Fluttery visitor
We love our playground so much! We run, and jump and play, and yesterday we had a colorful, fluttery visitor alight. The kids were entranced, and yet were so patient passing it back and forth…
The caterpillars are here
UPDATE: On Thursday morning (9/7) we found that our first butterfly had emerged, and by the afternoon we had three more! Three more arrived by Friday morning and on Friday afternoon we released them on the…
Happy Birthday, Dr Montessori!
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.…
Eclipse Day at HMS
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…
Back to School
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…
The Year of the Spider
"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…
Camping Trip Success!
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…
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
"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…
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…