Greetings! We welcome you to Term 1 of 2008. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year. Throughout Term 1, our lessons and activities will enable children to be aware of their Five Senses. They will learn about Fruits and Vegetables and in the third month children will discover about Sea Animals. Children will be bringing home lots of crafts and art pieces that they have worked in class. Children will be visiting several places of interest, the Healthzone, the Farm Mart, and the Botanical Garden. China, will be the subject children will cover and explore for the term. They will have fun singing songs from China. They will have the opportunity to understand the Chinese culture through fun-filled activities, craft and storytelling. There will be several celebrations too. Firstly, Outdoor Picnic to welcome the children, Chinese New Year to usher in the lunar New Year and Easter/Good Friday celebrations. Parent-Teacher Meeting will be held on the 25th March 2008. During this session we will have the opportunity to discuss the overall development of your child for the term. We will share our observations of your child’s progress in school. We hope to see you. Best Wishes, Ms Hasnah, Ms Ophelia & Ms Kumutha.
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January Passport To The World – Fly to China Theme: All About My Five Senses 8th January – Outdoor Picnic 23rd January – Field Trip to Healthzone February Passport To The World – Discover China Theme: All About Fruits & Vegetables 13th February – Valentines celebration 14th February – Chinese New Year celebration 22nd February – Field Trip to Farm Mart March Passport To The World – All about China Theme: All About Sea Animals 14th March – Field Trip to Botanical Gardens 19th March – Easter Celebration Speech & Drama Performance 25th March – Parent-Teacher Meeting http://www.docudesk.com
Practical Life
Sensorial
The practical life exercises are designed to help young children develop self-help skills, motor skills, hand-eye coordination, ability to listen and pay attention, concentration, attention to details, and independence. Practical life exercises emphasize on social skills which help young children
The sensorial exercises help children to develop the ability to discriminate using their five senses, as well as to refine and sharpen these senses, so as to aid in the development of their intelligence. The selected sensorial materials will help children achieve the objectives set out.
In Term 1, we will present these exercises to your child:
Exercises in Motor Skills/Grace & Posture • • •
Sitting Down/Standing Up Walking Up/Down Stairs Passing & Catching Rolled Ball
Exercises for the Muscular Development of the Hand, Wrist & Finger Spooning Exercises • Bowl to Bowl • Bowl to Two Equal Bowls • Bowl to Three Equal Bowls • Bowl to Two Unequal Bowls • Bowl to Three Unequal Bowls • Bowl to Bowl using an Indicator Line
Exercises for Care of Indoor Environment • •
Opening and Closing Doors/Drawers Opening and Closing Gates/Latches
Exercises for Dressing & Undressing • •
Zippers Velcros
Exercises for Development of Dexterity and Craft Activities • •
During Term 1, we will continue the presentation of:
Exercises In Perception & Dimension • • • • •
Pink Tower I Knobbed Cylinder I Broad Stair I Red Rods I Knobless Cylinder I
Exercises In Perception, Colour & Touch • • •
Colour Box I Rough/Smooth Board I Texture Board II
Exercises In Perception of Early Geometry Geometric Solid I • Cube • Sphere • Square based Pyramid • Geometric Solids/Bases
Threading with Pasta/Beads Threading with Straws
Exercises of Grace and Courtesy Greetings • Say Hello • Say “How Are You?”
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Language
Mathematics
In a Montessori classroom children learn the phonetic sounds of the letters before they learn the alphabetical names in a sequence. The phonetics sounds are given first because these are the sounds they hear in words that they need to be able to read. The individual presentation of language materials in a Montessori classroom allows the teacher to take advantage of each child’s greatest periods of interest. Reading instructions begins on the day when the children want to know what a word says or when they shows an interest in using the Sandpaper Letters. Writing- or the construction of words with the movable letters.
Dr. Montessori designed concrete materials to represent all types of quantities, after she observed that children who become interested in counting like to touch or move the items as they enumerate them. By combining this equipment, separating it, sharing it, counting it, and comparing it, they can demonstrate to themselves the basic operations of Mathematics.
During the course of Term 1, your child will be introduced to:
Introduction to Nos.1 to 10 In Term 1, your child will be introduced to:
Sounds of Letters of the Alphabet • •
cifm ezop
Phonics Song “Ants on the Apple”
Introduction of Objects • • •
Pink ‘i’ Box Pink ‘o’ Box Pink ‘e’ Box
Introduction of Pictures • • •
Pink ‘i’ Box Pink ‘o’ Box Pink ‘e’ Box
• • • • •
Number Rods 1, 2 & 3 Number Songs 1, 2 & 3 Sandpaper Numerals 1, 2 & 3 Picture Talks 1, 2 & 3 Number Games
Mathematical Concepts • one/many • big/small Shapes • circle • square Colours • red • blue • yellow
Picture Talk • • •
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3
Pre-Writing skills Tracing cifm
Story Telling/Puppetry Reading
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Cultural The Montessori Cultural curriculum includes the study of living and non-living things. Children are exposed to the study of plants and animals. Children will have the opportunity to explore and understand their environment.
January: All About My Five Senses For the month of January, children will discover and explore things around them with their five senses. They will learn to know which organ (or body part) they have to use with each of their senses. (e.g. nose, eyes, ears, tongue or skin). We will also have activities, rhymes and songs for the children to sing to reinforce the theme.
February: All About Fruits & Vegetables
In Term 1, we will be presenting these exercises to your child: • Nature Table • Collection of Model Wild Animals • Collection of Model Domestic Animals • Jigsaw Puzzles of Animals/Control Cards - Birds - Fish - Frog - Snails - Tortoise • Large Pictures of Animals • Loosely Grouped Animals -
Mammals
For our theme in February, children will learn that fruits and vegetables are an important part of a good diet. They will learn names of various fruits and vegetables, their colours and shapes as well. Your child will discover the life cycle of a plant and, parents, don’t be surprised if your little one can whip up a deliciously cool fruit salad!
March: All About Sea Animals
Through our fun and exciting activities on this interesting topic, your child will learn about sea animals, discover and develop a better understanding on the various types of sea animals (e.g. fish, whales, sharks, octopuses, crabs, seahorses, seals, penguins, turtles, etc., as well as water pets), activities in the ocean, the animals’ natural habitats and shelters.
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Huan Yin
Physical exercises help keep our brains active and ready for learning new things everyday! These are the exercises that we will be practicing in Term 1:
Welcome to CHINA!
Lengthening Activities: The Owl Arm Activation
Energy Exercises: Water Hook Up Brain Button Thinking Cap Energy Yawn
This term, we will be exploring the historic and exotic country of China. We will be learning about its national symbols, culture and places of interest.
Music: Hop, Hop, Hop Song (Bk 1) Humming Song
Midline Movement: Cross Crawl Double Doodle Neck Rolls Elephant
We sincerely hope that parents can support us by contributing materials or conducting stories or activities that the children will enjoy. Do not hesitate to call Ms Hasnah at 6738 2131. Your contribution will be much appreciated by all of us.
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January ‘08 Alexis Garman 3rd George Slade 12th Reginald Tan 14th February ‘08 James Howden 7th Yuto Iso 15th Rayena Dasgupta 16th MaryAnn Sides 23rd March ‘08 Tsubasa Sudo 8th Leysha Misra 15th Eric Dobson 19th Antoine Warnery 23rd Koh Jing Yuan 26th
1st January - New Year’s Day February – Chinese New Year‘s Eve (half day closure )
6th
7th February – Chinese New Year 8th February– Chinese New Year 21stMarch - Good Friday
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