This week, Early Childhood explored Spring through Practical Life and Art activities! The East classroom cut mirror image spring flowers. This allowed the children to concentrate on holding scissors and cutting a fine line, while also igniting their ‘WOW’ moment when they discovered the image is a full flower once unfolded. They also explored painting...Read More
We celebrated the first day of Spring this week with food preparation, making dirt pudding! Students began with using a mortar and pestle to crush Oreo cookies for the “dirt”. A few days later we prepared chocolate pudding then used our practical life skills of spooning, scooping, and tonging to create the treat. The East...Read More
It has been a busy week after Spring Break! All of our Early Childhood students were so happy to be back working in the classroom and catching up with their friendships. Their social-emotional growth at this age is such an integral part of our curriculum! This week, both classrooms introduced new work in practical...Read More
Our school community celebrated Montessori Education Week with a Wild West theme! We kicked-off the festivities with a school-wide assembly on Monday where the teachers led everyone in a fun line dance. Other activities included dressing like a cowboy/cowgirl, showing school spirit with MSBG wear, and wearing wild western hats! Children brought in canned items,...Read More
What an exciting week in Early Childhood! Transferring water with a baster was introduced in both classrooms as part of our practical life unit. This skill works on concentration and hand-eye coordination. We also introduced banana slicing as part of our food prep lesson. The East classroom began to study a new...Read More
We celebrated Valentine’s Day this week in Early Childhood. Children explored painting a heart at the easel, lacing hearts, and making and delivering valentines. Students created individual valentine bags in our classroom and passed out valentines to friends. We enjoyed a small treat...Read More
Celebrating the Chinese New Year was a focus in early childhood this week. We had the opportunity to enjoy a presentation from the Tam family and explored artifacts, photos, and customs from this holiday. Students created dragon masks and tails and went on a parade through the school! In art, students also painted hearts at...Read More
This week we celebrated the 100th day of school! The early childhood students all brought in 100 items and arranged then in the hallway for display, and what a variety of items we had to explore! In addition to the 100th day celebration, both classrooms introduced the light table this week. The children explored how...Read More
Early Childhood started out the week learning about the famous peacemaker, Martin Luther King Jr. and the dream he had for all people to be treated equal. We read stories, had coloring pages out, and did some activities to honor him. The kindergartners had a special writer’s workshop to write about what their dreams are...Read More
Exploring new geography work, art work, and food preparation were all focused on this week in early childhood. Pulling string cheese was a choice in practical life. This work allows children to prepare food as well as practice grace and courtesy. Also in practical life, students explored using a baster with water and learned the...Read More
