“The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an ever better world. We are not created only to enjoy the world, we are created in order to evolve the cosmos.” Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind.
We said good bye to August by celebrating Dr. Maria Montessori’s anniversary (August 31, 1870). The Prickly Pears children learned relevant information about Dr. Montessori’s legacy and educational philosophy. We read Maria Montessori’s book - Little People, BIG DREAMS, identified her continent and country. The Prickly Pears children also happily sang the traditional "Happy Birthday” songs in English and Spanish to honor her. Happy Birthday Dr. Maria Montessori!
During this week, the Prickly Pears children already began the Prickly Pears classroom art project for our annual Keystone fall festival. They portrayed their enthusiasm and applied their dexterity into their handmade masterpiece. We cannot wait to put it together! You will love it!
During the month of September we will be talking about who makes up our families, we are asking parents to bring in family pictures in a labeled Ziplock bag. Feel free to include extended family, grandparents , cousins, aunts/uncles and pets. We will use these pictures to practice identifying different members of the family and show how different families look. Later we will display them in the Prickly Pears classroom board.
• Prickly Pears’ upcoming events:
• Monday Sep 1st, 2025 All Day Labor Day/No School/No Extended Care Provided
• Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2025 Community and Classroom Meeting 6pm-7:30pm
• Friday Sep 12th, 2025 Fall Make-Up Pictures 8:30am-10:30am
• Thursday Sep 18th, 2025 All Day Early Release/No Extended Care Provided
• Friday Sep 19th, 2025 All Day Staff Development/No School/No Extended Care Provided
• We are kindly reminding our Prickly Pears families to attend our first Community & Classroom Meeting next Wednesday, September 3rd.
• We are including the RSVP link for the meeting for you to sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805054EAFA62EABF49-58249372-community
Photo Descriptions Please, enjoy these beautiful pictures of the Prickly Pears children working in our primary Montessori environment:
Title: Cursive Writing Description: Jeremiah is practicing his cursive writing technique (Language).
Title: Moveable Alphabet Description: Jude and a Jeremiah are building words utilizing the Moveable Alphabet (Language).
Title: Mystery Number Tray Description: Hudson is working with the Mystery Number Tray practice one-to-one correspondence using items from the classroom (Math)
Title: The Bank Description: Colton is solidifying the dynamic addition concept working with The Bank (Math).
Title: Subtraction Strip Board Description: Abigail is working with the Subtraction Strip Board to practice essential subtraction combinations (Math).