A Message From Ms. Tracy

HAPPY OCTOBER!!

Our student support programs have kicked off over the last few weeks, and we are already hearing/observing such positive, success stories with our students. Wonderful! In case, you haven’t heard, we have the following programs running and available for our students who may need some additional support. If you have any questions, please contact me at etracy@tma-el.org.

HeartMath:

At Montessori Academy Edison Lakes, the social emotional well-being of our students, is of primary importance. For that reason, we have invested in a phenomenal program called HeartMath. The program, developed by the HeartMath Institute, is a tried-and-true, research-based approach to lowering stress and anxiety through deep breathing for our students in Upper Elementary and Junior High. We kicked off this program in the fall of 2015 and have seen amazing results!http://www.heartmath.com/

Mindfulness:

We are fortunate, in that, as a Montessori Community, mindfulness is already part of our philosophy and thereby, embedded into our practices. For our younger students, Early Childhood-Lower Elementary, our “Walking the Line” work and “Peace Corner” environments (for example) are set up to allow our students, to refocus, pay attention to their body, pay attention to their emotions and take some time for themselves. We will continue to incorporate yoga, stretching, works, peace time and breathing time for a break to center and regroup.

This is a great link, that allows us to remember, the importance of slowing down, allowing our students and ourselves, to take a moment to “Just Breathe”.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVA2N6tX2cg

A beautiful, song, done by a Montessori School: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vnr30jYQQ4&sns=em

Friendship Groups:

Montessori Academy Edison Lakes also offers “Friendship Groups” rotating throughout Lower and Upper Elementary and taught by myself, Erin Tracy. These groups are guided lessons on social and emotional skills for our students. Students work on character building lessons, the “power” of kindness, conflict resolution, identifying their own feelings and the feelings of others. It is a program that is embedded into the curriculum, as a means of guiding our students along the social emotional path, as they develop into unique individuals. At the foundation of who we are, at Montessori Academy, is a belief in the importance of “connectedness”. Please feel free to reach out to me or teachers, should you have any questions or concerns.

Speech

We are thrilled to introduce the optional service for those students requiring speech support/remediation. The program is called “Tiny Eye” and it is based online. An accredited speech pathologist logs in and works with our students, based on their goals. It has incredible reviews and we are so happy to offer this as an option for our students. Please contact me with further questions.https://www.tinyeye.com/

Read Naturally

We are now offering a research-based, online reading intervention program, called Read Naturally. Read Naturally is a reading intervention program, which targets fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and assessments in reading, for those students in the 25% or below in reading skills. To learn more about this program, please see the link below or contact me with further questions:  https://readnaturally.com/