The week of September 5th

Parents,

What a great Friday!  We went on an exploration of our solar system out on our playground.  We stopped at each planet and talked about some things that make that planet really cool  (Uranus doesn’t rotate like the other planets spinning  clockwise, it spins like a wheel or us doing a somersault). We also made a planet cake.  We took a vote with Ms. Joy’s class to decide on what planet our cake should look like.  The morning class choose to have an Earth cake and the afternoon class choose to have a Saturn cake.  It was so fun!

This coming week we will be focusing on the following letters

J – Jerry Jellyfish

N – Nigel Night Owl

O – Olive Octopus

P – Peewee Penguin

W – Willy Weasel

We will talk about our star, the sun as well as constellations we can see in our night sky.  We will give an introduction to the difference between plants and animals.  As part of our study of primary colors we will look at the art work of Piet Mondrian.

We are missing several small items from different materials in our classroom.  If your child brings home something that you do not recognize, such as beads, small animals or other small objects  – it might belong in our classroom and we would love to have it back.  I know how appealing the small objects can be, it’s part of the reason we use them but often we cannot use the material if even one piece is missing. Thanks for your help with this.

Jean Piaget said “The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done”.  In our classroom we often ask students to try new things or do something that has typically been done for them.  Some children love the challenge while others are frustrated with the thought of doing something that is new to them.  Our goal is not to frustrate but to challenge and show the children what they are capable of.  Maria Montessori said “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed”.  As teachers we would challenge you as parents to help your child by not doing things for them that they are capable of.  Each child has different abilities, but they are all capable of more than we think.  Just some food for thought.

Have a great long weekend!  We will see you on Tuesday.

Ms. Jen & Ms. Martha

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