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…
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.…
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,…
Signs of Spring
Our little scholars have returned from Spring Break and went right back to work. Our teachers couldn't help but notice that the children themselves must be feeling the Spring Fever, as their choices of works…
New Garden
With the awesome help of two of our parents, we now have a lovely new garden in the playground, surrounding our spritely young oak tree. In the spirit of the idea that you will take…
Butterfly Release
This morning, we let the butterflies go! Once we brought the aquarium outside, all five of them spread their wings and put on a show which the children enjoyed watching. After letting them acclimate to…
Flowers for Valentines
Many thanks to one of our fantastic moms for helping our budding artists make celery-print Valentines last week!
Recently in Art
Photos courtesy of Dorte. [caption id="attachment_2295" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Homemade paintbrushes[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2296" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The brushes in action[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2297" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Detailing a work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2299" align="aligncenter" width="300"] One of our youngest placed one crayon…
Peter played in the snow…
Many thanks to one of our wonderful parents for sharing a story with our students this morning, and helping with a craft to illustrate it. First, we read about how Peter woke up on a…
Rocks, rocks, rocks!
This morning we had a visitor--one of our Grandpas--and he shared his rock collection with us! There were lava rocks, crystals, fossils and even a meteorite! [caption id="attachment_2272" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This rock is a bunch…
Our butterflies
Tuesday, Feb 16: We released the butterflies to nature this morning, and all five flew away! Saturday, Feb 13: While at school this afternoon, Rick noted the last butterfly has emerged! It's the smallest of the…
“Panda”monium
As any teacher at any level knows, one of the keys is to find ways to interest the students in the topic at hand. Who doesn't love panda bears? For many of our students, our…