South Preschool February Newsletter

ANATOMY

Hello Families,

This month we will be learning all about the human body and how it works with a study on anatomy. We will start with looking at the physical parts of the body with 3-part cards and a large skeleton puzzle. Then we will learn about how each of these body parts function and think about how we use our bodies to experience the world around us through our senses.

We will also celebrate black history month by learning about prominent figures, including Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Obama.

 
 
 
“The love of one’s environment is the secret of social evolution.”
— Maria Montessori
 

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

February 7th: Tiny Tots (10:00 - 11:30)

February 11th: Valentine Craft Night (4:30 - 5:30)

February 14th: Valentine's Day Friendship Salad

February 17th: PFM Closed for President's Day

February 18th: PFM Closed for Teacher In-Service

 

classroom reminder…

  • Please remember to leave rain gear in your child’s cubby with their name on the inside.

  • Breakfast Club ends at 8:30

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

February 20th: Alina (4)

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 
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Toddler February Newsletter

LOVE AND KINDNESS

Hello Toddler Families,

This month we welcome the Valentine’s season by celebrating love and kindness. We’ll set out many opportunities for care taking, both for others and for ourselves. Tending to baby dolls and playing doctor will foster the toddlers’ inherent desire to nurture while emotion cards and our new yoga bear will help them find peace within themselves.

In addition, we’ll focus on grace and courtesy lessons in the classroom. These introductory social skills help to create a sense of community while offering the older children the confidence to teach and support the younger students.

To celebrate this month, we invite you to join us for our annual Valentine Craft Night where you can make cards with your children. And on Valentine’s Day, we ask you to bring a fruit so we can make a “Friendship Salad” which we will enjoy for lunch together!

 
 
 
“Let us treat [children], therefore, with all the kindness which we would wish to help to develop in them.”
— Maria Montessori
 

Important Dates to Remember:

February 7th: Tiny Tots (10:00 - 11:30)

February 11th: Valentine Craft Night (4:30 - 5:30)

February 14th: Valentine's Day Friendship Salad

February 17th: PFM Closed for President's Day

February 18th: PFM Closed for Teacher In-Service

classroom reminder…

Please make sure your child has rain gear in their cubby with their name on the inside.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

February 1st: Max (2)

February 28th: Lyla (2)

Welcome to the Toddler Room Harlem and Family!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 
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Afternoon Preschool February Newsletter

Themes:

Post Office

Veterinarian

Hello preschool parents,

Last month your kids had some fun in the snow but now it’s time to go back to “work.” This month your kids will start by working at the local PFM post office. Here they will write their own letters for Valentine’s day and go around the neighborhood dropping off the mail. 

After working at the post office they will get a chance to help some of our furry friends at the PFM Veterinary Clinic. Here they will be able to take x-rays, give medicine, and help all the animals recover. 

 
 
 
“The goal of early child education should be to activate the child’s own desire to learn.”
— Maria Montessori
 

Important Dates to Remember:

February 11th: Valentine Craft Night (4:30 - 5:30)

February 17th: PFM Closed for President's Day

February 18th: PFM Closed for Teacher In-Service

 

Classroom Reminder...

Please remember to look on top of your child’s cubby; sometimes there are clothes that need to go home.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 
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Infant February Newsletter

LOVE

Hello families and welcome to February!

This month we welcome the season with a love theme! Teachers will put work on the shelves that have to do with love – lots of pink and red items, themed books, and mobiles and art on the wall. Mobiles and decorations encourage babies to focus; they are beautiful to look at and provide visual experiences for the babies.

Throughout the month we will also complete several painting projects. Painting stimulates babies’ senses and encourages cognitive development. Allowing infants to paint freely helps them to develop their creativity and use their imagination.

 
 
 
“Of all things love is the most potent.”
— Maria Montessori
 

Important Dates to Remember:

February 17th: PFM Closed for President's Day

February 18th: PFM Closed for Teacher In-Service

 

classroom reminders…

  • Please label all food and bottles each day. Include your child’s name, the date, and the amount and/or type of food.

