Montessori Preschool in Rancho Bernardo (4S Ranch)

Nurture logical and creative minds through movement, meaningful play and love in our warm Montessori environment in Rancho Bernardo (4S Ranch)

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Category: Fun Circle Time Activities!

  • Parts of the Plant

    Curl up, curl up, we are all little baby seeds! The rain is pouring! (I slap my lap, making raindrop sounds) The seeds plump up after soaking up the rain! (The children plump up their cheeks) Slowly they grow a tap root!(The children extend their legs) Slowly they begin to sprout another that goes towards…

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  • A Fun Indoor Game as we learn about the Sloth!!!

    Hanging in the great big kapok tree are sloths who are peacefully sleeping.  They sleep all day, and all night too.  They only wake up to eat a bite or two. Then off they go to sleep again, resting on the branches of the kapok tree.  Do you know why they sit and sleep all…

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  • Centipede Line-up!

    Creating pictures helps children do the most mundane chores in a fun, very willing and obedient way. Here is an example: When wanting the children to line up before entering the classroom, you can paint a picture like this: Who wants to be a centipede?! (all will happily exclaim, “I do! I do!”) Who wants…

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  • Writing like the Incas!

    The Incas, they didn’t write with pen and ink, They wrote with string!!! By makings knots they would remember important things! Do you want to write like the Incas?! You make a pool and follow the string all the way to the other end till you find the fish that is waiting to jump in.…

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  • Machu Picchu

    Deep in the Andes where the clouds like to tickle the top The Incas in Peru, they built Machu Picchu! I build my Machu Picchu with 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 bricks, A roof of hay, And windows too, So the wind can blow through… I build my Machu Picchu with 11,12,13,14,15,16, 17, 18, 19, 20 bricks A roof…

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