Our school had a fantastic month studying our Seasons and Holidays in December. We reviewed holidays celebrated worldwide, such as Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Christmas. With each holiday, the children learned new Montessori jobs and created artwork to express each. Our literary focus was The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. This book taught the children the value of giving gifts to loved ones and not expecting anything in return aside for provided happiness to one another. Each class completed an art activity that followed the book's concept; seeing each classroom's interpretation was nice. 

This month we also had many different events that took place. We welcomed families into the school for our yearly Holiday Performances, where each class performed We were all pleased by the turnout and participation from the parents. We also celebrated our holiday spirit week with fun days such as a crazy sweater, crazy socks, a favorite holiday hat, and pajama day. We even got a visit from Santa Clause, and all our friends enjoyed talking to Santa and telling him what we wanted for Christmas. Enrichments were also full of Fun Projects. Such as, holiday snacks, computer lessons, and creative art work. We hope that everyone had a memorable holiday season as we did here with our exceptional students. 

In January, the month's theme will be Winter Animals and Hibernation. Our students will be learning about the change of climate and how that affects animals in the Winter months. We will have activities that tie in these concepts and a project based on the book of the month, The Mitten, by Jan Brett.



We look forward to another fantastic year here at San Clemente Montessori!