A kind, gentle North Austin community school
While our Red Oak doesn’t seem willing to put on the bright display that it provided last year (see bottom photo) at least it has lots of leaves, which means lots of fall fun on the playground. (see how our students were creative with peach leaves last week)
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Rain barrel for canvas and peach and oak leaves are the medium.
This morning, the HMS playground was full of activity and strange creatures. There were ghosts, a Wild Thing, Transformers, Cinderella a witch, some superheroes, a Mutant Turtle and several species of animals! This video shows most of them. HMS Halloween 2014 from Highland Montessori School on Vimeo. And here is a snippet from the Costume Parade. Enjoy, […]
We have begun preparing our Day of the Dead Altar.
Respecting your environment is a basic tenet of Montessori teaching. But who knew cleaning things could be so fun, especially when you do it with friends?
Our students have been learning about mandalas, and set out making some of their own using pastels, watercolor and some other media. Yes, mandalas are more than the sand that we see on display! Play the video to see some of the results.
This morning several students were independently working on writing & spelling activities. It is fantastic seeing these expressions of Maria Montessori’s own observations from over 100 years ago. In her book The Montessori Method she describes how while spoken language is a social instrument of humans, so it is that “written language may be considered in […]
The first day of school is more than just the new faces that have joined our school, it is changes within school as well. Most of all this year, the beloved “nook” is now the art closet. And, here’s a couple of works that are new to our shelves and walls this August. What changes […]
In case you didn’t know… children spill things! Of course, this is not shocking news to anyone. However, children are also drawn to an orderly, clean environment. All too often we act like it’s a surprise when a child spills something. Whether it’s a cup of water, a jar of paint or a bowl of […]
We’ve noticed a trend spreading among our students this spring. A couple of months ago, the maps (USA, world and continents) were very popular. There almost wasn’t enough floor-space at times. As these things go, the interest in maps waned a bit, but recently several children have been found organizing the pieces by color, more […]
It’s been a rainy spring and the bugs that come out have their blessings and challenges. The blessing is that many of our students, especially the older ones, LOVE finding bugs (mostly roll-pollies) and are so curious to find more and investigate when they find new ones. And that is the challenge for teachers and […]