Letter Aa (9/15-19)

Monday:  Happy Monday!  This week are jumping in feet first to our study of the Phonetic alphabet, beginning with Aa.  This morning during Montessori work time Teo spent most of his time tracing the alphabet, while Paislie worked on puzzles, Wren was very interested with studying the Continents on the globe, while Asher and Cetta worked in our Practical Life shelf scooping and pouring rice into different containers.  We then broke into our small groups to introduce the letter Aa!  YAY!  Dom’s group practiced tracing using the Sand Paper letters, My group brainstormed words that began with the letter Aa, and Kinder Blossom went on a hunt for objects beginning with Aa around the school.  This afternoon we made puppets using cloth pieces that we will put by our Peace Table for our friends to use while working out a problem.  

Tuesday morning consisted of Dom’s group tracing the letter A in a sand box and listing the items they collected that began with the letter Aa.  During Montessori work time Kai practiced his fine motor skills using tweezers to sort cotton balls while Ancel worked on a tree puzzle and Jackson practiced scooping with colored rice.  Group B’s attention during work time was focused on the Geography puzzles.  Teo and Asher worked together to complete South America while Wren and I worked on Africa.  Cetta spent most of her time sorting and matching colors with our shading work.  Kinder Blossom practiced writing the letter Aa in their notebooks.  This afternoon after nap we had a celebration for Jackson’s 3rd Birthday!  His Dad brought in special vegan muffins.  The kiddos were able to choose which kind they wanted to eat, carrot or blueberry.  The muffins were delicious, thank you Jackson!  After out birthday celebration we had yoga with Miss Vanessa.  All the kiddos were very engaged in yoga practicing their balance and the new poses they were taught.

Wednesday:  During circle time this morning we practiced our breathing exercise we use in yoga with our meditation bottle.  To help practice meditation we sit quietly and take slow deeps breathes as we watch the glitter in the bottle settle down on the bottom.  This exercise really helps the Sunflower’s focus their energy and get ready for Montessori work time. During small group time, group b made apple trees.  We used our fore arms for the trunks of the trees, our fists to make the leaves, and our fingers to make the apples.  Our apple orchard turned out fantastic!  This afternoon after nap we enjoyed  Spanish with Miss Daphne.  We are continuing to learn insects names in Spanish.

Thursday:  This morning Dom's group made aliens with their hand prints.  My group practiced writing the letter Aa.  This afternoon we had a very special afternoon snack! Miss Liz brought her juicer, and let the Sunflower's help put the purple carrots and beets in the juicer.  All the Sprouts thoroughly enjoyed the juice, their purple mustaches proved that fact :)


Friday:  We spent most of the morning inside playing in Center waiting for the backyard to dry out so we could head outside for a dance party.  While we waited we read library books, did art and played in the construction center.  After we all had a chance to eat snack we marched outside to join the Pre-Tots and Toddlers for a dance party! We also helped Miss Jackie with our gardens. This afternoon we made a banner for Green Sprout's birthday party that turned out absolutely fabulous!  

What a great week!  Have a marvelous weekend!

Love, Lizzie

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