The Cobb Tales December 7, 2012
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The Weeks Ahead... The Cobb Tales The Cobb School, Montessori 112 Sand Hill Road Simsbury, CT 06070 www.cobbschool.com Cobb on Facebook and Twit- Tuesday, December 11 UEL PREVIEW: Gathering for parents with rising UEL students Library 8:30 Montessori moves like music. Its children swing, glide and improvise. They experiment, integrate and innovate. Syncopation, stop-gaps and, yes, disso- nance are part of the composition. It's Cobb fusion this week as we remem- ber the late, great Dave Brubeck. Take Five to think about the beautiful composition of the Mon- tessori environments: much like jazz, the perfect polyrhythm of the ab- stract, the tense, the emo- tive, the undefinable. December 7, 2012 A Window into Their World Monday, December 10 Acorn Singers Performance Piano lessons 3:15-6:30 Click acorn to view slideshow. An Invitation from Mary Lou Cobb On Wednesday I will host a Parent Coffee on The Montessori Approach to Discipline. I hope you will join me. Every year I return to this topic as new and returning parents want to know how Montessorians guide the developing will and ask me to offer strategies they can use at home. Disciplining our children is one of the greatest challenges we face as par- ents and one of the greatest gifts we can give them. I speak from my training, my research and my lived experiences. Marisa Gallagher and Joan Gwillim will join us Wednesday morning to share wis- dom they’ve also gained from decades of working with children. They will offer a teacher’s perspective and help us to see how our teachers, like our parents, ask themselves difficult questions regarding discipline and how they solve problems and proceed thoughtfully through challenging situations. Bring your questions and ideas and enjoy a cup of coffee over a very important topic. This Coffee is designed for parents of children of all ages. Although issues will occasionally focus on a particular developmental plane, there will un- doubtedly be parallels to draw to you own experiences. Wednesday, December 12 PARENT COFFEE: Montessori Approach to Discipline 8:30 Friday, December 14 Parent Infant Community 8:30 YCC Parent Meeting 10:30 Piano lessons 3:15-6:30 Thursday, December 13 UEL PREVIEW: Gathering for parent with rising LEL students Library 8:30 Piano lessons 3:15-6:30 HOLIDAY CONCERT 7pm Ethel Walker Chapel Pianists begin at 6:15pm
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Tuesday, December 11 UEL PREVIEW: Gathering for parents with rising UEL students Library 8:30
Montessori moves like music. Its children swing, glide and improvise. They experiment, integrate and innovate. Syncopation, stop-gaps and, yes, disso-nance are part of the composition. It's Cobb fusion this week as we remem-ber the late, great Dave Brubeck. Take Five to think about the beautiful composition of the Mon-tessori environments: much like jazz, the perfect polyrhythm of the ab-stract, the tense, the emo-tive, the undefinable.
December 7, 2012
A Window into Their World
Monday, December 10 Acorn Singers Performance Piano lessons 3:15-6:30
Click acorn to
view slideshow.
An Invitation from Mary Lou Cobb
On Wednesday I will host a Parent Coffee on The Montessori Approach to Discipline. I hope you will join me. Every year I return to this topic as new and returning parents want to know how Montessorians guide the developing will and ask me to offer strategies they can use at home. Disciplining our children is one of the greatest challenges we face as par-ents and one of the greatest gifts we can give them. I speak from my training, my research and my lived experiences. Marisa Gallagher and Joan Gwillim will join us Wednesday morning to share wis-dom they’ve also gained from decades of working with children. They will offer a teacher’s perspective and help us to see how our teachers, like our parents, ask themselves difficult questions regarding discipline and how they solve problems and proceed thoughtfully through challenging situations. Bring your questions and ideas and enjoy a cup of coffee over a very important topic. This Coffee is designed for parents of children of all ages. Although issues will occasionally focus on a particular developmental plane, there will un-doubtedly be parallels to draw to you own experiences.
Wednesday, December 12 PARENT COFFEE: Montessori Approach to Discipline 8:30
Friday, December 14 Parent Infant Community 8:30 YCC Parent Meeting 10:30 Piano lessons 3:15-6:30
Thursday, December 13 UEL PREVIEW: Gathering for parent with rising LEL students Library 8:30 Piano lessons 3:15-6:30 HOLIDAY CONCERT 7pm Ethel Walker Chapel Pianists begin at 6:15pm
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This Week’s Photos...
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Rehearse.
Trust.
Collaborate.
The Cobb Holiday Diet.
The Cobb School Thanks... The Cobb School Welcomes...
...Devon Eamiello as Miss Sheryl’s assistant while Miss Lynn is on maternity leave. Devon comes to us with a degree in Early Education. We are so excited she is here. Miss Lynn remains in the Nest as she ap-proaches her due date. Be sure to welcome Devon and check in on Lynn and her growing babies!
...Everyone who contributed to the success of the Fes-tive Greenery & Holiday Bake Sale! Thank you to the parents and children for baking, thank you to the 6th Years for orga-nizing, thank you to Barbara and the rest of the UEL for sup-porting, and thank you to all our customers!
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SNOW DATE DECEMBER 17
...Maia to Mrs. Gallagher’s class! Be sure to say hello to Maia and her parents, Karen and Tim, when you see them in the hall-way. Welcome, Maia. We’re glad you’re here.
...Graeme to Mrs. Huot’s class! Graeme has moved to Primary from Miss Sheryl’s Young Chil-dren’s Community. Parents in Mrs. Huot’s class, kindly add Graeme and his parents, Patti and Drew, to your class list.
...Parents of rising Lower Elementary and Upper Ele-mentary students have been invited to very important Elementary Previews hosted by Mary Anne Creto and Gerry Leonard. All parents who received an invitation are strongly encouraged to attend. The UEL Preview will be held Tuesday, December 11 at 8:30am, and the LEL Preview will be Thursday, December 13 at 8:30am. If you have not yet RSVP’d for this event, please do so by emailing [email protected]. If your child is not a rising LEL or UEL student for 2013-2014, but you would like to attend, please email [email protected] to inquire.
