Montessori Musings
Ms. Dukic and Mrs. Mennella
mdukic@childrenofpeaceschool.org
Happy New Year 2023
Martin Luther Kind Jr. January 16, 2023 NO SCHOOL
National Popcorn Day January 19, 2023
Chinese New Year January 22, 2023 Year of the Rabbit
Catholic Schools Week January 29th-February 3rd-
Community Service Donate Hygiene products/laundry supplies
Supplies will be donated to Almost Home. Almost Home is an organization
that helps homeless and almost homeless individuals and
families.
School Supplies for Montessori 2022-2023
School slippers/school shoes
reusable water bottle
Blanket for nap/rest time (preschool required to rest, optional for kindergarten)
Change of clothes in case of accident (one set for warm weather, one set for cold weather> Please include socks and underwear. <
Gym shoes for playground / gym class
1 package small dixie cups
2 boxes of Kleenex
3 containers of baby wipes
4 rolls of paper towels
2 dry erase markers
1 package of plastic protective sleeves for 3 ring binder works
2 boxes of sandwich Ziploc bags
2 boxes of gallon Ziploc bags
2 washable stamp pads
Thank you! Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
mdukic@childrenofpeaceschool.org
Ms. Dukic and Mrs. Mennella
Research animals that live around the Arctic.
Language and Reading Readiness
- Use art to create pictures and stories (Dictation)
- Identify lowercase letters/sounds
- -ay, -ey, -oo-
- Read to your child or have your child read to you
- Math and Science Readiness
- One to one correspondence: Count your Cheerios
- Sorts objects by color
- Sorts objects by shape
- Sorts objects by size
- find objects in house that is a cube, sphere, cylinder, rectangular prism
- Make an observations booklet. Draw animals you see outside
- Number writing practice
- Measure ingredients when baking/cooking
Kindergarten
Reading Log completed monthly
Independent Study/ Choose a topic/ 10 Facts
written in complete sentences/include pictures and drawings
Reading
Write stories
Printing practice, proper usage of lowercase and uppercase letters
Challenging Math Concepts/ word problems