The start of a new school year is such a special time. Excitement is in the air as children arrive to meet new teachers and new classmates. Some return to familiar classrooms, others explore new environments. New friendships are formed and old friendships are rekindled as children gather together on the playground to play. Our Kindergarten classroom has been a beehive of activity since day one! I realized, as I sat to write our second blog, that words sometimes fail to accura

“Come sit story style!” is the call as children gather for a shared reading time. Big Books are eagerly read, discussed and analyzed by the students first thing every morning in our Montessori classroom. One observation made by a child after a recent reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar was particularly creative: “The butterfly at the end looks like he has food wings! I think the illustrator did that because of all the food the caterpillar ate before he became a butterfly.”

The first few weeks of school are behind us already and our seedlings are growing immensely. They have just started learning how to prepare their own snacks and how to compost, which is something that we will continue to work on throughout the year. So far, the children have assisted in cutting apples and bananas as well as peeling clementines. They have shown great focus when cutting the fruit and really enjoy helping out. This lesson not only teaches the class how to prepar

Preface Life goes by in such a blur! Many of us always seem to be rushing from event to event, through our daily schedules—even through vacations! Maria Montessori often talked about allowing children to slow down and at the same time allowing ourselves to see the world through their eyes. Children can stop and find something new to examine after every step of a walk down the road! In the classroom, the Silence Game is a great way to help children and adults to slow down a

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” –Maria Montessori As we delight in this wonderful late summer weather, our Preschool friends are already off to an excellent start. The children are acclimating beautifully and the classroom, as a whole, has a wonderful sense of peace and joy. Last week in the afternoon, the children listened to The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow and shared with one another their summer beach adventures. Some of the