Songs

The Community Song  (we do this one before we eat snack)

Look around and you will see

Community, a family

brothers, sisters, we are one

The Number Song  (I do this with pictures of a child’s hands and of a child’s feet—I count the fingers and toes as I sing.  You can also do this with your child’s own fingers & toes.)

One, Two, Three,

Four, five, six

seven, eight, nine ten fingers

One, two, three

four, five six

seven, eight nine ten toes

Listen now, hear me sing

all of my first numbers

One, two, three, four, five six seven

eight, nine, ten.

December Events at TMA

Moms Night Out:  thirty-one party

Attention Moms:  You are invited to attend a "thirty-one" party at TMA!  Thursday, December 1st at 6:30p.m.  TMA mom, Amy Cousins is a consultant and eill be available to talk about and display products--specializing in bags, purses, lunchboxes, etc.  Orders will be available for holiday gifts.  Join us for an evening of fun!

WRAPPING UP THE HOLIDAYS 2011

Don’t miss this great Annual Community Event - Friday, December 2nd at 6:00 p.m.! TMA is once again sponsoring three local families in need this year.  We would like to provide a holiday dinner as well as presents for these three families. All three of the families would be grateful to accept new or gently used items.  All donations should be delivered to the office prior to December 2nd.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Paige in the TMA office.

Winter Sing-A-Long

All families are invited to join us Friday, December 23at 10:00 for a TMA community winter/holiday sing-a-long in the gym. 

Please note: this is also an early dismissal day for the entire school. 

Sensorial

The Sensorial materials isolate a particular quality and refine the sense-perceptual skills. These are materialized abstractions which give the child concrete experiences with concepts and the matching and gradations of size, shape, form, color, texture, sound, and taste. The child's senses are refined and perceptual awareness is intensified. The Sensorial materials are a direct preparation for the development of mathematical thinking and the math lessons. Language for the perceptual qualities is concretely represented.

Visual: Introduction to colors and corresponding vocabulary, gradation through size, and an introduction to basic geometric forms.

Auditory: Matching and gradations of sounds and musical tones and rhythm instruments.

Gustatory and Olfactory: Experiencing tastes and smells.

Tactile: Exploring the environment through touch.