Welcome back!  We hope you all enjoyed a peaceful winter break.  We began our week reviewing our classroom procedures, including how to carefully use our classroom rugs and walk safely in our environment.  The students seemed very happy to be back in the classroom!  Our first new work of January was drawing snowy scenes with...Read More

This week we began studying the traditions and customs of the Christmas holiday.  We explored the Nativity story, and students could recreate a Nativity scene.  Decorating a Christmas tree was also a new work added to our science and culture shelf. In practical life, our class explored wrapping, addressing, and delivering a “gift” to a...Read More

We began the week with our next geography unit, My Home, which focuses on the childrens’ homes and unique homes all around the world. In art, fine motor movement and concentration were practiced as students learned the skill of paper punching. As we approach the holiday season, our first two cultural studies were introduced. The traditions...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

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

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

Sensorial experiences were a large part of learning in Early Childhood East this week! We introduced the binomial cube, the triangle box, and the geometric cabinet. All of these works reinforce visual discrimination, spatial awareness, and fine motor skills. The next unit, My Family, was added to the Geography shelf, while Living/Non-Living was introduced as...Read More

What a great week celebrating Fall! The students had the opportunity to explore many different holiday works and practice their fine motor skills and concentration. Works included pounding tees into a pumpkin and a spooky sensory bowl. On the art shelf, we drew faces on a pumpkin with markers, made spider web art using a...Read More

Fun pumpkin exploration was a large part of our week in EC!  We began with polishing gourds in practical life, tray sweeping ants and washers on a pumpkin. In math we added the memory game, a two-person activity that helps develop memory and concentration skills, as well as problem-solving and cognitive abilities. Color box II...Read More

Several practical life lessons were added to the classroom this week! Pounding was introduced, allowing children to refine their hand-eye coordination and strengthen hand muscles. Changing a toilet paper roll, using a stapler and the zipper, tip, and toggle dressing frames were also added. These everyday works aim to develop fine motor skills and independence....Read More