On behalf of all of us here at PFM, I hope you all had a festive time with your family over the holiday vacation! We are ready to have a fantastic 2021 here at Pacific First Montessori and are so happy that you and your children are along with us for the ride. The New Year is such a refreshing time to take inventory of what is important to us and to make goals to improve ourselves and our well-being. As everyone knows, this year it is especially important to make sure we are on the right path in taking care of ourselves since we have been through so much in 2020. While the health pandemic did not disappear at the strike of midnight on December 31 as I hoped it would (in my dreams), I have hope that the vaccine will make this year a lot easier to maneuver. And I hope you do, too.
In December we enjoyed learning about celebrations around the world and the children especially enjoyed the holiday lights in the classrooms as well as the trees and decorations in our building.
In January, we welcome Evelyn and Henry to the toddler room from the infant room. We are excited to watch them navigate this new world with the older children! Cruz moves up to South Preschool and we can’t wait to see him tackle this with his confident and capable self. We also welcome Lihai into NP1 – it will be great to see Lihai get to know his new school and see how well the children help him along the way.
This month, South preschoolers will be focusing their attention on winter themed ideas like animals that live in the arctic and Antarctic, and ice and snow. NP1 will study Alaska and the Northern Lights while NP2 learns about building and engineering with a winter theme in the background as well. The toddlers are exploring dinosaurs! It is a fun time of year around here and I am sure you are hearing all about it at home.
I hope you have a wonderful month!
Teddi Blades
Director & Owner, PFM