What an amazing week we have had! The weather was perfect for spending extra time outside. We were able to eat lunch at our outdoor picnic tables. We also had extra outdoor time to appreciate the beauty of our campus. Flowering Saucer Magnolias, flowering Forsythias and the sprouting of seedlings are a few of the things we noticed. Children need a connection to nature. Their concentration improves, their sense of peacefulness grows and their natural curiosity grows the longer children are able to spend outside. As long as the weather is nice we will continue to spend extra time outside and in our outdoor classroom.
Lessons this week included writing a biography on a famous woman in history, an introduction to nutrition, a focus on plants, animals and flags of South America, and a review of triangles by both sides and angles. Everyone had fun making a probability tally chart. Plurals and singulars were introduces as well as the abbreviations for the days of the week. Division was introduced using some important Montessori materials such as the division bead board, division with the stamp game and the division bingo board. Next week our nutrition study will include having the children plan a menu using foods in all of the five food groups. Ask your children this weekend about the five food groups and see if they can identify the food groups from their meals at home.
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