Greetings Toddler families! We are heading in to our final month of the year! Our Earth Week activities were an excellent way to start Spring off with the toddlers. In the month of May, we will continue to learn about what being “alive” means. We will focus on weather and the power of the sun through science and art projects. We are beginning to explore different genres of music from around the world, and will […]
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Greetings toddler families! Many thanks for equipping your children with snow gear on a daily basis. All this snow can be challenging for many reasons but we will make it through to spring someday. We also want to recognize and thank families for your part in keeping the children healthy. There have been very few colds/illnesses this year and we attribute that to the healthy lifestyles of the families in this community. Feeding our children […]
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Greetings Toddler families! This month, we will begin to explore science through the toddler experience! In our Montessori classroom, this means conducting simple experiments where we start to realize that our actions effect our environment. We will focus on “what” is happening during our experiments rather than the “why” or the “how”. This way, we keep things simple and begin to learn about the way our world works. Our science explorations will begin with activities […]
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Happy New Years to all our Montessori toddler families! This month in the Maple room will be welcoming several new friends to our nest! We are very excited to see this toddler community growing and look forward to the new energy these friends will bring to the experience. Please note our toddler classroom will now be a nut free zone to help a new student with allergies stay safe. Sunflower seed butter (“sun butter”) is […]
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Greetings toddler families! In our short month of December, we will be exploring music, dance, and movement activities. If your child has a favorite song, yoga position/body shape, or style of music, please encourage them to tell Miss Mari! We are now quite settled in our classroom routine and our children are being explorers and scientists every day, finding all sorts of ways to use all the material in our classroom. Students are enjoying the […]
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Greetings toddler families! The fall is flying by and our students are growing and learning so much. This month has been all about coming together as a community. Our toddlers are increasingly aware of themselves and of each other, and are playing and working together. We are enjoying our morning gathering of songs and conversation about the day. We are getting familiar with the other students and teachers that we see and hear in our […]
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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. No it is not.” Dr. Seuss from The Lorax We had such a nice time meeting with you all during parent teacher conferences! March has flown by. At the beginning of the month, we celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday by rhyming, reading stories and having a community lunch. It was great to share food and to celebrate as a whole class. Thank […]
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“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” Dr. Seuss We are happy to be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday with the children. The celebration has been one of my favorite traditions at The Children’s Tree Montessori School. Dr. Seuss has left us a legacy. We have learned many lessons from his books. For instance, try new things, take care of the earth, don’t be a Grinch, […]
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