Preschool: Visual Discrimination
“Green, yellow, orange… green, yellow, orange,” a child whispered to herself as she carefully placed each bead on a pipe cleaner. The...
Seedlings: The Practical Life Area
"To give children freedom and be watchful and ready is not easy, but we must be prepared to do all this." Maria Montessori Over the past...
Pre-Primary: Serving Ourselves…
One of the key principles of Montessori is independence. The children are working on doing things for themselves throughout the day. ...
Kindergarten: Mother, May I?
“Play fosters belonging and encourages cooperation.” - Unknown Each Wednesday afternoon the kindergarten class participates in classic...
Pre-Primary: Rock painting…
Certain works appear in the classroom that mesmerize the children. One such work is rock painting in the language area. Before the...
Preschool: Butterfly Wonder
“Look, a butterfly!” a very excited child showed her mother the beautiful monarch butterfly, which had hatched from it’s chrysalis...
Seedlings: What Does Conflict Resolution Look Like on the Playground?
“True peace...suggests the triumph of justice and love among men; it reveals the existence of a better world where harmony reigns.” Maria...
Jr/Sr Kindergarten: The Benefits of a Multiage Classroom
One child, a senior kindergartner, chooses a reading work, The Command Cards. He invites a younger child, four years old, to do the work...