We started the week off with our 1BookBG kickoff!  Students were introduced to their books and spent some time reading the first few pages together.  A packet of information was sent home with ideas to do as you read the books together as a family.  We will take some time each week to allow...Read More

This year in Geography, we have traveled around the globe, stopping in Antarctica, the Arctic Circle, and now South America.  We are learning about the countries, flags, animals, and biomes of the continent to our south.  South America not only houses some of the driest areas of the world, but some of the wettest, such...Read More

This week, we are exploring fractions on the Math Unit Shelf. The younger students will start with a whole and practice drawing, writing and reading fractions from 1/2 through 1/10. As the student grasps the concept of what a fraction is, they start discovering 4/4 is equal to 1 whole and 1/2 is equal to...Read More

Happy Montessori Education Week! This week was filled with school spirit and all about showing appreciation for the wonderful people within the MSBG community from the staff, parents, and to the students.This special week kicked off by having a school wide assembly to show how much MSBG rocks. On Tuesday, students expressed appreciation to their...Read More

We would like to thank everyone for taking the time to meet with us.  It is very beneficial to go over the work your child is doing and to discuss concerns that we all may have.  Please remember that you are more than welcome to come spend some time working with your child at any time. Now that...Read More

This week in our classroom we introduced, The Farm, a miniature environment.  This material allows students to set up the environment and write sentences with the different parts of speech.  Younger students are focusing on shorter sentences using articles, adjectives, nouns, and verbs.  They are also practicing sentence structure.  Older students focus on longer sentences,...Read More

This week the lower classrooms added a fun art activity to go alongside our Antarctica/Polar Region Unit. Lower North is painting a polar bear and Lower South is creating an orca. We are continuing our unit on flags, but have narrowed the focus to the United States of America Flag. With this unit the students...Read More

In lieu of the winter season, students this week were given new geography lessons. In Lower North, children are exploring the Arctic and Polar Regions. During this unit, they will be learning about different Arctic animals as well as the physical features of the Arctic by studying a map of the area. Students will also...Read More

As our month of January continues and nears the end, many of our students are well-established and know the routine of the classroom.  We hope you saw this during your visit on Thursday at Curriculum Night.  If you were not able to join us, please take some time to visit during a school day and...Read More

    We hope everyone enjoyed their three-day weekend.  It made our work week shorter, but we have plenty of new cultural work to keep us busy.  The children are excited! On Tuesday, your child began studying a new vertebrate in zoology, the bird.  The initial lesson involves the use of a stuffed duck and each part...Read More