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…
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…
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…
A Good Week
Despite the cold turn at the end, we think we had a pretty good week. You cab be the judge... [caption id="attachment_1064" align="alignnone" width="225"] Throwing leaves is always fun.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1065" align="alignnone" width="225"] Especially when…
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…
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,…
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.