We love Montessori!! (9/8-12)

Monday:
We started this lovely monday morning, with a few presentations of Montessori works, and group time. Ancel was very excited to work with magnets while Kai loves to work with the different colored containers and the matching bears that go with it! Jackson worked hard on unscrewing and screwing on lids of containers, and Tula worked with the marbles, distinguishing which are FLAT and which are ROUND. while Group B and Kinder Blossom where also working hard in their areas. Jasper and Joey worked with different shapes.
We had our newest LYH friend, Heather, join us for Yoga today. She told all of our friends a little bit about herself, and expressed how happy she was to be here!

TUESDAY:
Another great morning of successful work time! Genevieve opted to work with the magnets today, confident from the presentation the day before! While Jacson was interested in the bugs, Kai work with magnetic vs non magnetic, and Kian worked on rolling and unrolling his mat! Teo and Asher each worked on a puzzle, while Wren worked hard with pressure cylinders, one in each hand, trying to determine its match!
During group today, we went out for a quick nature walk, finding mulch, sand, sticks, rocks, and leaves around the playground! I then, using glue, wrote each friends name, and they decorated it with the natural objects they found outside!
Another great afternoon of Yoga with Ms Vanessa!!

WEDNESDAY: Arielle arrived and we began our day with a quick circle time discussion, then dismissed to Montessori work time.
Kai worked with the magnets, while Noah explored the tree puzzle. After a solid 35 mins of worktime, we started show N tell - each group had their own show N tell in their group areas. Genevieve showed us her lovies, Giraffe lovey and racoon lovey, while Jackson brought out his tambourine, Kai brought a small car, Ancel brought a long drill bit, which everyone was fascinated by.

Spanish - Ms Daphne introduced "insectos" (insects) to the group, and brought out flashcards to go through some of our more common insects and their Spanish translation!

Thursday:
Today was Kai's turn with magnets, while Jackson checked out the sand paper letters! Lizzie's group painted a beautiful collage for their area! In Kinder Blossom, Ben and Joey worked hard on a puzzle, Miya worked at the table with a alphabet puzzle, while Addie worked with the alphabet stamps, using them to spell out her name!
After nap, we did the secret sack, and prepared for Spanish with Daphne! They practiced the name of insects in Spanish, and played a game to help them remember the name and sounds it makes! Very fun class!!

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Friday:
Always a fun friday, with dance parties and lots of outside fun!! We pulled weeds from the garden and explored the soil and bugs!
Tula brought the Secret Sack today, so after nap, once everyone completed their responsibilities, we made our way to the carpet, and began to read the clues!
It was a purse!!! Friends were very excited, as Tula dived into the sack to show her friends the purse! We then released friends to construction/art studio area, where Ms Arielle set up an afternoon art project. She set up some felt puppets, felt shapes, googly eyes, glue, and paint and let friends decide what they wanted to decorate their puppet with. Most friends started first with their eyes, than added shapes and paint!

It was a great FRIDAY all around!! :)

Xo
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