Hello families and parents! This week we started with our math and language lessons. Students completed the abstraction of multiplication materials that they started using in Lower Elementary. For this, they color in a binomial square of a checkerboard, which helps visually represent the multiplication of multi-digit problems. They also worked on math problems that...Read More

We began our geography unit “ME and my place in the World” this week.  This unit is introduced at the beginning of the school year and is specifically designed for a child to recognize and explore parts of the human body and understand that he is unique! Works include Skin/Muscle/Bone puzzles and nomenclature, matching, books,...Read More

Our kayaking trip up and down the Auglaize River was a huge success! Ask a middle school student about their experience of paddling UP stream for 3.5 miles, then back down, picking up stray trash along the way. You can be sure to get an ear full. We also greatly enjoyed the corn maze, the...Read More

This week we began Peace Pals. For Peace Pals, older students (6th and Middle School) plan lessons that focus on peace and present them to our younger students. This is an excellent opportunity for leadership, community, and peace. In the classroom, students study native peoples of the Northeast and make bandolier bags as an optional...Read More

  This week our Toddler class continued to work on their fine and gross motor skills by scrubbing the pumpkins we would use to make our famous pumpkin cake. Toddlers enjoyed continuing their pumpkin theme and making pumpkin cake. We also practiced our practical life skills while baking and cleaning the classroom after baking.Read More

Happy October! We introduced our first geography unit, “My place in the world.” This cosmic education approach focuses on students’ unique selves as they identify their relation to the world and universe surrounding them. Each unit builds upon each other to help students discover and understand the concept. Sensorial work this week included geometric solids...Read More

 Practical Life activities are for the children to learn everyday life skills.  In the Lower Elementary rooms, students apply what they learned in the Early Childhood classrooms and take care of their environment with classroom jobs.  The classroom jobs/responsibilities are chosen by each child and change bi-weekly.  Examples of jobs include table washers, trash helpers, sweepers,...Read More

  Practical Life activities are for the children to learn everyday life skills.  In the Lower Elementary rooms, students apply what they learned in the Early Childhood classrooms and take care of their environment with classroom jobs.  The classroom jobs/responsibilities are chosen by each child and change bi-weekly.  Examples of jobs include table washers, trash helpers,...Read More