Casa children really enjoy this activity as it fosters their creative and spatial skills. They are also learning about human differences. Celebrating our cultural ethnicities is a big part of the Montessori environment.
Please click “Cultural Doll” to read and see step by step how the children design their own cultural dolls.
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Cutting with scissors encourages the child to use two hands simultaneously while fostering concentration, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination. Learning to manipulate one’s fingers, hands, wrists, and the scissors in order to cut a thin strip of paper into many smaller pieces can be quite a challenge. Children really enjoy the cause and effect element of this activity.
Please click “Cutting Snips with Scissors” for the photos.
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On the playground, the children under two years old can often be seen pushing the blue scooter. Some of these children use the support of the scooter to develop their walking skills. Others are skilled at manipulating the scooter along the ground while walking forward or backward. This fun activity aid in the development of the children’s gross motor skills.
Please click “Watch me go!” for the full image.
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Summer is here! The children enjoy spending more time outside embracing the warm sunny weather. They get super excited on Sprinkler day! It is a time for them to splash in puddles, fill buckets to the brim, play catch with water toys and most importantly, run through the sprinkler. It is a great way to stay cool on a hot sunny day!
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In addition to playing the Montessori bells, the older Casa children have also been learning how to play the ukulele weekly. The children have been playing many songs using the C, C7, F, and G7 chords. Through their exposure to the ukulele, the children have also been exploring various music notation concepts such as notes, the staff, musical alphabet, clefs, and time signature.
Please click “Ukulele” for more photos and information about what songs the children have been playing.
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Sign language, one of the forms of expression in the Under 3 community, helps children still acquiring verbal skills to communicate their needs and wants. We have a set of sign language cards that the children enjoy exploring. On each card is a picture of the object on one side and the sign on the other. The child is able to practice verbalizing and signing each word with this activity.
Please click “Sign Language” for more details and photos.
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In the Under 2 community, the teachers together with the children explore creative and fun ways to help save the environment. Recyclable materials are often used in various areas of the classroom. In the image, the child is using recycled containers to build a tower-like structure.
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Once a week our Casa community gathers in small groups to participate in our French curriculum. Our French teacher Vicky creates her lessons with a primary focus on oral language lessons to allow for easier and more exciting knowledge retention.
Please click “French Class: Salut mes amis!” for more details.
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The Casa community celebrated Chinese New Year (also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year) with a variety of activities throughout the week.
Please click “Chinese New Year!” to learn about these activities and for lyrics to Chinese New Year songs.
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The Korean pop song “Baby Shark” has made it to the top 10 chart of the Under 3 room! This catchy, toe-tapping tune is inescapable. The children and teachers sing it at snack time, sleep time and outdoor time: “Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo…” For our little “Baby Shark” fans, it is a delightful action song that gives the biggest smiles you have ever seen!
Please click on “Baby Shark Performance” for the Under 3’s performance of “Baby Shark”.
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