It was rainy this morning, but that didn’t stop us from our first day of fun–and learning–of the 2016-17 school year.
Category: Success
New Playground Installation
The reviews are in. This morning our students saw, for the first time, the tires that were set up in the playground over the weekend. “That’s cool!” said one. “So much to climb!” said another. “They’re buried?” asked a skeptical third. We think they like it…
New Waterworks
Many thanks to one of our creative dads for our new water work. These mobile green ramps (“slides” to the kids) are fun for all. We have learned about water flow and the children quickly figured out how to conserve the water and recycle it to create the “waterfalls.” The older students are interested in […]
Making Paper
Last week, our students made paper together! Not only was it fun, but they got to use it for some art to take home. We love our Art!
The beauty of the metal insets
In a Montessori classroom, many materials on the shelves come and go, but one of the staple materials in our classroom is the Metal Insets. Earlier this month, some of our five & six year old students started making books about the solar system using the Metal Insets. They used the circle inset for the planets and free hand for meteors. […]
Mud Play
Our classroom is warm and dry, and busy as always. But we still love to go outside! On this spring’s un-sunny days, we like to have fun in the mud… mudplay from Highland Montessori School on Vimeo.
Looking to the stars
A popular topic among many of the older students last week was the planets, so true to Montessori our teachers followed that interest and we got out some of our spacey books and materials, and the students created some of their own. They are still busy with them this week!
Mothers’ Day Concert
To celebrate Mothers’ Day, our young students put on a special music class for all of our Parents. Mrs Laura did an excellent job preparing the little musicians–in addition to showing off multiple rhythms and songs, they took a bow at the end!
Get out in Nature
Maria Montessori once lamented on “How often is the soul of man – especially in childhood – deprived because he is not allowed to come in contact with nature?” In this spirit, some of our families went camping together last weekend. By all accounts, a good time was had! (Many thanks to some of our parents–and […]
Rotating our shelves
Montessori schools have big closets. Well, ours is a shed, but the point is that we have more available for children in storage than is actually out on the shelf. Of course, there are some always-available Montessori classics like the pink tower, counting rods, continent maps, and sandpaper letters, but much of our classroom is in […]
Building, building, building
Children love to construct, and to de-construct. This is part of the imaginary play in which every child engages. In a Montessori classroom, the building materials are specially-designed to promote future success in math and reading. The blocks and cylinders are built at proportional increments. A child working with these materials will intrinsically become acquainted with […]
Playground Sanctuary
Maria Montessori tells us to “Respect all the reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.” So when our teachers recognize that some of our young scholars need some down-time, even on the playground, we respond. The photos below show the kids’ appreciation of their teachers’ efforts.