Parents,
This week we will begin talking about the second habit of happy kids which is begin with the end in mind. As a class last week we wrote our mission statements. We will be saying these at the beginning of each class to help us remember what some of our goals are. The morning class mission statement reads
“We will keep learning. We will be friends to everyone. Never give up!”
The afternoon class mission statement is
” We will help our friends and others. We will keep working hard. We won’t give up!”
It makes my love light shine to hear the kids say these each day with conviction. It also gives us some good talking points when problems and conflicts arise. It’s good to remember what our goals are and what we need to do to achieve them.
This week we will introduce our continent and biome studies. We will be talking about North America for the next 2 months and we will be looking at the mountain biome of North America this month. In biology we will be talking about mammals and roots and in science we will be talking about measuring how much things weigh. In art we will talk about tints. A tint is any color that has had white added to it such as pink and grey. Our artist this month will be Ansel Adams.
Monday is an early out day. This means that am early childhood is from 8:30 to 10:30 and afternoon early childhood is from 11:00 to 1:00.
As the weather gets colder I could not help but think of a quote from Maria Montessori. She says “Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining”. I try to take the kids out everyday. The exceptions are thunder/lightning, red air, extreme cold (below 20). We will go outside in the rain and snow. Please make sure your child has clothing appropriate for the weather. I have heard it said there is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothes.
Have a great week.
Ms. Jen & Ms. Jess