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Author: Man Fai Lau
Preparing for our new Elementary Program
We are very happy with our first Fundraiser. Our families were excited to participate, the children made gifts to show their appreciation.
A great start to funding our new Elementary Classroom slated to start in Sept 2021. Our Elementary program will continue our heritage of using authentic Montessori principles and Chinese Immersion. Want to know more? Come to our presentation on March 14 to learn more. Bring a friend, free to all interested families, register here.
Beautiful Planters
Much applause and appreciate for the hard work of may families over the weekend to beautify our planters. They look amazing. Thank you very much to everyone involved!
Halloween 2019
We celebrate Halloween a little differently here at Tong Le. We learn about the pumpkin. We learned that we eat the pumpkins pulp, and that the pumpkins grow on a vine. We learned the name of the parts in the pumpkins such as stem, rind, fibrous strand, blossom end etc. The children were hands-on, they scooped the seeds out, felt the slimy and stickiness of the seeds and the juice. We cut the pumpkin into cubes, roasted it and the seeds, they taste great.
On Halloween day, children wore clothing from around the world, Mexico, Canada, Jewish, Puerto Rico, Polish, Indian, Chinese, Irish, African, Italian, English and all the while being Americans! We learned about the continents these countries are located, recognized the flags that represent the countries. Older children drew flags and labeled them, writers wrote about their Halloween experience. The whole class sang a song about children of the world, to accept everyone as they are, and to be kind to everyone.
Beginning the new School Year at Primary
It has been a great start to School Year 2019/20 in Primary at TLM. Our returning children have been busy reviewing and improving skills and knowledge they learned before our Summer Break. Our new students were acquiring new skills and learning the rules of our class.
During the last couple of weeks, we have been focusing on appropriate behavior in school to make our environment loving and orderly. Our young children learn to complete their work cycle and our returning children practice leadership skills and help those who need reminders. Children took turns to prepare snack, worked together to clean up after lunch, before dismissal, and most importantly, they learn to focus during work and be respectful and kind to others.
We are happy and proud of the children’s accomplishments in the past few weeks and we look forward to seeing more progress.
