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
This week, we began our new special math unit, fractions! Students explore different parts of a whole to understand this new concept. The Montessori Fraction Skittles allow the child to feel 1, ½, ⅓ and ¼ and compare the parts. Our practical life shelves integrated the new works of pouring 1-2 and hammering, both are...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
This week, our students have been diving into fascinating topics such as migration patterns, polarized lenses, personal narrative details, and sentence analysis. Our Weekly Woods and Tree Top Newspapers continue to be a big hit. At the end of each literature circle book, students showcase their imagination with a ‘creative component.’ Some students are filming...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
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 began our geography curriculum with the first unit “ME and my place in the World” this week. This unit is introduced at the beginning of the school year and is specifically designed for a child to recognize and explore parts of the human body and understand that he is unique! Works include Skin/Muscle/Bone puzzles...Read More
Happy October! EC West began the week by introducing our first geography unit; Me! In Early Childhood, our geography focuses on the child’s place in the world, starting with ourselves. Works include looking in a mirror and drawing what we look like, recognizing that we are all people, but look different and have different aspects...Read More
This week, students studied light in Science and got to do their lesson and follow up in the dark! In Biology, 5th years are researching a plant they are interested in growing. In history, we studied migration; in language, we studied comma splices and sentence fragments. Two students have been excited about geography lately; this...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
