Highland Montessori School

Using the Pendulum in four easy steps

- May 1, 2014 | July 18, 2014 - rickweller

Parents, you may have noticed a new feature on our playground after Spring Break: the Pendulum. The pendulum is an excellent tool for developing eye-hand-coordination, since the "pull down to make it go up" notion is…

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Maps

- April 28, 2014 - rickweller comment

Lately, students of all ages have been enthused by maps. [caption id="attachment_1402" align="alignnone" width="225"] In this one, the older students are placing famous monuments on the corresponding continent.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1400" align="alignnone" width="300"] Texas in…

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busy hands after lunch today…

- April 23, 2014 | July 18, 2014 - rickweller

Between lunch and Zen time, the "non-nappers" have some time to work alone. Here is some of today's work….

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Passover Celebration

- April 17, 2014 - rickweller comment

Earlier this morning, we paused to celebrate Passover at school. We are grateful to Matt Berg for coming to tell the story of Passover, share some matzo with the students and hide the afikomen. Yes,…

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Good times on a Friday

- April 12, 2014 - rickweller comment

Friday was such a nice day, both inside and out...

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More Vegetable Ink

- April 11, 2014 | July 18, 2014 - rickweller

After starting with spinach ink last week, our students have been hard at work this week, making more ink out of beets, cabbage and onions. Students making paint from yellow onions this morning. Our collection…

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Spring has sprung

- April 10, 2014 - rickweller comment

Our playground has evidence that it's springtime, and it's time to get to work! The animals are ready to come out to play... The kids have invented their own catapult... The sandbox is full...…

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Mud Box

- April 9, 2014 - rickweller comment

Last week we unveiled the playground's newest feature, the Mud Box. Children's love of digging is part of their connection to Nature. The Mud Box does have an open bottom, so they can dig into…

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Germs are Spreading

- April 6, 2014 - rickweller

We are grateful that on Friday, one of our student's parents came to talk to the school about germs. She brought with her a model of a cold germ (magnification 1 million+) and discussed how…

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Spinach ink

- April 3, 2014 - rickweller

Yesterday, our little artists learned to make their own ink. With Dorte's guidance, they make ink out of Spinach and then used it on some art!

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Wish List on Amazon

- April 2, 2014 | April 21, 2014 - Khuloud

So many of you have offered how you can help us expand our horizons in the year to come, and so far we've deferred your offers. Well, here is our Wish List via Amazon. Also,…

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“I don’t want to…”

- April 2, 2014 - rickweller

Today in circle, our finger-puppet friends told some stories about things that happened to them recently. Our students can tell you how each of these stories ends... Belinda the Hummingbird didn't want to get dressed.…