Sycamore Room
January Classroom Update for the Sycamore Room!
Last update: January 11, 2012
Happy 2012 Sycamore Families!
Here
we are at our first full week back to school after our winter break. I hope
everyone enjoyed the holidays! Mrs. Moore and I say, “Thank-you!” to all
of you who thought of us during the holiday season. Your gifts were
very much appreciated!
In
my years of teaching, I have found that these next three months are
very productive in terms of progress for the students. Mrs. Moore and I
are going to be really focusing on the basics and then the extensions
with our lessons. Our goal is helping each child get as far as
possible with materials, while going at the child’s pace, and
introducing new lessons when the child is ready. Sound familiar? It is
what I believe every school and teacher should be doing with each
child. It is what is happening in each classroom at CMS!
Somethings
that are happening in our classroom this month include a new artist,
Wassily Kandinsky. We are also exploring Chinese New Year, which is on
January 23rd. It is the year of the dragon! We are reading stories,
making fans, and learning origami. Our new food prep this month is
making a bowl of oatmeal.
What Chinese zodiac sign is your child?
2006: Dog
2007: Pig
2008: Rat
2009: Ox
Your
child recently received a gift from India. The Klobusnik Family
traveled to India over winter break. Sai brought back an elephant
keychain and a coin for each child in the classroom. He also brought
our classroom a gift, a horse drawn brass sculpture. Thank-you to the
Klobusnik’s for thinking of the Sycamore Room over their holiday!
Friendly
reminder to please send back in a complete change of weather
appropriate clothing for child. We are asking the full-day children to
bring in a pair of playground shoes to wear outside during recess.
These will remain here at school. It really helps keep the amount of
mud down in the classroom and your cars.
There
is a new family is our classroom, the Lee Family. Andre joined our
classroom on Monday. They were able to attend our classroom social just
before break so hopefully you were able to meet them. Welcome to the
Lee Family!
Thank-you for allowing us to spend our day with your child!
Ms. Ashley & Mrs. Moore
Sycamore Classroom 2011-2012 Wish List
If you are interested in purchasing one of the items from Montessori Services, Michael Olaf, or Nienhuis Montessori please contact let me know.
Art Cards
DA280 Great Art Picture Set (10) Michael Olaf 1Language Cards
DL250 Fruit Cards, set of 24 Michael Olaf 2 DL055 Vegetable Cards, set of 24 Michael Olaf 2 DL370 Around Town, 3-part vocab cards Michael Olaf 1Miscellaneous
Classic Art Pictures An old art book or art postcards that could be framed for Art in the classroom Water Color Painting Paper Any size paper pad from craft/education stores National Geographic Magazines for geography folders Outdoor Classroom/Practical Life Spring Bulbs for planting this Fall Outdoor patio umbrella for the deck Potted Mums for the Deck Small Wood Items for Polishing Embroidery Needles (with a large eye hole) Note: Any monetary donations so that we could purchase these items are always greatly appreciated!