We continued studying leaves and trees as we headed outdoors for a hike and tree rubbings. The use of scissors was introduced as children cut clay. Our snapping dressing frame was added to our care of oneself work, and floor sweeping was demonstrated for the care of our environment work. Our first Sensorial unit was...Read More

Introducing our Geography curriculum was a focus this week in Early Childhood.  Our sandpaper globe was introduced, as well as our colored continent globe.  The first puzzle map, the hemisphere map, was demonstrated and introduced the continents and their names.  In Sensorial, students explored our Red Length Rods, teaching visual discrimination of size.   Students...Read More

Last week, we mentioned that we completed telling the stories of the Five Great Lessons.  The Fifth Great Lesson: How Numbers Began has prompted us to start a new unit in History.  This new unit is based on Roman Numerals and Egyptian Numeration.  The Romans used seven capital letters of the alphabet to stand for...Read More

The EC East classroom began their new Science unit this week, Apples! The students had the opportunity to sort and label different varieties of apples and explore apple nomenclature, writing booklets and puzzles. We even taste-tested different apple varieties and voted on our favorite! Practical Life introduced cutting clay and clipping clothespins – both directly...Read More

We are in the full swing of things in Upper Elementary. It’s been nice getting into a routine and flow. Next Monday, September 18th, we will go on a field trip to Seneca Caverns in Bellevue, Ohio. Seneca Caverns is one of Ohio’s largest underground caverns and one of America’s most fascinating geological wonders! I...Read More

Last week, we mentioned that we completed telling the stories of the Five Great Lessons.  The Fifth Great Lesson: How Numbers Began has prompted us to start a new unit in History.  This new unit is based on Roman Numerals and Egyptian Numeration.   The Romans used seven capital letters of the alphabet to stand for...Read More

Our toddlers have many opportunities to practice practical life skills within the classroom. Practical life activities in Montessori are purposeful activity, developing motor control and coordination, and developing independence, concentration, and a sense of responsibility. All of September, we are studying apples, how they grow, their colors, and varieties. We are cooking with apples too!...Read More

Fall is soon approaching, which led us to our first science unit this week all about leaves and trees! We studied parts of a leaf, parts of a tree, and identified many different kinds of leaves. Our first pre-writing work was shown being the tracing box. Using two fingers, children trace shapes, lines, and letters...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 closed out our Great Lesson stories with The Fifth Great Lesson:  How Numbers Began. The students have really enjoyed these stories. They are meant to spark...Read More

We hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day weekend! Our class welcomed this week with many more practical life works. Tonging from one container to another was introduced, as well as our first care of oneself work and the zipping dressing frame. We also had our practical life baskets on the shelf that allowed the...Read More