Seedlings: Recycling Can Make the Best Work
Throughout the year in the Seedlings classroom we are constantly preparing the environment including rotating works on the shelves. Some...
Pre-Primary: Making Music...
Many sounds and noises can be heard in the Pre-Primary classroom during a morning work-time; friends visiting with one another as they...
Kindergarten: The 100th Day of School
“Let’s count how many days left until the 100th day of school!” Every morning at circle time, inevitably, a child would make this request...
Preschool: The Water Cycle
“The rain goes into the brook, the brook goes into the stream, the stream goes into the river all the way out to the sea. The sea goes...
The Montessori Approach to Reading, Composition, and Literature
Language development as well as children’s reading and writing readiness occurs throughout the Montessori curriculum. Across the...
Seedlings: Music with Kate
This past week we were very excited to have a special guest in the Seedlings classroom. Kate Prideaux (from the Preschool classroom) will...
Preschool: Orange Juicing
“Mmmm. That’s delicious!” exclaimed a very enthusiastic child after taking a sip of his fresh squeezed orange juice. The work was...
Pre-Primary: Gong Hei Fat Choy! A Wish of Prosperity in the Chinese New Year…
We have been studying China for two months in our Cultural Area. We have read stories, made kites and lanterns and colored our own books...
Jr./Sr. Kindergarten: Toys Are Toys, Clothes Are Clothes: Creating a Gender Neutral Classroom Envi
“Pink is a girl’s color!” “Only boys play with Legos!” “I only play with boys because I’m a boy!” Statements like these can be heard in...
Kindergarten: Exploring the World from a Montessori Classroom
“I’ve been to California, Texas, and North Carolina,” comments one child as he looks over the map of The United States. Another child...