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What an EGGcellent week in Early Childhood! Many egg themed works included making an egg collage, and using watercolors and crayon to paint an egg resistant art project. Students also prepared and peeled a hard-boiled egg, then used an egg slicer to slice and eat the egg. An egg experiment was performed, ask your child...
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We introduced a new science unit this week on Nutrition. Lessons about food groups, types of foods, nutritious and non-nutritious foods were given. Students could also use pretend foods to create a healthy breakfast, lunch, or dinner. This is an easy topic to discuss and expand on in the home! Practical life works included using...
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Our class has been enjoying the warmer weather this week! As Spring weather approaches, we introduced the rainstick as a soothing sound in the peace corner. Building a rock cairn was also introduced as a calming activity to reflect on one’s journey and travels. Our new math unit was all about addition. Students used a variety...
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We can’t believe it is March already! This week we had a new science unit all about rocks and minerals. Students discovered a variety of rock types and their characteristics. Practical Life lessons included polishing wooden objects and learning how to fasten toggles on the dressing frame. Our food preparation this week was preparing and eating...
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Happy Montessori Education Week! Thank you for celebrating the philosophy and community we are all a part of! It was so fun to participate in fun themed activities and see how excited the students were. The community members we chose to do a big thank you to were All Seasons Lawn and Landscaping who plow...
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A shorter, but very busy week! We began the week discussing the Chinese New Year. We celebrated by parading around the school in our Dragon Masks and Tails, dancing to music in all the classrooms! The students also learned that this year is the year of the horse. They each found out what animal is...
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Happy Valentine’s Day! We reflected on our loving friendships this week and had a lot of festive fun together! Everyone decorated and made a Valentine’s bag for our party to pass out Valentine’s to one another. Our art shelf also had work to create, color, and cut out a valentine to deliver to a friend! Color box 4...
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Happy February! Did you hear that Groundhog Phil predicted six more weeks of winter weather? The winter weather goes right along with our new science unit this week on animal tracks. Many deer tracks have been spotted in the snow! Students learned about a variety of animals and what their tracks look like. They enjoyed stamping prints...
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A short, but lesson-filled week! Students continue to learn about the use of positive and negative space within an art project. This was represented through cutting out and gluing both snowmen to paper. In Sensorial, the binomial cube was added to the shelf and a new unit on smelling was introduced. By using their olfactory sense,...
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A new science unit was explored this week all about magnets! Students began to identify objects that were magnetic or non-magnetic. A large magnet was used to find items in our classroom environment and record if they were magnetic or non-magnetic. Magnetic putty and using a magnet to track a marble through a maze were...
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