For the past few weeks we have had the privilege of welcoming the Kindergartners to our classroom for a morning read aloud. We are thrilled to have these older friends come visit us each week. Not only are we hearing new stories, but we also have the chance to make new friends from upstairs and also say hello to older siblings. We have really become accustomed to having our morning readers, and the Seedlings are beginning to “read” books to each other. They are learning to tu

Work mats litter the floor, all covered with brightly colored 2 and 3 dimensional shapes. The Sensorial works combine cognitive problem solving with sensory discrimination. Some of these works are as simple as a puzzle made up of different types of triangles to a more challenging work where the children match knobs based on the feel rather than what they look like. One girl works on a puzzle cube made up of 27 different blocks that can be put together to build a cube. Each

“North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.. don’t forget Australia, don’t forget Antarctica..” sang a group of proud preschool children as we reviewed the continents during a geography presentation. Geography is an essential area of interest in the Montessori classroom. At the start of the school year, we focus on land, air and water, moving into maps and globes and eventually spending time exploring the individual continents that make up our planet. Maria Montes