This week was all about Spring! Children had the opportunity to refine their polishing skills with our new practical life work- polishing a ceramic bunny. This work allows the child to relax, focus on a process with a clear, concrete outcome, and to experience a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. The practical life curriculum also...Read More

We continued our polishing skills in practical life as we polished a ceramic bunny! Our new food preparation work was peeling and slicing a hard-boiled egg! In geography, the next continent study was all about Africa! We discovered what types of lands, places, countries, people, and animals are found in Africa! For some fun spring themed...Read More

With the teasing of spring weather, the lower teachers have made the transition from science work to implementing botany work into the classroom environment. In previous weeks the children have been exploring different works pertaining to the flowers unit on the botany shelf. To continue with the botany curriculum, children were introduced to a second...Read More

So many activities have happened in Upper since we last touched base! We had our Literature Circle sleepover; we had Pi Day (two students memorized over 100 digits of Pi!!!); we made leprechaun traps for St. Patrick’s Day and had a Leprechaun visit over the weekend; we had move-up day for 6th and 3rd years, and we had...Read More

We introduced a new Sensorial unit on pressure. Students used pressure cylinders to press their thumbs on to match the amount of pressure used. Our new science unit was all about the amazing human body! Students learned about and labeled organs, studied the different layers and systems that make up our bodies, explored a stethoscope...Read More

We started the week off with our 1BookBG kickoff!  Students were introduced to their books and spent some time reading the first few pages together.  A packet of information was sent home with ideas to do as you read the books together as a family.  We will take some time each week to allow our...Read More

  This week we introduced the new Sensorial Unit – Thermic. This work teaches children how to distinguish between different temperatures using the Montessori Thermic Bottles and takes tactile activities a step further to allow the children to not only feel different textures but also determine if they are hot or cold. We also explored...Read More

  We started the week off with our 1BookBG kickoff!  Students were introduced to their books and spent some time reading the first few pages together.  A packet of information was sent home with ideas to do as you read the books together as a family.  We will take some time each week to allow...Read More

Our class explored a new math unit-Addition.  We added many works to our special math shelf, including tabletop red and blue numerical rods and “ants” to create addition problems.  In practical life, students explored wood polishing and also hair accessories added to our grooming work.  We also added sifting coins in colored water.  In geography,...Read More

This year in Geography, we have traveled around the globe, stopping in Antarctica, the Arctic Circle, and now South America.  We are learning about the countries, flags, animals, and biomes of the continent to our south.  South America not only houses some of the driest areas of the world, but some of the wettest, such...Read More