“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 anticipating Dr. Maria Montessori’s 156th birthday 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!
Next week, the Prickly Pears children are going to begin the Prickly Pears classroom art project for our annual Keystone fall festival. As every year, they are portraying their enthusiasm to participate applying their dexterity into their fall festival masterpiece. We cannot wait to put it together! You will love it!
Our heartfelt appreciation to our Prickly Pears Class Keys, Kryslen Bohlt, Kristie Winchester, and Maria Radau. Thank you for your unconditional support and generosity!
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 2nd, 2026 Community and Classroom Meeting 6pm-7:30pm
- Friday, Sep 11th, 2026 Fall Make-Up Pictures 8:30am-10:30am
- Thursday, Sep 17th, 2026 All Day Early Release/No Extended Care Provided
- Friday, Sep 18th, 2026 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 2nd 6:00-7:30 pm
- We are including the RSVP link for the meeting for you to sign up.