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…
Pumpkin Carving
Many thanks to one of our moms who came to school this morning to help our students work with pumpkins out on the playground. Everyone had the chance to draw or stamp on a pumpkin,…
Our pet butterfly, Foldy
A couple of weeks ago, we received 10 caterpillars for our classroom. In a little over a week, they had each made their chrysalis, only this year the butterflies emerged much more quickly than they…
Special Friday Visitors
Five of our caterpillars made cocoons last night, and that wasn't even the most exciting thing that happened today! We also had not one, not two, but THREE special visitors! First, we had a special…