Featured School News

• Happy New Year 2021!January 11, 2021
  We have a lot to celebrate in the VFKH Phoenixville Primary class this new year.
• The Benefits of Mixed-Age ClassroomsDecember 7, 2020
  One of the first things you notice when you walk into a Montessori classroom is that classrooms are not divided by age. Instead, classrooms are divided into multi-age groupings. For example, a preschool classroom may have children ranging in ages from 3 to 6 years of age.  At VFKH, students stay with one class and…
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• CheckerboardNovember 23, 2020
  The checkerboard is used for long multiplication in the lower elementary classroom. The children are already familiar with the glass beads and their values as we saw in the Bead Cabinet. Materials that represent a concept are carried through the Montessori experience.  Now the children have the exciting opportunity to apply this knowledge and expand…
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