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Casa child working on hundred board

Hundred Board

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The Hundred Board is an activity that involves placing 100 white tiles with the numbers 1-100 written on them onto a blue board that is sectioned into 100 squares.  Since the blue squares are blank, the child has to place the tiles (which are mixed up) on the appropriate squares until they have achieved the correct sequence. There is a control sheet with numbers for the child to check his/her work or to use as a guide. This is a great activity for children to learn sequence of numbers 1-100, as well as recognizing the numbers that go between 10’s, 20’s and 30’s.  One of the activities a child may do afterwards is cutting and gluing numbers or writing the numbers out to make their own hundred board, just as Barrett is doing in the picture.

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Second Step training with puppets

Second Step – Social Emotional Learning

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Empathy training is an important part of our Montessori classroom. Through the Second Step early learning program, we continuously engage the children in social emotional learning through tools such as puppets, picture cards, songs, role playing, and poems are used to build empathy.

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A map of the provinces of Canada and their flags

“The Provinces of Canada” Song Video!

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In our Casa community, we have been learning all about the wonderful country we live in- Canada! We learned the names of each province and territory, their place on the map, as well as their corresponding flags.

Please click for more details and to see the video of us singing “The Provinces of Canada”. Sing along with us!

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Children closely observing liquids

Working With Viscosity

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We experimented with the viscosity (thickness) of three different liquids: Honey (the thickest), water (medium), and oil (the thinnest), and how different objects interacted with them. Please click to see how we conducted our experiments!

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Children with the Eleventh Hour story and a board with their deductions.

The Eleventh Hour Mystery!

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Horace the Elephant holds a party in the ‘Eleventh Hour’ story for his eleventh birthday, to which he invites his ten best friends to play eleven games and share in a feast that he has prepared. Unfortunately for Horace, someone has eaten the feast before the guests can enjoy the delicious food! It was up to our group of Casa children to decipher the clues and eliminate the suspects!

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sign language puzzle

Sign Language

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Sign language has always been an integral part of Montessori philosophy/education. Sign language allows for greater communication, deaf culture awareness and creates strong neurological pathways in the brain (memory, literacy and problem solving).

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Chinese New Year bulletin board

Chinese New Year!

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We had so much fun celebrating Chinese or the Lunar New Year together! Celebrating all holidays and cultures is an intrinsic part of Montessori education. We hope to help the children develop into global citizens.

Please click ‘view’ to read all about our Chinese New Year celebrations!

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Walking Water Experiment Collage

Walking Water Experiment!

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The North Casa children filled two glasses with water and food colouring. They dipped one side of a paper towel into the colourful water and folded the rest of the paper towel over into an empty glass between the other 2 glasses. As an added element, the red water and the blue water combined in the middle glass to make purple water. It was such a sight to see!

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A book 'Bonjour le Jour' with day of the week cards on a table

French Class!

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During their weekly class, the children participate in a variety of activities that encourage their French language and literacy skills. Through songs, poems, learning cards and games, the children learn vocabulary pertaining to colours, foods, days of the week, months of the year, weather, animals, shapes, numbers and simple phrases and questions.

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Casa child with journal activity

Journal Writing

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After extensive work in the Language area, the children move on to journal writing. Children are encouraged to write about experiences they have had or anything else that inspires them to write and create!  After building the sentences, the child prints them in their Journal Book and draws an accompanying picture.

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