We began the week with our Festival of the Arts! Our students did an excellent job showcasing their musical skills at our program! We also enjoyed being an audience for the other grades’ performances! Our last geography unit was introduced; my universe. The full “my place in the world” was reflected through the nesting boxes....Read More

We introduced a new science unit this week, all about insects! Children explored, matched, identified, and labeled the parts of many different kinds of bugs! In Practical Life, we introduced washing a baby doll for the care of others. This multi-step work also helps to reinforce how to care for yourself when washing in a...Read More

This week we continued our polishing skills by polishing a ceramic bunny and an egg. Our next geography unit was a world focus on the continent of Australia. The Estimation Jar was introduced for another mathematical concept of “making your best guess” about a quantity. In movement, we used our sense of touch to match...Read More

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