Montessori Classroom News January 18, 2018

Winter themes

While we are in our coldest season of the year, we learn about the Polar regions, which are cold all year long! These areas around the North Pole (Arctic) and South Pole (Antarctic) are the coldest parts of the earth. This week we started talking about the Arctic region and the adaptations polar animals have to live in these very cold places.

Poem of the Week:

Winter is Cold!

Winter is cold

There is snow in the sky

The squirrel gathers nuts

And the wild geese fly.

The fluffy red fox

Has thick fur to keep warm;

The bear’s in a den, 

Sleeping all through the storm

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We read the story, “Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King!” and discussed how he and many others worked to change laws that treated people unfairly just because of their skin color.  We also read the story of Ruby Bridges, a courageous 6 year old who helped to integrate her New Orleans school district. We are all God’s children and deserve to be treated fairly and with respect. King and others were able to change many things, and there are also still many things that are not fair or right. We can learn from King’s example of courage in standing up for what is right.

Our class sings a second verse to the song “Jesus loves me”:

Jesus loves us, everyone

Every grown-up, daughter, son;

Every culture, every shade –

In God’s image we are made.