Kindergarten: Class Surveys
Recently, survey taking has captured the interest of many children in the classroom. A great learning experience for both the survey...
Seedlings: The Practical Life Area
Over the past weeks the children have been exploring new works in the Practical Life area of the classroom. Activities like zippering...
Pre-Primary: “I Spy…”
Before identifying letters by name or by sound, the children are taught to isolate sounds, or phonemes, without the letter symbol. One...
Preschool: Snakes and Ladders
“One, two, three, four, five,” the child said as she moved her game piece along the squares of a game board. “Your turn!” she exclaimed...
November Montessori Message
I came across this article while at my chiropractor’s office this week. It is simply written, with a simple message, and I wanted to...
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...