Community Montessori School

This week in Spanish we will be discussing clothing, and since we have covered who are the people around us, we will be able to not only describe our clothing, but their clothing!! Here are the words to listen for this week: la camiseta-casual shirt los pantalones-pants los pantalones cortos-shorts (in parts of Latin America [...]

In all of our Spanish groups we have been discussing who we are.  We usually sit together and demonstrate “Yo, tú, nosotros, ellos, ustedes, el, ella, y usted (the formal you).”  In our Children’s House groups the children really enjoy the chance to name the boys and girls in the class in a “duck, duck, [...]

Hola Padres y Amigos, The best time to begin a musical instrument happens to also be the best time to learn another language.  As they say, music is the universal language.  This week in Ms. Cindy’s class we have been learning all about musical instruments.   Drum Set- El juego de tambores (this is Spanish for [...]

Hola padres y amigos,   The winter holidays can mean sometimes giving or recieving mascotas (pets) for presents.  The children of Cindy’s class have been learning the Spanish names for common household pets. Cockatoo-La Caucatua Turtle-La Tortuga Fish-Los pescados Dog-El Perro Puppy- El Cachorro Cat- El gato Kitten-El gatito Parakeets-Los Pericos Guinea Pig-El Cabayo Hamster- [...]

Hola Padres y Amigos, What a great two weeks to learn about the weather!  The children are learning this week about how to describe the weather in Spanish. Here are the vocabulary words they are learning this week: Tiempo-weather Temperatura-temperature Lluvia-rain Lluvioso-rainy Llovizna-drizzle Nubes-clouds Nublado-cloudy Niebla-misty Tormenta-storm Trueno-thunder Relámpago-lightning Cielo-sky Nieve-snow Nevado-snowy Viento-wind Ventoso-windy Sol-sunny [...]

Hola! Last Wednesday (11/2/11) Upper Elementary hosted a Dia del Muertos altar and celebration. The week before both Upper and Lower elementary students were given a lesson on the traditions and origins of the holiday. Students were invited to bring photos and momentos of loved ones (both human and animal) who have passed.    Upper elementary students made papel [...]

Hola, This year we have hit the ground running!  Your children have had Spanish since day one. In all classes we first learned how to greet each other, and answer the question: ¿Cómo estás? All children are quite familiar with:  sentate (sit) por favor, levántate (raise up), busca (find), ponele (leave), viene/ven/vengan/vamos (come), and camina [...]