We are hoping everyone had an eventful, but relaxing Labor Day Weekend.  The extra day was well deserved after our two full weeks.  The students (and teachers) worked hard. We closed out our Great Lesson stories with The Fifth Great Lesson:  How Numbers Began. The students have really enjoyed these stories. They are meant to spark an interest in what was...Read More

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year. We are off to a positive start and the adventure is just beginning. The foundational lessons of the Montessori curriculum for Lower Elementary are called “The Great Lessons”: The Coming of Life on Earth, The Study of Early Humans, The History of Writing, and The History of Mathematics. These lessons...Read More

It is hard to think the 23/24 school year has already come to an end. This time of year is always bitter sweet. We are able to make final memories through these last days of school, however, we also say goodbye to our 3rd year students as they will be moving on to their next...Read More

This week we are truly winding down from the school year and working on closing our classroom community.  The children are working on scrubbing and cleaning the classroom chairs and tables.  They are also scrubbing slipper boxes, book bins, and some shelves.  As the week goes by they will be bringing home items that they will...Read More

As we come closer to the end of the school year, excitement and anticipation begins to take over.  However, there is still work to be done in the classroom.  We presented two new culture units this week. Our new continent study in Geography is Asia.  Using the Montessori Puzzle maps, students can locate and draw different regions of...Read More

Our newest Math unit is graphing.  Younger students were given lessons on graphs, including the pictograph, bar graph, and the circle graph.  Older students were shown how to plot a coordinate. Activities on the shelf will allow them to explore this concept further. For our Science Unit, we will be discussing recycling and some ways...Read More

The month of April has quickly come to an end and May is in full swing! The lower elementary teachers and students have been hard at work in preparation for this final month of the school year. This week students have continued learning about the midwestern/central states in the U.S.A. On the Geography shelf, first...Read More

We are entering our last full month of school and we continue to introduce new units to keep our students busy.  This week we introduced the Animal Stories in Zoology.  Throughout the year, we have had units on the invertebrates and the five groups of vertebrates.  The Animal Stories are packets that have riddles that...Read More

What a beautiful week!  It was nice to see the sunshine despite a little bit of rain.  The school year is coming closer to an end, but we still have some exciting work happening in the classroom. Students were introduced to a new Geography Unit on the Midwest/Central states. They are learning the flags of these states, doing...Read More

We enjoyed hearing all the exciting stories about break and viewing the Total Eclipse. What an amazing experience that was!! In the classroom, equally amazing things continue to occur. The students are still working on completing their work plan and challenging their minds. We have switched History units with the other lower class, so Lower South students...Read More