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We hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend! We continued our fine motor skills this week in Practical Life through our tonging and fine motor baskets. Fine motor baskets include items for the students to manipulate skills such as zipping, snapping, opening/closing, and twisting. Our first dressing frame was added to the classroom to help...
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Welcome to the new school year! The students have been learning many foundational lessons and routines of the classroom. This can include how to use a rug and how to carry and return a work to the shelf. As our shelves slowly open, works are being introduced including practical life pouring, grasping, and spooning works....
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This week is bittersweet as we finish closing our classroom and saying goodbye to our friends and community. We enjoyed the last few days together with some fun activities including sharing in our favorite games and building LEGOs with Lego challenges throughout the morning! We had a special good-bye ceremony where we reflected on our...
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As our school year comes to an end, we have many classroom routines and traditions we partake in. Students take responsibility and ownership as they help close down the environment. They help clean and scrub their cubbies, polish our beautiful wooden Montessori materials, and dust off our shelves. We always take time to reflect and...
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Our new science unit was about life cycles. We explored the life cycle of plants, insects, amphibians, and chicks. In Practical life, we used a grater to grate soap and then a hand-whisk to whisk and make bubbles! We also made bubble prints for a fun art lesson by blowing through a straw to make...
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April showers bring May flowers! This week, we learned about flower arranging and made a tulip flower artwork using paint and forks! We finished up a beautiful Mother’s day project and the children are excited to honor their special Mamas. More Practical Life lessons included using a strainer and transferring pins into a salt shaker....
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This week children explored the concept of sink vs float as they experimented with a variety of objects in water! Our next science unit was all about birds. We identified many different kinds of birds, parts of a bird, and a life cycle of a bird. The children enjoyed one of the quails from Upper...
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This week we enjoyed all the special adults and Grandparents who came to work with the students! Our hearts were filled watching the love as they shared in their own love of learning! In honor of Earth Day each child planted and will continue to care for grass. We also finger painted an Earth for...
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It has been a little over one week since our chicks have been incubated. This week we were able to shine a flashlight on the eggs to see the embryos inside! The children enjoy checking on the eggs daily. Our new science unit focused on food groups and nutrition. We identified nutritious and non-nutritious foods,...
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Welcome back from Spring break and we hope everyone enjoyed the Solar Eclipse! We introduced the next geography unit; my universe! We discussed the solar system including our planets, moons, sun, and stars. Addition was our next math unit as all children learned that two smaller numerals together will equal a larger numeral. In Practical...
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