We are in the final weeks of November, and fall is in the air. Anticipation for the upcoming holidays, family gatherings, and hopefully some relaxation is right around the corner. We hope to see you this Saturday for the downtown holiday parade;) We had a Math Unit lesson on estimation and rounding using our Squaring Chain...Read More

Hello Families, Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Below you’ll find important upcoming dates, followed by highlights from our work together this week. In the Classroom: History This week, we are forming groups for our World Zone Cafe. One group will create a menu centered around “Old World” ingredients, one around “New...Read More

This week, we reflect on friends, family, and what we are thankful for. The children brought home a special thankful for project they have been working on. We learned about the cornucopia this week and transferred fruits and vegetables to fill it. Real turkey feathers were explored and arranged in a turkey basket.  As we...Read More

We continued fall-themed practical life lessons this week, including feathers in a turkey and creating a cornucopia!  We will use these items next week for our feast.  We also introduced place setting, silverware sorting, and napkin rolling.  In practical life food prep, we made yogurt parfaits! Children had the opportunity to create their own special...Read More

We are in the final weeks of November, and fall is in the air. Anticipation for the upcoming holidays, family gatherings, and hopefully some relaxation is right around the corner. We hope to see you this Saturday for the downtown holiday parade;) We had a Math Unit lesson on estimation and rounding using our Squaring...Read More

This week, our toddlers explored sponge-squeezing work! This activity supports the development of fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and concentration. By squeezing the sponge, the children strengthen the small muscles in their hands and fingers while practicing controlled, purposeful movements. As they completed the task independently, they also built confidence, independence, and the ability to...Read More

Dear Lower Families, We have started to see great progression and development across all areas for many of our students! We have introduced our unit on fish onto our Zoology shelf, as well as continuing many individual lessons in both math and language. We have wrapped up our Small Moment unit in Writer’s Workshop and...Read More

Our toddlers practiced scrubbing tables in the classroom this week. This activity helps children strengthen their fine motor skills while learning how to properly hold and use a tool. The toddlers were highly engaged as they worked, developing a sense of responsibility and care for their environment. They also enjoyed exploring the sensory experience of...Read More

What a busy, wonderful week! We began the week tweezing beautiful sunflower seeds. This is a delicate work that relies on patience, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills to tweeze individual seeds from a dried sunflower head. The Montessori numerical rods and numerals were added to Math – providing a concrete, tactile representation of numbers...Read More

Hello Families, Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Below you’ll find important upcoming dates, followed by highlights from our work together this week. In the Classroom History This week, we start our discussion of the Columbian Exchange and what happened on the global stage because of it. In order to balance the...Read More