Another busy week in Lower Elementary.  The students continue to practice and master skills in language and math and progress through those work areas.  In addition to being introduced and exploring the culture areas in our classroom. This week in history we are studying the Days of the Week in Lower North and the Months...Read More

This was a short but busy and exciting week. Thank you for taking the time to schedule a conference with us.The students are always so excited to know that we talk to their parents about all the amazing work they do throughout the school day. The most exciting thing that happened was the field trip to Sylvania...Read More

Within previous weeks, many lessons and topics have been introduced to students. This week the children in both Lower classrooms were presented with a new zoology lesson. Stemming from the prior invertebrates work on the shelf, students are able to uncover the world of insects! Perhaps the largest numbered species on Earth, children will be...Read More

We are enjoying the beautiful fall weather outdoors this week.  The cool weather has been a welcome relief from the heat that we had earlier this school year.  Students have also been aware of the falling leaves and noticed their parts that were introduced last week during our Botany lesson. In the classroom, we have introduced several new...Read More

Happy October! This is the month we look for normalization in the classroom.  We are well on our way! We are exploring leaves on our Botany shelf.  Students are learning the parts of a leaf, discovering the names of different kinds of leaves, and learning what the leaves’ job is.  It is a perfect time...Read More

We are studying the Timeline of Life for History. This unit allows the children an opportunity to focus on a specific Period and/or Era that they find most interesting. They are able to look, draw and read about all that was developed in each one. In addition to the creatures and plants, they are able to...Read More

With class in session for a month now, many new units were introduced to the students throughout this week! Each day, the children become more and more acclimated to the classroom environment and continually show a passion for learning. The students were introduced to the following new units: geography, botany, and word study. In geography,...Read More

Our classrooms have been showing some normalization and everyone has been getting to the routine of things.  We are pleased to see our students working peacefully. This week we have added to our Zoology shelf.  We have introduced nomenclature (matching cards) of several invertebrates that the students heard about during the 2nd Great Lesson.  The nomenclature...Read More

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 have begun our small group handwriting lessons.  The handwriting lessons give the students a more focused opportunity to practice correct formation of letters and numbers.  Being able to identify and write upper...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