Introducing our Geography curriculum was a focus this week in Early Childhood.  Our sandpaper globe was introduced, as well as our colored continent globe.  The first puzzle map, the hemisphere map, was demonstrated and introduced the continents and their names.  In Sensorial, students explored our Red Length Rods, teaching visual discrimination of size.   Students...Read More

The EC East classroom began their new Science unit this week, Apples! The students had the opportunity to sort and label different varieties of apples and explore apple nomenclature, writing booklets and puzzles. We even taste-tested different apple varieties and voted on our favorite! Practical Life introduced cutting clay and clipping clothespins – both directly...Read More

We began our week with new practical life work-opening and closing.  We utilized our fine motor skills to open, twist, and zip.  Also, we added tonging!  These all help refine the muscles needed for writing and fine motor.   On the art shelf, we created collages using the torn paper from our work last week. ...Read More

Our Early Childhood East classroom has enjoyed a beautiful first full week of school! Thank you again for helping us during orientation week to establish our foundational lessons, such as walking, unrolling/rolling a rug, and using the snack table. We also learned the traditional Montessori lessons of grasping, pouring, and spooning. This dedicated time is...Read More

As we close our classroom community for the year, we are working on preparing our environment for the summer.  Cubby scrubbing is a work for the students to clean their space as well as utilize all of the practical life skills learned this year.  Older students pair with younger students to work together on this. ...Read More

  Our final food preparation this year was making bean burritos!  Students used all of their practical life skills to tong, spoon, roll, and taste bean burritos. We also added flower arranging on our shelves.  On the movement shelf, we added using a balance beam and, in peace, a liquid stepping tile.   As we...Read More

Our final Geography unit was introduced this week – My Universe. This is the capstone of our Montessori Geography curriculum and focuses primarily on the planets, solar system and offers a glimpse of our universe as a whole. The ten geography units we study aim to allow the child to formulate an understanding of “ME...Read More

Our new science unit this week was learning about life cycles!  We explored many hands-on works, including models of the life cycles of a butterfly, ladybug, chicken, and a sea turtle.  We investigated how tadpoles turned into frogs, made booklets of different animals, and made playdough models of life cycle stages.  Sensorially, we explored puzzles...Read More

Our new practical life work, Straining, continued the skill of pouring water one-to-one with the addition of using a strainer to separate the objects from the water. The Sink and Float unit was introduced to our Sensorial Curriculum. This work is exciting for the students as they predict and discover how different objects react to...Read More

We began the week with a new Math work – the Estimation Jar. This work allows students to use their understanding of quantity to estimate the number of items in a sealed jar. We count and discover the real number at the end of the week. Using a funnel to transfer one-to-one was added to...Read More