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Children playing the ukulele

Music Class with Adriana

In our Montessori environment, it is important that the children have a well-rounded array of experiences, giving them the opportunity to find their passion in life. Our music teacher Adriana creates fun and engaging classes consisting of three components. The children work in small groups to learn the ukulele and others work with the bells. We then have all of the children come together to sing, learn musical vocabulary, notes, rhythms and play instruments.

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Child working on constructive triangles

Constructive Triangles: Large Hexagonal Box

The child is invited to take out a pair of matching triangles and trace the black line with the index and middle finger. One triangle is used as the “control” and the other is moved slowly along the matching black lines to create a larger triangle. Different sets of triangles can be put together, and then the child can combine the shapes to create various patterns.

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Children raking leaves

Leaves, Leaves and More Leaves!

Our Under 3 Montessori community participates in keeping our environment beautiful and well maintained. In Autumn, we rake up the fallen leaves and jump on them when the opportunity arises! We collect the leaves and place them in a yard waste bag. What a wonderful way to appreciate our environment and promote being an active participant in our community!

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Child under 2 using tongs to serve fruit

Snack in the Under 2 Classroom

The children in our Under 2 classroom are invited to share a snack at our child-sized table and chairs, building their social skills, grace and courtesy. Age appropriate dishes and utensils are used to help with self-serving and self-feeding, aiding in the growth of the children’s confidence and abilities.

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Child reading a French book

French Class

The children participate in our weekly French class in small groups. Elisa incorporates stories, games, songs, and other fun activities that encourage repetition of basic vocabulary like colours, numbers, shapes, and family members. It is wonderful to see children pick up French books independently and recreate the stories they have read.

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Children playing the ukulele during the Canada 150 celebration

Canada 150 Celebration!

Happy Canada Day! We all came together for our annual community gathering and celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday. The children in Casa put on a performance singing songs like “Land of the Silver Birch”, and showed off their skills with ukuleles!

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Beans growing in the playground

Gardening and Harvesting!

The children have been busy pulling weeds, collecting yard waste, watering plants, and keeping our playground beautiful. We planted beans, strawberries, cherry tomatoes, lavender, morning glories, and our ribbon plant cuttings, maintained them and watched them grow.

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Child under 2 sponge painting

Painting!

Painting and printmaking create wonderful opportunities for infants to learn while they express themselves creatively. They enhance their tactile and sensory skills, experiment with cause and effect, and work on their palmar and pincer grasp, eye-hand coordination, and two hands working together in mid line.

Please click on “Painting!” to see more samples of our beautiful art!

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Outer Space Bulletin Board

Exploring Outer Space

The children have been intrigued about space. We were very interested in learning about the Earth, stars, moon, meteors and meteorites, an asteroid belt, the dwarf planets, comets, universe, constellations, galaxies, each planet, and so much more.

To learn more about outer space and fun facts about each planet, click on “Exploring Outer Space”.

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Child playing Montessori bells with Adriana

Working with Bells

The bells are an exciting part of our Casa classroom! Children enjoy learning to play songs such as “Good Morning” or “Days of the Week”. There are endless possibilities for creative uses of the bells.

Please click on “Working with Bells” for more information about Montessori bells.

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