Highland Montessori School

Happy Birthday, Dr Montessori!

- August 31, 2017 | August 31, 2017 - rickweller 1 Comment

First a physician and later a psychologist, social worker and pedagogue before these professions existed, or certainly before women were "allowed" to hold these jobs, Dr Maria Montessori was a brilliant mind working far before her time.…

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Eclipse Day at HMS

- August 21, 2017 | August 21, 2017 - rickweller comment

This morning we simulated the eclipse in our classroom, then after lunch the older students viewed it with a pinhole camera and a hole-punch camera. Just a little warm-up until we have a total eclipse here…

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Back to School

- August 15, 2017 | August 15, 2017 - rickweller comment

We are so happy to be back at work after our short summer break. So great to see old friends and make new ones! As shown by the pictures below, we are beginning this year learning…

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The Year of the Spider

- May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 - rickweller comment

"Sarah! There is a spider in the library!" So goes a not uncommon announcement heard around our classroom this year. Such announcement is not uttered out of fear but out of excitement and a sense of discovery. Our young students have…

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Camping Trip Success!

- May 9, 2017 | May 9, 2017 - rickweller comment

We went and did it again--we had an awesome camping trip to wrap up the month of April. As always, it's so nice to see everyone outside of the confines of school. It was so…

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know

- April 21, 2017 | April 21, 2017 - rickweller comment

"To teach details is to bring confusion; to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge." --Maria Montessori, From Childhood to Adolescence Children ask questions! As teachers, we seek to enable them to answer…

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We Love our Parents

- April 11, 2017 - rickweller comment

On weekdays our students come to school to work. On Saturday, their parents came to work--and great things happened: a bigger garden, a new playhouse, an outdoor water filter, cleaned and sealed decks, and new…

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Parents’ Art Workshop

- April 6, 2017 | April 6, 2017 - rickweller comment

Last weekend many of our parents attended a fun-filled workshop led by our wonderful art teacher, Dorte. Parents learned first-hand what it's like to be in the Art section of our school. But, don't take…

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Orderly movement in the Montessori Classroom

- February 23, 2017 | March 22, 2023 - rickweller 1 Comment

"Movement has great importance in mental development, provided that the action which occurs is connected with the mental activity going on.” --Maria Montessori, in The Absorbent Mind (1947) Children move. This is how they learn…

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Rock-Star Grandpa

- February 17, 2017 | June 12, 2024 - rickweller 1 Comment

One of our awesome grandparents returned for an encore performance of last year's geology lessons. This time he brought all-new rocks, except for one special request by the students. The meteorite made a return visit--we…

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Sweet Smells

- February 9, 2017 | February 17, 2017 - rickweller comment

Our classroom smells wonderful today, after a morning of assembling a home-and-body mister and bath salts. Many thanks to one of our moms for volunteering her time to help the children assemble misters and bath…

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Valentine’s Excitement

- February 9, 2017 | February 9, 2017 - rickweller comment

It's true, holidays are exciting times. Valentine's Day is not until next week, but we have already been seeing it for the past few weeks. The children are choosing to wear red and pink, and we've…