginning to notice the many changes of the season by learning the song “Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down”. We also celebrated Peace Day and the Birthday of our school by promoting peace throughout our classroom. Some books that we read are reading are: “If Peace Is” by Jane Baskwill and “Love the World by Todd Parr. We also sang “Light A Candle For Peace” and “I’ve Got Peace Like A River”.
// Photos from the Week of Oct. 1 //
