Carla’s Yoga workshop has been pushed back one weekend. It will now be held on Saturday, March 29 from 10:30 – 11:30. Childcare will be provided on the playground, starting at 10:15. Come and join Carla and the HMS staff to learn what our little students do at their Meeting Time on yoga days. Wear […]
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Lunar New Year
This morning we celebrated the New Year with a Lion Dance, dragons, lanterns and a snack of oranges and dumplings. All of this will to bring us good fortune in this new year, the Year of the Horse.
Birthday Magic
At HMS, we celebrate a child’s day of birth together. The child (here, last week, alongside his older brother) holds onto the Earth, and walks around the sun for each year of his life. His parents show us pictures and tell stories from his first years. After last week’s birthday celebration, our oldest showed us […]
Let there be light
On Friday, we debuted our electrical circuit to the older children. Happily, they found the light…
Montessori Sensitive Periods
This post is nice description of some of the things you can look for as your little student develops: http://www.dailymontessori.com/sensitive-periods/montessori-sensitive-periods/
Fun with Ice
On Tuesday, when we got to the playground, we found that our water basins had a layer of ice on top! So our teachers carried an ice sheet to one of our tree stumps to better view it…
A Good Week
Despite the cold turn at the end, we think we had a pretty good week. You cab be the judge…
Day of the Dead
For our Day of the Dead celebration, those who brought a picture for Day of the Dead told us about it. We really enjoyed hearing stories about everyone’s loved ones, then we put the pictures into the altar we had made. Some of our students are still working on painting their “sugar” skulls. If they […]
Halloween Fun
Today at HMS, we were visited by Rapunzel, a mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood… …a violin-playing witch… …Willie Nelson… …and a firefighter! We were also visited by several animals, including a penguin, a zebra, a tiger and a leopard. Rumor has it that there were dragons and vampires and ghosts! But we all happily got back […]
Shoes off for naptime
When our bellies are full, it’s time to kick off our shoes (or boots) and settle down for a nap…
Montessori Worktime
All coexist peacefully and concentrate on their works.
Rainy Day
Usually, we eat outside under the trees, but today we had to eat inside: …and then we couldn’t run around and play after lunch. But we had fun watching the rain make rivers in the playground!