We began our week with a special art and peace project-adding a family picture to the peace corner family book! Students enjoy adding words and pictures around their family so they can enjoy it the rest of the year. We also began our Handwriting Curriculum this week for our kindergartens and younger friends ready for...Read More

We began our week with new practical life work – opening and closing and tonging one-to-one.  We utilized our fine motor skills to transfer along with learning the skills of open, twist, and zip.  On the art shelf, we created collages using our torn paper from our work last week.  The sensorial curriculum added our...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 and rolling a rug, using the snack table and the traditional Montessori lessons of grasping, pouring and spooning. This dedicated time is truly...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

We introduced one of our final culminating practical life lessons, Making Cinnamon Bread! This work integrates many of the practical life skills we have worked on all year, including measuring, transferring solids and liquids, pouring, stirring, and scooping; in addition to concentration, coordination, confidence, independence and order. In science we began studying birds, and in...Read More

We began the week with the Kindergarten field trip to Wintergarden Park. This is a wonderful time exploring prairie and wooded trails and looking for tadpoles in the wetlands! Classroom work included butterfly symmetry dropper art and in practical life we added washing a baby doll geoboards.   On the movement shelf, we added using...Read More

Our new science unit this week was learning about life cycles!  We explored many hands-on works including models of life cycles of a butterfly, ladybug, chicken, and a sea turtle.  We investigated how tadpoles turn into frogs, made booklets of different animals, and made play dough models of life cycle stages.  Sensorially, we explored puzzles...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 work allows the child to relax, focus on a process with a clear, concrete outcome, and to experience a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. The practical life curriculum also...Read More

  This week we introduced the new Sensorial Unit – Thermic. This work teaches children how to distinguish between different temperatures using the Montessori Thermic Bottles and takes tactile activities a step further to allow the children to not only feel different textures but also determine if they are hot or cold. We also explored...Read More

Our class explored a new math unit-Addition.  We added many works to our special math shelf, including tabletop red and blue numerical rods and “ants” to create addition problems.  In practical life, students explored wood polishing and also hair accessories added to our grooming work.  We also added sifting coins in colored water.  In geography,...Read More