SpringStone Montessori Classroom

                                            Curriculum for September

Work Time:     a. How to enter a class (keep shoes on)     b. Use quiet voice     c. Work on mat (don’t sit or walk on mat).     d.  Respect others work and space     e.  Settling disputes  and putting work away      f.  Taking turns with work and materials     g.  Bathroom rules     h. Transition from work to group time, no running

Group Time    a. How to come to group – who sits where    b.  How to sit, how to wait for others    c. How to share, take turns, raise hand    d. How to properly interrupt.     e. Taking turns talking.     f. Stay in personal space         (especially during games and songs)     g. Dismissal for outside time.

Outside Time     a.  Playground Areas     b. Respect and handling of toys,         animals, trees and plants     c. Appropriate games     d. Walking on sidewalk     e. Sharing toys and equipment     f.  How to return to classroom for bathroom needs (with  supervision)

                                                               Practical Life

Care Of Environment		Care of Person		Control of Movement		Grace and Courtesy		Songs
Dry Pouring (Pitcher to Pitcher) – Large Beans Sponge Squeezing How to Carry a Tray, Chair Pushing in a chair/ Sitting in a chair Matt folding and usage Spooning Opening Jars and Turning Lids		Large & Small Button Frames Hanging up a coat Use of Cubby How to make our cot Fire Drills Safety		Introduce concept of silence – Begin each work period with a short silence Introduce line walking		Begin with group snack Waiting until all are served Please & thank you Using napkins Waiting until all are finished Serving		Songs and games to identify colors
Language							Sensorial Materials
Classified Pictures	Writing   Table		Moveable Alphabet		Writing		Knobbed Cylinders I & II      Pink Tower, Broad Stair, Knobless  cylinders – yellow    and red
Initial Sound :  Pre-reading: patterns, sequencing, listening, speaking Initial Sound Objects	"Start Write" Name tag for each child. Each child will find his/her name in basket, trace letters with index finger and write his/her name on lined paper.		Sandpaper Letters  Trace vowels with index finger. Learn sounds of short vowels.		Metal insets – square, circle, triangle, Prewriting w/ Sandpaper letter formation Erasable markers/board, chalkboard, pencil, coloring, cutting,

                                                                          Math

Materials in Environment	Additional Exercises	Group Activities	Manipulatives
Number Rods, Sandpaper numerals, smooth numerals, spindles	Number Rods and Numerals Begin tracing numbers with tracing paper and sandpaper numerals	Counting Songs and Games 1-5 i.e.  “5 Little Ducks”        “5 Little Monkeys”	Puzzles Matching Sequencing

Art Art Techniques Lines, Shapes, Textures, Space, Style, Tracing, Rubbings, and Collages	Music Animalations Book: Riley the Rhinoceros	Drama Stone Soup Fable Invite parents for a Stone Soup Luncheon	Physical Education Rolling and Tumbling in classroom
Science Living and Non Living What is a plant? What is an animal?	History Discuss the meaning of "Labor Day" in the USA	Geography Introduce Land, Air, Water	Spanish Numbers and Colors in Spanish and English