Kaitlan Sewell

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Students incubated and cared for quail eggs. Caring for animals is a way for students to learn how to take care of themselves, and others while building more independence. Students also develop a sense of responsibility and respect.
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Welcome back. We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break! We are back into the swing of things here in the classroom. For our Language work, we have added antonyms to the synonym work on our Word Study shelf. For the Writer’s Workshop, we are beginning opinion writing. Our students are exploring Biomes for our...
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Our toddlers continue to build upon their gross and fine motor skills and learning about numbers.
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Welcome back. We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break! We are back into the swing of things here in the classroom. For our Language work, we have added antonyms to the synonym work on our Word Study shelf. For the Writer’s Workshop, we are beginning opinion writing. Our students are exploring Biomes for our...
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We introduced an engaging and special Montessori math material this week-the squaring chains. These materials explore the concept of skip counting, sets, and multiplication. Younger students can explore them sensorially, while others utilize the number tags to label and extend learning. On the practical life shelf, we added lacing cards and putting on gloves and...
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We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with family. This week, we kicked off our “Hannah’s Socks” project to donate socks to people in need. We enjoyed wearing our fun socks together! In the classroom, we introduced many new sensorial works that included opening our bell table to play the first bell. We added...
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We are reflecting on what it means to be thankful this week! Many works reflect preparations in the home for family gatherings as well as for the feast we will prepare in our Early Childhood community. Works include setting a place at the table, using a baster, sorting silverware, rolling and folding napkins, filling a cornucopia...
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We continued fall-themed practical life lessons this week, including feathers in a turkey and creating a cornucopia!  We will use these items next week for our feast.  We also introduced place setting, silverware sorting, and napkin rolling.  In writing, we added the inset portion to the metal insets.  On the art shelf, students could create...
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This week students were introduced to new word study units. One new unit covers synonyms. This unit allows children the opportunity to learn about many words that mean the same thing. Some of these works include matching synonym work along with worksheets to heighten the understanding of synonyms. This language unit not only encompasses children...
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This week students were introduced to new word study units. One new unit covers synonyms. This unit allows children the opportunity to learn about many words that mean the same thing. Some of these works include matching synonym work along with worksheets to heighten the understanding of synonyms. This language unit not only encompasses children...
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