MONTESSORI WORLD
SCHOOL
March/April 2013
Issue 6
The Panda Post
A Publication for the Parents of
the Panda Room Primary Children
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Classroom News
Birthdays
March 5th we
celebrated Ashna
Mathur and her
sixth birthday,
March 22nd we
celebrated Robert Mangum and
his third birthday.
April 29th, we
will celebrate
Matthew Gu and
his fifth birthday.
February
Pandas entirely enjoyed sharing friendship lunches with each other on Valentine’s Day. Our visit
from the dentist and his tooth fairy was a hit. Human body traces adorn our classroom walls as Pandas traced themselves, measured their heights, push-pinned organs and stenciled skeletal bones.
Your child may tell you that the femur is the longest and strongest bone in their body or that the heart
is the strongest muscle and does not look like a Valentine! With such interest in their bodies and how
they work, we will continue with lessons and discussions on our bodies; for example, why the skull
has “cracks”.
March
A Montessori classroom intrinsically engages each of the five senses, and in March we highlighted
our exterior sense organs and how they work together, even separately. Blindfolds touch boards,
sound bottles and tasting bottles will help us understand these concepts.
For the Festival of the Arts the children have been engrossed in art work all month and their masterpieces deserve applaud!
The American Montessori Society conference left us teachers inspired and refreshed with new ideas
for the classroom! We learned from many workshops and applauded the opening performance of
MWS elementary students on the first conference night.
At the end of the month we celebrated Spring with an egg hunt.
April
The theme Seasons will grace our classroom in April as we discuss their signs and cycles. Pandas are
already deep in soil as we plant last summer’s seeds in the warm spring earth. This theme actually
weaves itself throughout the entire school year as you will see reflected in the children’s art adorning
our classroom walls.
Other News...
May
April showers bring May flowers, and as our garden blooms, we will discover roots and all the elements of gardening.
We will celebrate our mothers with a tea on May 10th. The book fair, mid-May, is a great time to stock up on summer
reads. Keep in mind all enrichments end on May 24th and Memorial holiday is May 27th.
Montessori World School
11659 Ruby Lake Road
Orlando, FL 32836
Phone: 407-239-6024
Fax: 407-239-6582
Reminders
*Please inform teachers if your children are sick so we can courteously inform other parents of contagious illnesses.
*To see your children busy at work create a free Shutterfly account. The password is: panda.
*Please provide a pair of quiet slippers for your child to wear in the classroom.
*Tip: Read leisurely to your children once a day. The free experience significantly enhances language acquisition. Check
out Ed Young’s award-winning story Seven Blind Mice, a favorite with the children last month.
Friday Sounds of the Week and Show & Tell
04/05: “i”
04/12: “j”
04/19: “k”
04/26: “l”
05/03: “m”
Mrs. Bushra Khan, Ms. Christine Friedman, and Mrs. Danielle Downey