Happy Spring! We celebrated the first day of Spring by making dirt pudding with worms! Children helped make chocolate pudding, crushed Oreo cookies, and tonged worms. We also had many new units this week! We are learning about the human body in science and money in math. Human body study includes learning about our organs,...Read More
This week brought on many St. Patrick’s Day-themed works! We had a green-themed sensory bowl, sponge-painted a stencil Irish hat, and used a straw with paint to “blow” paint on a shamrock. In Practical Life, we continued learning about tools as we learned about using the ratchet and screwdriver. We also used tools such...Read More
This week brought many new units! The concept of graphing was our new math unit this week. We introduced graphs through bar graph work to collect and gather data in order to learn about topics like colors, shapes, farm animals, and race cars. Students also created their own bar graphs. As we continue our...Read More
Happy Montessori Education Week! What a fun and memorable week we all enjoyed together! We are so grateful for our school, families, staff, and, most importantly, children, who all encompass the love of learning and support in a Montessori environment. In addition to our fun-themed days this week, we created peace people to reflect...Read More
We learned about this President’s day this week and discussed George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We also introduced our new geography unit about our country, The United States of America. Children explored famous landmarks, flag folding, and our USA puzzle map. In Practical Life, wood polishing was added to the shelf as well as...Read More
This week, love was in the air as we celebrated our friendships on Valentine’s Day. Friends enjoyed passing out valentines to one another and decorating bags to hold their Valentines. We also had a special art activity where students could make a valentine, fold an envelope, and deliver it to a friend in the classroom!...Read More
This week we added the trinomial cube, our last cube, to the sensorial shelf. We have also introduced baric to our sensorial shelf, where students used their sense of touch to feel the difference between light and heavy. Solid cards were added to our geometric cabinet to match the three-dimensional to the two-dimensional objects....Read More
This week we celebrated our 100th Day of School! Each friend brought in 100 items from home to share and display in our hallway! We also counted to 100 by tens and fives. Other activities included writing the numerals 1-100 and fun coloring page patterns! In math, we added the mystery number to the...Read More
This week we celebrated the Chinese New Year. We learned about the Year 2023 being the year of the rabbit, what animal our own birth year represented, colored the flag of China, and traced Chinese numbers. The students were also very excited to showcase their dragon masks and tails as they paraded around the school!...Read More
We discussed Martin Luther King Jr this week and how he was a peacemaker. We read stories, talked about his vision he had for the world and how it reflects and affects us today. Kindergartners wrote their own writing pieces on what dreams they have. We introduced new geography and math units this week. Math...Read More
