Montessori learned about sound waves and vibrations this month
using tuning forks and
The trumpet has three valves.
Use the striker and mute when playing the bells.
Mrs. Manzano played three stringed instruments--mandolin, guitar, and cuatro.
The violin has four strings. The guitar has six and the mandolin has eight!
Sarah, Amalia, and Ellie played the flute for us.
We enjoyed a Christmas show with KayDee Puppets.
Afterwards, Mortimer Mouse tasted our ears!
Mrs. Zaiser came to tell us about Kenya, . It takes about 20 hours to fly there!
She brought a Maasai shield just like the one on the Kenyan flag.
Montessori is counting and rolling pennies for the Maasai school's Water Management Project.
"Water is life" in Kenya.
We packed backpacks for our rafiki in Kenya.
We sent a note or drawing with each backpack.
Each backpack got crayons, colored pencils, a pencil, and a sharpener.
Our rafiki will be ready for school!
Mrs. G-W helped us celebrate Hanukkah.
The menorah has eight candles for the eight nights of Hanukkah.
We decorated the Christmas tree
with balls
and candy canes.
The Owls used patterns to bead candy canes for their own trees.
They grates onions for latkes and
kneaded dough to make gnocchi. Yum!
Stringing popcorn
took time and patience (and a few samples!).
The birds will have a happy holiday!
There is holiday work in Montessori--grinding,
embossing,
We are counting the days until Christmas!
Take life as you find it but don't leave it the same.--African Proverb
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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