Curriculum Notes: DECEMBER

This month the Seeds will be talking about snow! We will look at pictures of snow, learn the sign for snow, and we will learn the song “Little Snowflake”. 

Our special book this month will be The Snow Man Just Named Bob by Mark Kimbal Moulton. In Practical Life, we will be introduced to using scissors. In science, we will talk about hot and cold.

Now that all the sprouts a proficient at dressing themselves we will be playing in the snow this month! Our song will be “Little Snowflake” and we will read the book The First Snow in the Woods by Carl Sam.

For Practical Life, we will be practicing throwing snow balls (the bean bag toss) and in science we will watch snow melt.

In Ms. Reina’s class the study of Europe will begin. We will read “The Nutcracker” by Susan Jeffers and learn the song “Frere Jacques” from France.  In Practical Life, we will be building a snow village. In Science this month, we will talk about the different states of matter and watch snow melt to learn about evaporation.

This month, Sam’s class will be studying South America with a focus on ancient civilizations.  A special book they will be reading is A Walk in the Rainforest by Kristin Pratt.  Our new song will be “Los Pollitos." In science, we will be talking about vertebrates and invertebrates in the rainforest and our new practical life skill will be sorting different grains and legumes from South America.

Ms. Indima's class will be studying Asia.  Our song will be “Anilae Anilae” from India, and a special book we will read is A Quail’s Egg: Folk Tales from Sri Lanka.  We will learn many great things about Indima’s home, culture, and language.   In science we will continue to look at vertebrates and invertebrates focusing on insects of Sri Lanka.

Our elementary kids will begin a two month journey around Europe. Along with many great seasonal songs, we will be working on "Weggis Zue" (Swiss Hiking Song). That’s right: we are yodeling!  Our special book this month will be The Wish by Lori Evert. We will be focusing on cultural traditions of Europe for the holiday season and sampling some new cuisine.

Did you know Missoula is the tenth cloudiest city in the nation? This month for science we will discuss weather and clouds. Our new practical life skill will be knitting. We also have many great new Spanish books to share including Como el Grinch Robo la Navidad!