Sunnybrook Montessori School

Montessori preschool & kindergarten in New Hampshire's North Country

Week of the Young Child

puddle play

puddle play

Goodbye snow, hello grass!  The snow pants have all gone home and the mud boots have come out.  It was a beautiful spring week of mud and melting snow and ice.

Monday fun

posing with the wolf

Week of the Young Child

Week of the Young Child

On Monday we joined Lancaster Play and Learn and Centennial View for a parade down Main Street in celebration of the Week of the Young Child.  It was such a beautiful day that we spent almost the entire morning outside exploring.

reading with a friend

reading with a friend

rest time reading

rest time reading

story time

story time

Monday Art

Monday Art

For Monday art the children had a glorious time getting messy with finger paint.  The art table continued to be busy the rest of the week as children created multiple finger paint masterpieces, and just generally enjoyed the feeling of paint squishing and squeezing through their fingers.

messy hands

messy hands

art time

art time

more finger painting

more finger painting

musical instruments

musical instruments

We continued to learn about amphibians this week, more specifically toads.  We read the book Frog or Toad?  How Do you Know?  and learned that frogs have wet, smooth skin, long strong back legs for jumping, and teeth in the top jaw, while toads have drier, bumpy skin, shorter legs, and no teeth.

continent pin punching

continent pin punching

dice addition

dice addition

floor work

floor work

fuzzy wuzzy

fuzzy wuzzy

letter sounds

letter sounds

movable alphabet

movable alphabet

pin punching

pin punching

submarine

submarine

Thursday afternoon game of Sleeping Queens

Thursday afternoon game of Sleeping Queens

5 years old

5 years old

We celebrated three birthdays this week.  On Wednesday we enjoyed birthday cookies with the newest five year old, and on Thursday we enjoyed chocolate covered strawberries with the newest six year old and chocolate cupcakes with the newest seven year old.  Each birthday child took a turn holding the earth and orbiting the candle sun while everyone counted for them, then sang “Happy Birthday.”

Six Year Old

6 years old

Seven Year Old

7 years old

goodbye hugs

goodbye hugs

We had some goodbyes with lots of hugs.  We will miss our two friends who are moving on!  We wish the best to you and your families.

The children were feeling the need to clean again this week.  They wiped down and washed chairs, tables, shelves, the floor, and the classroom materials.  They were busy, and all of their efforts have left us with a nice clean classroom.

spring cleaning

spring cleaning

sweeping

sweeping

Friday Science

Friday Science

For Friday science we read about frog metamorphosis then used clay to create the stages from egg, to tadpole, to frog.

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