Highland Montessori School

Play is the Work of the Child

- April 17, 2020 | April 5, 2024 - rickweller

Children often choose imaginary play before moving on to what we think of as our "academic" materials. We adore Mr. Rogers. His long-running show, and its spin-off Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, are the only TV shows…

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A Time for Independence

- March 16, 2020 | August 24, 2020 - rickweller comment

This month, with our self-isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak, we understand that children are staying at home. These are trying times for us all, when simply leaving home can be a stressful experience. We…

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Hand Washing Lesson

- March 6, 2020 | November 7, 2022 - rickweller

This morning we had a meeting to learn about hand-washing, and how it makes germs go away. We had our 3rd annual springtime visit from a H.S. Biology teacher. (See results from 2018's experiment.) The…

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Happy New Year

- January 30, 2020 | February 20, 2020 - rickweller comment

新年快樂 !! Back by popular demand... Many thanks to the Grandma of one of our students for her wonderful lesson on the Lunar New Year. We learned about dragons, dumplings, firecrackers, and how at this…

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Dia de los Meurtos

- November 1, 2019 | November 11, 2019 - rickweller comment

At HMS, we regularly talk with children about death as part of the natural life cycle. After all, the children have seen dead bugs, some have had pets die or have even experienced death in…

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Spooky new materials are on the shelves

- October 7, 2019 | December 3, 2019 - rickweller comment

We routinely change out the materials on our shelves. With the turn of the calendar and the change in the weather, this weekend the teachers were busy making new works. The children were eager to try…

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Birthdays as History Lessons

- September 16, 2019 | September 16, 2019 - rickweller comment

Like many Montessori Schools, we go out of our way to celebrate birthdays. We do so in a way that emphasizes the passage of time a child's life. The children discuss how the Earth goes around the…

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New Year, New Works

- August 21, 2019 | November 11, 2019 - rickweller

This new school year has brought with it some brands new works on our shelves: flowers and dinosaurs. With the help of our awesome parent community who brought in some cut flowers, we are happy…

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Little Texans on the Playground

- July 9, 2019 | September 29, 2020 - rickweller comment

Visitors to HMS know that our playground is a special place. We love our shade trees, flowering shrubs, the playhouse, playscape, the mud box and the "stage" (photo, right). We eat lunch outdoors and watch…

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Friends help friends

- May 8, 2019 | May 8, 2019 - rickweller comment

One aspect of Montessori that differentiates it from mainstream schools is the multi-age classroom. At any given time, about 1/3 of the students in our classroom are in their third year at HMS. In fact,…

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Springtime is here

- April 10, 2019 | December 3, 2019 - rickweller 1 Comment

Springtime has arrived, both on our playground and inside the classroom. Bugs are on the shelves and blue and yellow (ahem, green) paints are on the easels. Art class has been outside several times, "baby"…

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Now presenting: BUGS

- March 29, 2019 | July 10, 2019 - rickweller 1 Comment

This spring, teachers have left many "buggy" materials on our shelves. More and more every week! We are doing bug puzzles counting bugs drawing bugs writing about bugs making our own bugs. In the process, we…