Casa Music Class
In the next music classes Adriana and the Casa children will explore the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
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Multiplication Coloured Beads
In a Montessori Casa classroom, there are various materials that can be used for multiplying, one of which is the coloured bead material.
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Second Step Program
Casa West has been working on Second Step lessons during circle time. Second Step is a program that helps children develop self-regulation and social emotional skills.
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French Curriculum
Our French teacher Cheeba works with the children using music, songs, and creative movement with props and special techniques. Cheeba’s curriculum teaches the children conversational French with self-expression, family vocabulary and human anatomy. Children learn to express their emotions with both English and French vocabulary and build on their empathy, which supports their social and problem solving skills. As proud Canadians, we are learning the National anthem en francais along with familiar places in our beautiful country.
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Walking Water Experiment
As a fun science experiment, we did a “walking water” exercise in our morning circle. See what happened…
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Remembrance Day
For Remembrance Day, we talked about the Poppy and how it is a symbol to help us acknowledge and remember our soldiers and the freedoms they have helped us gain. We decorated poppies and posted the art work with the poem “In Flanders Fields”. We talked about how privileged we are to live in a society such as we do in Canada!
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Autumn Cookies
Incorporating the Fall season and the events around this time, the children in Casa West baked some zucchini raisin cookies.
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Autumn Fun!
To welcome Autumn, we have decorated our classroom with some of our special art pieces, which include ink blotted leaves, pumpkin mobiles, an Autumn wreath, and hand printed leaves for our tree. We have enjoyed reading books and singing songs about Autumn. The children are looking forward to some upcoming apple tasting. We can’t wait to taste the delicious variety of apples!
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East Casa Solves a Mystery!
We read an exciting book by Graeme Base called “The Eleventh Hour”. Our Casa children found clues and solved the mystery. We won’t spoil it for you but It was definitely someone we did not suspect!
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