It is officially Fall and at Pacific First Montessori we have begun noticing all of the seasonal changes happening around us: the air is getting chilly, the leaves are beginning to change color, and the rain has come back. We love taking the children on walks around our city to observe these exciting things happening.

Thank you very much for attending the Preschool Curriculum Night with your child’s teacher. It sounds like you all received valuable information about your child’s day, the Montessori curriculum, and were able to ask the teachers things you were wondering about. The teachers feel supported by you all and are so thankful that you were able to attend this important event.

In October we are happy to have our amazing photographer, Chantel Allen, back to take individual and group photos of the children. We are also looking forward to taking the preschoolers on their annual Pumpkin Farm Field Trip. We will head to Craven Farm on October 26th – we hope you can join us for the ride on the yellow school bus and sludge around in the mud with us at the pumpkin farm!

In October, teachers also offer Home Visits – a half hour visit at your home with parents, child, and teacher. This is a wonderful opportunity for teachers and parents to discuss goals for children and for teachers to be able to see your child in their home setting. These visits help teachers learn more about your child’s interests and can help strengthen the teacher-child connection. Home visits are highly encouraged for all children who have entered a new classroom since last October.

At PFM, we celebrate Halloween by dressing up in our costumes and then preschoolers parade throughout our building to sing “spooky” Halloween songs to parents and some businesses. Infants and toddlers are more than welcome to come dressed in costumes as well. We will change all children back into their regular clothing before lunch time. This has become a tradition here at PFM that the children just seem to love.

Happy October everyone!

Teddi Blades

Hello Pacific First Montessori families,

As Director and Owner of Pacific First Montessori, I am happy to welcome you to the 2017-2018 school year! We are all excited to have our students back in the classrooms filling them with energy and excitement for learning. The teachers have been working hard during our in-service days organizing, cleaning, attending meetings and setting up their classrooms – we think your children will be very impressed by what they see!

I am happy to tell you about a few promotions that have taken place recently: Keja Taylor is now our Assistant Director, Sarah Harper is our Montessori mentor for teachers (in addition to her South preschool lead teaching role), Katie Wright is our afternoon preschool art specialist, Starlina McKinny is the toddler afternoon art and movement coordinator, and Teresa Fomich is the infant afternoon art and movement coordinator/infant lead assistant.

We have a strong team of experienced, motivated and nurturing staff here at PFM and I am so thankful to all of them for their hard work in getting our new school year off to a great start! We value our relationships with the families and the children here at PFM and are so happy that you choose to partner with us in your child’s early learning and development. These truly are magical years for your children and we are happy to help them become life-long learners.

I can’t wait to greet you and your children on the first day of school and the many days after.

Sincerely,
Teddi Blades

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