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
It has been a fun week in Upper! The quail have returned, and the students have been doing a wonderful job caring for them. Apologies if your child came home covered in bedding! We have also had four volunteer readers head to the toddler room every week to read to students on Mondays and Wednesdays....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
Welcome to the new school year! The students have been learning many foundational lessons and routines of the classroom. This can include how to use a rug and how to carry and return a work to the shelf. As our shelves slowly open, works are being introduced including practical life pouring, grasping, and spooning works....Read More
It has been a wonderful first week of school! Your children are extremely kind and hard working. We hope they are enjoying class as much as we are enjoying them. Monday, we did the first great Montessori lesson on the beginning of the universe and today we did a fun archeology dig through the Island of P’sta (we...Read More
Our Early Childhood East classroom has enjoyed a beautiful first full week of school! Thank you again for helping us during orientation week to establish our foundational lessons such as walking, unrolling and rolling a rug, using the snack table and the traditional Montessori lessons of grasping, pouring and spooning. This dedicated time is truly...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
Welcome Back to MSBG! With Orientation Week in the rearview mirror, I wanted to share with you some of the things we will be doing throughout the next few weeks. Firstly, our Fall Camping trip is fast approaching. This is a great opportunity for our adolescents to start the new year by bonding and sharing...Read More
Happy last day of school! This year has been a whirlwind of shared experiences. It feels like just last week we were at Camp Wilson or cooking for Brown Bag. Then we were hatching 50 quail eggs, and now we have ten new classroom pets in our room. Remember in December when Nora, Ella, and...Read More
This week is bittersweet as we finish closing our classroom and saying goodbye to our friends and community. We enjoyed the last few days together with some fun activities including sharing in our favorite games and building LEGOs with Lego challenges throughout the morning! We had a special good-bye ceremony where we reflected on our...Read More
