Early Childhood East

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As we near the end of the school year, Early Childhood continued Montessori lessons focusing on preparing for the closing of our classroom communities.  We demonstrated a culminating Practical Life project, bread making!  It was wonderful to see families’ pictures of completing this work at home.  Additionally, chair scrubbing and wood polishing lessons were presented in...
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This week we introduced our last science unit about the solar system along with a shooting star experiment. We explored phases of the moon by using oreos! For some fun at home practical life, we showed using a grater to make bubbles and then making bubble prints for art! As our school year comes to...
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Learning about our state was a focus in our Geography curriculum this week!  A new unit filled with all things Ohio was introduced.  We encourage everyone to watch our Distance Learning site daily videos to learn about this unique unit.  In art, we created paper flowers and even provided extensions to arrange real flowers.  We also...
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This week Early Childhood introduced a new science unit on the Human Body! Children had the opportunity to learn about what our bodies do, the names of organs, and how important it is to take care of our bodies! A “hand-washing” experiment was provided as well to show the importance of using soap and water to...
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Happy Earth Day!  Early Childhood learned the importance of recycling, reusing, and reducing to keep our earth clean and beautiful.  We learned how to sort trash into items to be recycled, and also enjoyed a virtual tour of what happens to cardboard and plastic at a recycling plant!  Other activities this week included creating pictures...
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Montessori lessons have been continuing for our community!  We are so thankful for the distance learning technology that has allowed us to see each other and share learning materials with our families.  We know this is an unprecedented and difficult time for everyone, and we truly appreciate the support and participation. Within our distance learning site, Early...
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This week brought lots of new lessons and work in the Early Childhood classrooms. Wood polishing was introduced in practical life. The East classroom also demonstrated a care of environment work of watering plants while the West classroom continued the use of water by pouring water from one to one. The East classroom also explored...
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    Enticing water work and exploration was a focus in Early Childhood this week.  The East classroom demonstrated pouring water 1-1, while West explored sponge squeezing.  These practical life skills build upon our dry pouring and squeezing lessons and prepare the children for future skills.  Also in Practical Life, East students worked with nuts and bolts...
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Happy Montessori Education Week! We kicked off this week with an all school assembly honoring Montessori education around the world as well as our school’s 40th Anniversary. The theme was “Happy Birthday” and we all enjoyed the daily, fun-filled festivities! The Early Childhood classrooms worked on a special art craft, decorating people craft sticks to...
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      Banana slicing was the new food preparation work this week in Practical Life!  Students could tong half bananas onto a tray and slice them independently using a banana slicer.  Of course, enjoying the banana slices came next.  Also on the Practical Life shelf, students explored grooming and twisting nuts and bolts.  The kindergarten students visited...
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