This week we had a lot of work that allowed us to strengthen our fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. These works included transferring pennies into a bank, and using a hammer/mallet to pound tees into clay, foam, corkboard, or playdoh. In writing, students used a marker to write on a mirror. The next dressing...Read More

The Toddler classroom continues to improve its gross and fine motor skills. This week, they made pumpkin bread, stirring the batter, spraying pans, and helping cut the bread.Read More

We are enjoying the beautiful fall weather outdoors this week.  The cool weather has been a welcome relief from the heat that we had earlier this school year.  Students have also been aware of the falling leaves and noticed their parts that were introduced last week during our Botany lesson. In the classroom, we have introduced several new...Read More

This week, we began our new special math unit, fractions!  Students explore different parts of a whole to understand this new concept. The Montessori Fraction Skittles allow the child to feel 1, ½, ⅓ and ¼ and compare the parts. Our practical life shelves integrated the new works of pouring 1-2 and hammering, both are...Read More

We are enjoying the beautiful fall weather outdoors this week.  The cool weather has been a welcome relief from the heat that we had earlier this school year.  Students have also been aware of the falling leaves and noticed their parts that were introduced last week during our Botany lesson. In the classroom, we have introduced several new...Read More

This week, our students have been diving into fascinating topics such as migration patterns, polarized lenses, personal narrative details, and sentence analysis. Our Weekly Woods and Tree Top Newspapers continue to be a big hit.  At the end of each literature circle book, students showcase their imagination with a ‘creative component.’ Some students are filming...Read More