

Preschool: Spindle Boxes
“One, two, three, four…five!” a child proudly counted five spindles, one at a time into her hand and placed them in the box. She...


Seedlings: Color Matching
Toddlers have a natural desire to make sense of their world and are attracted to activities like matching. By practicing matching a child...


Kindergarten: How Full is Your Bucket?
Recently, our peace curriculum has moved into the study of peace with others after learning about having peace within ourselves. A...


Pre-Primary: Beginning Sound Boxes…
Five pink boxes appeared on one of the language shelves. Inside, an assortment of objects can be found with a piece of colorful felt. ...


Preschool: The Moveable Alphabet
Typically at this time of year we begin to see more activity in the classroom with the moveable alphabet from the Language area. This...


Seedlings: Excerpts from The Montessori Toddler
Excerpts from The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies When they don’t want to get dressed Be prepared for times when they won’t want to...


Kindergarten: Sensorial Extension Cards
Around this time of year, we like to freshen up the classroom with new ways to do old works. In particular, the sensorial materials...


Pre-Primary: Grading Cylinders…
Four brightly colored, wooden boxes appeared on the sensorial shelf. Red, yellow, green and blue lids rest on top of the beechwood...


Preschool: Should I Share My Ice Cream?
In the Preschool classroom, our Peace curriculum includes peace with self, peace with others and peace with the environment. At this...


Seedlings: Establishing Order in the Seedlings Classroom
“The child making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.” -Maria Montessori Matching and sorting are some of...



