January and February have been busy months for PM Kindergarten! In Social Studies, we finished our exploration of Europe with discussion of Ireland, England, Italy and Spain. The children completed many projects, but their favorites included drawing themselves holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa and building a (not quite scale) model of Stonehenge.
Try talking without having your tongue touch your teeth. You sound pretty silly, don't you?
The students in the Elementary class sure did! They learned that not only do your teeth help with chewing your food, but they are equally important for communicating. Dr. Sarah Pavlow, a local orthodontist, and her assistant Robin recently visited the students and shared facts about teeth and the steps we need to take to ensure that they are healthy.
Brookeside Montessori’s Annual Science Fair!
The students in the Elementary class participated in this annual event on January 22. Each student worked on their project for several weeks using the scientific method of question, research, hypothesis, experimentation, and drawing a conclusion. At the science fair students shared their projects with the school community, practicing public speaking skills.
Brookeside Montessori School Pre-K and Kindergarten children made weather predictions on Monday, February 1. On Tuesday, we took our Groundhog Puppets outside to see if our predictions were correct. Most of our class predicted that our groundhogs would see their shadows and we were right!
The Elementary class at Brookeside Montessori are participating in a special community service project. They have been visiting Frederick Living, A Retirement Community. On their first visit the students planted bulbs in a flower bed. Since then they have celebrated a birthday with one of the residents, participated in games and crafts, and right before the holidays went caroling.
