We focused on celebrating the Chinese New Year this week in Early Childhood! We created dragon masks and tails and had a special parade with our West and Toddler classroom friends throughout the school.  In science, we began investigating magnets and even explored painting with magnetic materials on the art shelf.  In art, we...Read More

  Our class began exploring time in math!  We are learning hours, minutes and how to read digital and analog clocks.  In geography, we introduced the next lessons on “Our City”.  In sensorial, we demonstrated how to strike a bell and then quickly soften the sound with a damper.  These beautiful bells are a foundation...Read More

  This week brought us new Science, Geography and Sensorial units! The students began to study Animal Tracks and the science behind different tracks, patterns and habits. Our Geography unit introduced My School which allows students to explore their place in a learning environment, match Montessori work and nomenclature, and write about why they love...Read More

  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...Read More

  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, we decorated a sugar cookie, spreading icing and using colored sprinkles.  Our class explored wrapping, addressing,...Read More

    Our class began exploring our second cultural study of the holiday season, which included the beautiful colors and traditions of Kwanzaa. Students had the opportunity to explore a weaving mat, bead stringing, a Mancala game, and a special Kinara art project. We also introduced new lessons for mirror polishing and a special movement...Read More

  Our classroom explored new sensory experiences this week with sound on our sensorial shelf. Students explored matching sound cylinders, mystery bags of differing sounds, and using a quiet rug. The quiet rug is a special work in the Montessori classroom where the child practices making silence-which is one of the most challenging movement works...Read More

  This week we focused on celebrating Thanksgiving by having our own Thanksgiving feast. Students rolled turkey and crescent rolls, plucked grapes from the vine, and made pumpkin pudding. Our role model Kindergarteners decorated our special community space so that both EC classrooms could enjoy the feast together. Students utilized their cornucopias and turkey art...Read More

  This week our students began their Thanksgiving feast preparations by creating cornucopias and placing feathers in a turkey. These will be our centerpieces for our special lunch on Tuesday! Students also explored creating festive art for this season with two new works on the art shelf using paint and tissue paper. In addition, students...Read More

EC East began our week with painting using a fun medium, corn on the cob! Using this medium introduces a unique texture and pattern in student’s artwork. As a class we went on walk through the Montessori woods and tossed all our shucked corn kernels for the deer and other wildlife. Students also explored grape...Read More