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

The students have begun exploring with measurement on the Math Unit Shelf. They will be using standard and non-standard forms of measurement with length. They will use a balance scale to find the equivalent weight of mixed objects, as well as finding the weight of objects around the classroom in oz., lbs., kg., and g....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

With the teasing of spring weather, the lower teachers have made the transition from science work to implementing botany work into the classroom environment. In previous weeks the children have been exploring different works pertaining to the flowers unit on the botany shelf. To continue with the botany curriculum, children were introduced to a second...Read More

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 our...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