12/15/2020

Hello and Happy Holidays, P1 Families!

December brought chilly weather and poems and songs about mittens and snow.  We learned that there are many different holidays that are celebrated around the world at this time of year including St. Nicholas Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and Chinese New Year.  We had fun reading stories and looking at pictures of the many different items that are used to decorate and represent some of these holidays.  Students also enjoyed a fun Friday that included Ugly Sweater Day!

In addition to our regular Montessori academic work, this month brought lessons on trees.  We had a chance to observe the leaves changing color and falling off branches, leading to discussions of deciduous trees (that lose their leaves) and coniferous trees (that stay green all year long).  We learned the names for the parts of the tree in English and in Spanish:

Arbol – Tree

Hojas – Leaves

Ramas – Branches

Tronco – Trunk

Raices – Roots

We also studied the continent of Europe and many of its famous buildings.  Students had fun assembling a model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, located in Italy and matching pictures to labels of different historical structures in Europe.  We also learned about some of the interesting animals that live in Europe.

Ms. Angela, our FMS art teacher, designed a beautiful project for all the students.  Each child decorated a  Peace Pinwheel with words or pictures that represent peaceful feelings or ideas.  The Pinwheels were then put on display outside the front of the school.  This project helped promote our Peace curriculum and brought recognition to the Peace Pole that is planted at the front of our school.  We were able to take a mini “field trip” to view all of the pinwheels.

December photos of P1 students

Winter Break begins on Monday, December 21.  School resumes on Tuesday, January 5th.  We wish all our families a peaceful, safe and happy holiday!

Thank you!

Ms. Melissa, Ms. Diana and Ms. Kini