April 2021 in Review
Dina Scarcelli
EXPLORATION: SPACE! Another OUT OF THIS WORLD month!
Where did the month of April go? Time flies when you are having fun! And fun is what we have at DMS Montessori Preschool and Daycare Inc. every day!
The month began with Easter. The practical life activities were changed to reflect the season of Spring and Easter, with activities containing bright colors, bunnies, and interesting eggs throughout the month of April. If children are provided with attractive activities that hold their interest they will concentrate much more on their work. Our practical life activities maintain interest with beautiful and creative practical life contents with each new month that passes! We had a huge Easter egg hunt in the classroom and counted all our eggs...and got to bring home some special treats!
This month we also celebrated Travis’ and Reese’s 2nd birthday DMS Montessori Preschool and Daycare Inc. style with a pizza lunch and dance party! We always have fun celebrating birthdays and we ensure each child who celebrates gets special attention throughout their day. Of course, the birthday child also experiences opening a special gift from Mrs. Dina!
We thoroughly enjoyed learning all about space and the solar system for the last two weeks of April. This theme is always a class favorite! We “explored” the solar system by learning about the planets, and the sun. We learned the order of the planets and their names, and put our new knowledge to practice by creating a solar system mobile. We used out motor skills, cutting skills and gluing abilities to create this mobile. We read books and sang songs. We also made a space craft with an astronaut! We learned about Earth day and discussed ways to help our planet. We usually go around the neighborhood to pick up litter on Earth day every year, but this year we decided against it due to the pandemic for obvious reasons! We learned new vocabulary such as “orbit” and “revolve” when talking about how the Earth and other planets go around the sun. Every time we celebrate a birthday, we sing our “Earth goes around the sun” song, and with such, we made more connections by singing it while moving the Earth solar system model around the sun. We always make connections to events and other things we learn in the classroom like day/month/year (you have gone around the sun one time when you had birthday) when reviewing and learning about our themes.
We had so much fun taking a huge balloon rocket to the park for a launch! The children enjoyed trying to chase it (great exercise) upon arrival back to Earth (lol) and loved counting down before launching it into the sky!
We said goodbye to our full-timer Matteo this month who blessed us with his presence for almost three years! Matteo is off to SK in September. We will celebrate his graduation in June virtually. We wish him and his family all the best! As usually, it is not goodbye but a “see you later!”
Thank you for nominating us for best Daycare and best Childcare in the Oshawa Community Votes contest! If we made it through to the voting round, please vote for us on May 5!
Have a wonderful May ahead and keep safe!
Dina Scarcelli
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A heart full of love and appreciation for you this October!
I signed the lease! I am so excited to announce our new location for January 2022 will be at 101 Simcoe Street North in Oshawa! I have some exciting plans to execute and I cannot wait to keep you posted along the way! Now enrolling for January 2022! Let the extra BUSY begin! We had a lot of fun in September! We went to the apple orchard to apple pick and support our apple theme. We noticed many different types of apples and analyzed the parts of the apple as we enjoyed eating them in class. We were able to learn in real life how the apple grows and where. We learned about the parts of the apple, apple life cycle, did apple crafts and art. We learned a song about the parts of the apple which the children love to sing every day! Of course, phonics is heavily emphasized every day as usual. The letter A was a big focus this month. My family and I would like to thank you all for your follows, your support and your community connection. Without you, growth would not be possible. Your recognition of our unique and heart-full program is not going unnoticed. We will always lead with a pure heart and soul in providing the BEST early learning experience for your child. Regards, Dina
WE ARE EXPANDING AND MOVING LOCATIONS IN JANUARY 2022! I signed a lease for a charming and unique property in central Oshawa! I am very excited and so is our DMS Montessori Preschool and Daycare Inc. community! This endeavor has been a dream of mine to achieve for most of my adult life. I always knew teaching was in my blood, but this just fulfills my ultimate goals of opening my own Montessori preschool and making a difference in our community and in the lives of many beautiful children! I want the children who’s lives I / we touch to go on and lead the most fulfilling lives possible because I provide them with the most optimal preschool experience possible to expand their horizons and open them up to the wonders of the World. The capacity for growth in all areas of development is massive at the early childhood level. All these children need is the experiences and opportunities to reach their maximum potential at this level. I know that I have made a difference in these tiny human’s lives over the last five years, both through who I am as a person, my values and genuine passion for children and their development, and through my relationship and undying desire to provide only the best to parents and children, but now I want to give that same top-quality care to more children whose parents are waiting for this new step of growth. With over 30 families on my current waiting list, the time for me to make this expansion happen is NOW! I take possession on September 1, 2021. Grand opening is slated for January 3, 2022, if all renovations and licensing preparations go according to plan over the next few months. I shall surely keep you posted on all developments so stay tuned! Contact me through my website for information about enrollment and career opportunities! Voting round is almost over but there’s still time to vote for us! Durham Reader’s Choice Awards Whitby/Oshawa, DMS Montessori Preschool and Daycare Inc. for best daycare, nursery school and private school. Help us win this again! Thank you for you support! Dina Scarcelli
