We began the week with our Music Program, showcasing the music and movement Early Childhood has been practicing, then having the opportunity to watch the older students perform. In the classroom, we introduced one of our final culminating practical life lessons, Making Cinnamon Bread! This work integrates many of the practical life skills we have...Read More

What a BUSY week! We started off enjoying our school’s band concert, the children always love watching and hearing the instruments. Our last two Geography Units were presented, My World and My Universe, encouraging students to study all the continents, waters, bead maps and continent pin punching! My Universe focuses primarily on the planets, solar...Read More

What a busy week of study and exploration! In geography, our new continent of study was Australia.  Students explored the animals, people and culture of this continent using works such as the bead maps, 3-part nomenclature cards and regional maps of Australia. In Practical Life, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination skills were honed as...Read More

What a wonderful week visiting with so many grandparents and special adults! Thank you for joining us and making it a special time. This week was also busy with many spring lessons. In Art, cutting spring shapes was added to our art shelf-continuing to reinforce concentration, coordination, confidence and independence as well as fine motor...Read More

This week 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 placement in water.   Our next geography unit was the Continent study of Asia.  We explored animals, countries, landmarks, and customs of the largest continent...Read More

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 lesson allows the child to relax, focus on a process with a clear, concrete outcome, and to experience a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. In art, we used a...Read More

We began the week with a new Math work, the Estimation Jar. This work allows the student 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.  Our next geography unit, My Continent, was a very...Read More

This week we began with a new math unit, Money. Lessons included learning the names and values of coins and bills while integrating real money and cooperative games. The Snake game was also introduced to the math shelf,  teaching linear counting, reinforcing the exchanging procedure and preparing the child for addition. The exploration of Pressure...Read More

We can’t believe it is March already! Our week began with new Practical Life swaddling and diapering a baby doll. These lessons reinforce concentration, coordination and imaginary play. Our new science unit explored food and nutrition; these works include sorting nutrition and non-nutritious foods as well as food groups and insides/outsides of fruits and vegetables. ...Read More

Happy Montessori Education Week!  We loved celebrating Montessori with all of our students and families this week.  We dressed as students, celebrated our teachers, beautified our school, donated cat and dog food to a local food bank, supported our communities, and enjoyed a special PJ Day! We created peace people in art and added them...Read More