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

  We began our week with a spooky sensory bowl, where students used a slotted spoon to sift through rice for different objects. Our classroom also carved a Jack-O-Lantern, where students voted on the different shapes for the eyes, mouth, and nose. We introduced two metal insets on our writing shelf to create new shapes...Read More

This week we began our new special Math Unit, Fractions!  Students explore different parts of a whole to understand this new concept. The Montessori Fraction Skittles allow the students to feel 1, ½, ⅓, and ¼ and compare the parts. We also introduced the Numerical Rods and Numerals to our Math shelf – a concrete...Read More

We began our geography unit “ME and my place in the World” this week.  This unit is introduced at the beginning of the school year and is specifically designed for a child to recognize and explore parts of the human body and understand that he is unique! Works include Skin/Muscle/Bone puzzles and nomenclature, matching, books,...Read More

  We began our new science unit this week, Apples! Our students had the opportunity to sort and label different varieties of apples while exploring their nomenclature. Students also had the chance to taste and vote on their favorite apple variety! We also introduced ‘changing a toilet paper roll’ and floor-sweeping for practical life exercises...Read More

This week in Early Childhood, we introduced our geography curriculum. The sandpaper globe was introduced as well as our colored continent globe. Our first puzzle map was also presented, and we demonstrated the continents and their names. For our sensory unit, students had the opportunity to explore the Red Length Rods to help teach them...Read More