Sunnybrook Montessori School

Montessori preschool & kindergarten in New Hampshire's North Country

Bringing in Spring

Word tag

Word tag

giant icicle

giant icicle

During our first full week of spring we continued to enjoy the snow.  The children loved collecting ice that formed after the warmer days and cold nights.  Some of them filled their sleds and wheelbarrows with all of the pieces that they could find.

alphabetizing

alphabetizing

carpet sweeping

carpet sweeping

counting boards

counting boards

dice addition

dice addition

f, c, e sound games

f, c, e sound games

k & l

k & l

multiplication board

multiplication board

number rod addition

number rod addition

painting

painting

reading

reading

stamp game

stamp game

story making

story making

u words

u words

weaving

weaving

knots

knots

time

time

word picture match

word picture match

writing

writing

 

reading

reading

African face painting

African face painting

We completed our African journey during this final week of March.  Students had their faces painted in African designs, a common tradition in some areas of Africa for celebrations and rituals.  They practiced carrying bags and baskets of materials on their heads.  As we have been learning, in some areas of Africa water is scarce, and people have to travel to bodies of water to fill containers to carry back to their homes.  Many people transport these containers on their heads.  They also need to clean the water.  We did our own water cleaning demonstration by filtering it through dirt.  We also discussed the need for boiling the water to complete the process.  We read Mama Panya’s Pancakes and made African pancakes together.

head carrying

head carrying

head carrying

more head carrying

 

more head carrying

even more head carrying

making African pancakes

making African pancakes

face painting for friends

face painting for friends

African rhythms

African rhythms

enjoying African pancakes

enjoying African pancakes

sandpaper chalk drawing

sandpaper chalk drawing

At the art table the children did some chalk art on sandpaper.  They also made books of Africa and did many drawings.

drawing

drawing

drawing

drawing

Happy 4th Birthday!

Happy 4th Birthday!

We celebrated our third birthday of the month.  Happy fourth birthday friend!

table moving teamwork

table moving teamwork

enjoying birthday cupcakes

enjoying birthday cupcakes

the tale of conejo et lobo

the tale of conejo et lobo

During Spanish we continued to have fun with animal sound games, African Bingo, and Zeanny concluded the tale of el conejo, el lobo, and the princessa.

African bingo in Spanish

African bingo in Spanish

Friday Science heart rate comparison

Friday Science heart rate comparison

Friday students had another busy day.  They once again spent the morning engaged in work.  Gerrie Scott joined us to read My Amazing Grandpa.  During science we used stethoscopes to listen to our heartbeats.  We listened to and counted our resting heart rate, then ran all around the classroom (FUN!) then listened to our active heart rate.  We discovered that our hearts beat a lot faster when we are active, bringing oxygen to all the parts of our bodies, just like a bus taking children home, as one student analogized.

d work

d work

spindle boxes

spindle boxes

 

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