It's April already?!

We're baaack! 

It's amazing how fast time flies and how busy one can get. Needless to say, a LOT has happened since the last post and I've got tons of pictures to show. Much of it may seem like ancient history now, but I hope you still enjoy them. Without further ado.....

Remember that Art Show we did?! ;) I wish we had some more pictures from the day of but unfortunately my brain was all over the place! Below are some shots of the children working on the pieces we had up for sale, as well as some of the Chalk Art.

L: Aidan and R: Josie working on our Chalk gradient piece.

L: Miss Elizabeth and Micaela working on the Hibiscus collage. R: Mark and Martha painting the Hibiscus.

The many stages of our piece called "Banana Snowman" - throughout the painting of this piece the children shared their opinions of what the shapes looked like. Banana and Snowman seemed to be the almost universal consensuses; there were many others though :)
L to R, T to B: Alyssa, Benedict V, Lucia, Lucy, Miss Melissa with group, Josie, Brendan, Candelaria, Mark, Maureen, Mia, and Micaela.

Some of the wonderful Chalk Art made by our awesome participants!

Our Chalk Art winners! L to R, T to B: Grace Doman (13-17y/o), Kaitlin Karbagh (18+), Alexandra McManus (6yo), Catherine Graham (7-12), Joyce Family (Group/Family)

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Birthdays!! In March we celebrated Lucy's 5th birthday, and Mikey's 3rd :) Thank you both for your book gifts to our class of: The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein and The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle; both on our wish list!

L to R, T to B: Lucy walking around the sun, sharing her pictures to the class, and showing off her book. Mikey sharing bis poster board with the class, and then walking around the sun.

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Hard at work!!
Aside from the works you see being used below, in our curriculum we have recently finished learning about the life of Maria Montessori, we have continued our Spanish curriculum on a daily basis through not only conversation, but music too! We have re-introduced Chess, introduced sewing, and been introducing new works to the children every day. As the year progresses, at each of their levels they are all eager to learn the next thing, and it's our pleasure to follow their path. Like Dr. Montessori said, "Follow the child, but follow the child as his leader."

L to R, T to B:
William working with the Colored Beads
Josie and Micaela teaching John Paul about primary and secondary colors
Mark sewing
Sophia washing dishes
Benedict practicing his number recognition
Alexandra, Ellie and Candelaria working with the Knobbed Cylinders

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We got new games for the playground! The kids love them :) They all promote movement, balance, hand/eye coordination, large and fine motor skill refinement, and they're a blast :) Check it out!

Everybody, having tons of fun :)

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Quick announcement: Mother's Day Tea this year will take place on Thursday, May 9th! The day before the Parent/Teacher Conferences. Moms, a schedule will be out in the next few weeks for you to choose a time slot to come in and have tea with your child :) The schedule for conferences will also be out soon. Please mark your calendars!
And that's all she wrote! (& photographed) ;)