We Love our Parents
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…
Parents’ Art Workshop
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…
Orderly movement in the Montessori Classroom
"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…
Rock-Star Grandpa
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…
Sweet Smells
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…
Valentine’s Excitement
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…
We LOVE our playground
[caption id="attachment_2700" align="alignright" width="300"] Our playground is a place for imaginative play, whether alone or with friends.[/caption] Much of the time our students spend at school is focused on developing their sense of order in…
Holiday materials come to our shelves
[caption id="attachment_2686" align="alignright" width="228"] Perforating a shape in an exercise of fine motor skills, and patience.[/caption] A Montessori classroom is ever-changing. Of course, the pink tower, counting beads, red rods and many more materials are…
Thankful for our Multi-age Classroom
As we finish up our fall semester, we reflect on where we've come since August. This fall, like past years, we have enjoyed a new cohort of two-year-olds. It is lovely to watch them learn how…
A time for gratitude
As we approach Thanksgiving, our students are sharing their gratitude in many ways. Last week, we started a book of gratitude, in which the students can write (or a teacher may write for them) something…
Circle of Life
Our students have had several examples of the circle of life recently. Death can be a topic that adults hesitate to discuss with children, but in truth it is all around us. In October, we…
Halloween Sing-a-long and Parade
Many thanks to all of our parents, students and the weather for a wonderful morning! [caption id="attachment_2632" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Fun singing spooky versions of our favorite songs. Here, we found "a little pumpkin, under a…