  • If there are any foods your child cannot eat or you have dietary preferences, please let us know.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 
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North Preschool February Newsletter

OUTER SPACE

This month we’re looking to the biggest thing we know: the universe. To introduce this concept, we’ll survey the parts of outer space, including stars, planets, galaxies, and even cosmic dust. This study of grandeur gives children a sense of perspective, learning how everything is connected and fits together.

Our shelves will be full of constellation work, planet matching and sequencing, and parts of the sun. We’ll also read about our Solar System and the Night Sky as well as sing The Planet Song and Blast Off!

 
 
 
“To have a vision of the cosmic plan, in which every form of life depends on directed movements which have effects beyond their conscious aim, is to understand the child’s work and be able to guide it better.”
— Maria Montessori
 

CLASSROOM REMINDERS...

Please make sure your child always has rain gear in their cubby with their name written on the inside.

Breakfast Club ends at 8:30

Important Dates to Remember:

February 7th: Tiny Tots (10:00 - 11:30)

February 11th: Valentine Craft Night (4:30 - 5:30)

February 14th: Valentine's Day Friendship Salad

February 17th: PFM Closed for President's Day

February 18th: PFM Closed for Teacher In-Service

Welcome to Preschool Nathaniel and Jillian!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

February 6th: Hunter (5)

February 16th: Mason (5)

February 23rd: Mackenzie (3)

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 
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Toddler January Newsletter

DINOSAURS

This month we’ll travel back in time to the land of the dinosaurs. Donning our archaeologist hats, we’ll dig through sand and ice and examine our excavations to reimagine what these creatures may have looked liked and how they might have lived. Based on our observations, we’ll match and sort them, determining whether they lived in sea, sky, or land and whether their diet consisted of meat or if they preferred the vegetarian lifestyle. As with any good mystery, questions will arise as to the true nature of these beings, so books and songs will aide us in our discovery, as will the fantasy of our imaginations.

 
 
 
“What is a scientist?
We give the name scientist to the type of man who has felt experiment to be a means guiding him to search out the deep truth of life, to lift a veil from its fascinating secrets, and ... has felt arising within him a love for the mysteries of nature.”
— Maria Montessori
 

Important Dates to Remember:

January 1st: PFM Closed for New Years

January 2nd: Back to School

January 20th: PFM Closed for MLK Jr. Day

Welcome Sebastian, Julian, and Families!

Birthdays!

January 4th: Lucy (2)

Happy New Year!

 
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North Preschool January Newsletter

ARCTIC ANIMALS

This month we will talk about arctic animals: polar bears, arctic wolves, arctic hares, and penguins.  We will have picture to object matching, 55 arctic counting, and matching to 1-10. As a science experiment, we will test various salts to see which one melts ice first. And we will dig away to free all the animals trapped inside blocks of ice. For geography, we will focus on the continent of Antartica.

 
 
 
“Beauty lies in harmony. Not in contrast. And harmony is refinement. There must be a fineness to the senses if we are to appreciate harmony.”
— Maria Montessori
 

Important Dates to Remember:

January 1st: PFM Closed for New Years

January 2nd: Back to School

January 20th: PFM Closed for MLK Jr. Day

 

cLASSROOM REMINDER…

Breakfast ends at 8:30. If your child would still like to eat after this time, you may eat with them in the lobby.

Welcome to Preschool Quinn!

Happy

New Year!

 
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South Preschool January Newsletter

ARCTIC ANIMALS

This month we will talk about arctic animals: polar bears, arctic wolves, arctic hares, and penguins.  We will have picture to object matching, 55 arctic counting, and matching to 1-10. As a science experiment, we will test various salts to see which one melts ice first. And we will dig away to free all the animals trapped inside blocks of ice. For geography, we will focus on the continent of Antartica.

 
 
 
“The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.”
— Maria Montessori
 

Important Dates to Remember:

January 1st: PFM Closed for New Years

January 2nd: Back to School

January 20th: PFM Closed for MLK Jr. Day

 

cLASSROOM REMINDER…

Breakfast ends at 8:30. If your child would still like to eat after this time, you may eat with them in the lobby.

Welcome to Preschool Emery!

Happy

New Year!

 
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Contact

tblades@pacificfirstmontessori.com