Here are the highlights from this week: 1. Thank you to all families who donated to the Thanksgiving Feast last week! It was all delicious! 2. For History, they are learning about the Early Colonial times and the first protests against England. 3. For writing, the students are creating pretend job applications for Elf positions...Read More
Welcome back! We hope you had a relaxing and peaceful break. We have had some winter weather and that offers a good opportunity for some winter reminders. Please make sure that you check the temperature as you prepare for the day. We will typically go outdoors for recess unless the temperature is at an unsafe degree....Read More
Welcome back! We hope you had a relaxing and peaceful break. We have had some winter weather and that offers a good opportunity for some winter reminders. Please make sure that you check the temperature as you prepare for the day. We will typically go outdoors for recess unless the temperature is at an unsafe degree....Read More
Happy December! We introduced an engaging and special Montessori math material this week-the squaring chains. These materials explore the concept of skip-counting sets and multiplication. Younger students can explore them sensorially, while others utilize the number tags to label and extend learning. On the practical life shelf, we added pennies in a bank, lacing cards,...Read More
Happy December! The students arrived back from the Thanksgiving holiday eager to share what they did and what foods were their favorites! In the classroom, our bell table was introduced with the first lesson of using a mallet to strike the bell and using a damper to stop the sound. Many other sensorial lessons were...Read More
Here are some Upper highlights from this week: 1. The 4-5 grade students got to travel for a presentation about the BG1 Book. 2. We had 17 baby quail hatch. 3. Many students are creating biome projects that are in the hallway. 4. Some groups of students have been working hard to learn about geometric...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 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
