Sunnybrook Montessori School

Montessori preschool & kindergarten in New Hampshire's North Country

Friends

Chase

Chase

new friend

new friend

We were so excited to welcome a new morning friend last week, and an afternoon friend this week.  Both new students have quickly integrated into the class and we are enjoying getting to know them.

afternoon friend

afternoon friend

The Autumn Equinox occurred on Sunday the 22nd and was our focus this week.  We shared some of our observations about fall and how we know that the season is changing.  We took turns being the sun and the Earth to understand how the seasons change.  The earth travelled around the sun; passing from winter, to spring, to summer, then fall.  We learned that during the Autumn and Vernal (spring) Equinoxes, the day and night are the same length.

ten board

ten board

story sequencing

story sequencing

 

color block patterns

color block patterns

spanish vocabulary

spanish vocabulary

pink tower and brown stair

pink tower and brown stair

number puzzle

number puzzle

 

geometric solid item matching

geometric solid item matching

art

art

At the art table students continued to work on family portraits, as well as creating fabulous artwork using pastels, markers, scissors, and glue.  A lot of good creativity, fine motor work, and concentration has been happening at the art table.

cleaning

cleaning

knots

knots

painting

painting

 

writing

writing

batter up

batter up

number rods

number rods

movable alphabet

movable alphabet

more knots

more knots

chalkboard art

chalkboard art

We had two visitors from Costa Rica this week, Diego and Daniella.  Everyone enjoyed getting to know them and hear them speak Spanish.  We saw where Costa Rica is on the map of North America and the path they travelled to get to Lancaster, New Hampshire.

blindfolded sandpaper numbers

blindfolded sandpaper numbers

 

Pinta Ratones

Pinta Ratones

During Spanish we read Pinta Ratones (Mouse Paint) by Ellen Stoll Walsh, and learned the Spanish color names.  We also talked about Costa Rica and began to learn about the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his voyages from Spain to the Americas.

During Music this week we continued to learn about and play percussion instruments.  We were introduced to the rain stick, the xylophone, and the tambourine.

walking the line

walking the line

hearts for friends

hearts for friends

outside writing

outside writing

 

knobbed cylinders

knobbed cylinders

teeter totter

teeter totter

Olivia

Olivia

On Thursday morning we had a visit from Olivia with Believe in Books.  We enjoyed listening to Olivia Saves the Circus, then giving her big hugs and choosing a book to take home.

a little light reading

a little light reading and relaxing

 

visitor

visitor

Friday students had another visitor in the morning.  A beagle puppy came to say hi and was given lots of hugs before she returned home.

science

science

During Friday Science we tasted four kinds of apple: honey crisp, mac, gala, and ginger gold.  Everyone said that they liked all of them best!  We counted and charted the number of seeds in each apple, and recorded our findings on a graph.

counting seeds

counting seeds

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