April 2024 Newsletter

Orion Montessori School

April 2024

 
Movie

Movie & Pizza Day

The Elementary children enjoyed watching the movie Inside Out on April 26th. This is a story about young Riley's journey of discovering and balancing varied emotions. 

After that, all school children in the Elementary, Primary and Toddler environments were treated to lunch which comprised of pizza, fruit and beverages. 


Photo Gallery

 

Toddlers

 

Drawing

Free style drawing develops creativity and encourages children explore a broader range of colors.

 

Drawing
 
 

Picture-word Recognition

Toddler children are unconsciously learning by creating visual patterns and cues to associate a word with a picture or vice-versa. This is called visual symbolization and recognition.

Reading
 

Primary 1

 

Teen Quantity

Teens: the association of quantity and symbols helps the child to understand the relationship between the tens and teens.

Teens
 
 

Cards and Counters

Cards and counters present a sequence of numbers and the quantity of separate units that are necessary for each number.

Cards and Counters
 

Primary 2

 

Mirror Polishing

A practical life activity, polishing helps the child learn to focus; control and coordination, being purposeful and integrating their mind and body.

Mirror Polishing
 
 

Snack Procedures

Children learn many skills by preparing food. These include cleanliness, safely using sharp instruments, carrying, cutting and utilizing tongs.

Snack Procedures
 

 Elementary

 

Decimals

Leaning the decimal system in a sensorial way helps the child with the quantity from the beginning. Here, a child is working with 1-4 digit decimal numbers.

Decimals
 
 

Gardening

Spring is a wonderful time to tend to the garden and take care of the produce that is starting to grow.

 

Periodic Table
 

Looking Ahead

May 2024

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6th-10th.

Elementary Farm Immersion Program

The Elementary children will be going to Live Earth Farms in Watsonville from Monday, May 13th through Wednesday, May15th.

School Closure

School will be closed on Staff In-Service day on Friday, May 24th and Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day.

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