If your child brings home math work, you may be surprised to see enormous numbers. What’s this all about?
The Montessori Elementary Math materials and practices support the manipulation and comprehension of large numbers. Using large numbers is not the goal, but it happens that Montessori Math ...
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Holiday Celebrations in the Toddler Classroom
December is a busy month for everyone, including our toddlers. Throughout the month, we celebrated Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s in the classroom.
During the Hanukkah celebration, children saw the lighting of the Menorah, heard the story of Hanukkah, received a dreidel, and played the ...
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Pen Pals: Crossing the Curriculum and the World
Engaging in a pen pal program with another Montessori School can be a wonderful growth experience for our Montessori Elementary students. They are in the second plane of development when cultivating social interactions with their peers becomes one of the most prominent aspects of their ...
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Month of Gratitude
November is the month of gratitude. To celebrate the spirit of November, our students heard the story "What is Thanksgiving Day?” We also sang "Over the River and Through the Wood,” played musical instruments, baked pumpkin muffins, made placemats, contributed to the giving basket, and ate ...
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Fall Activities in the Toddler Class
Our October calendar in the toddler class was filled with many activities, including Zoo-On-Wheels, Diwali, parent-teacher conferences, Fall Fest, and Halloween.
Zoo-On-Wheels
The children explored and learned about a variety of animals through cards, replicas, and books from ocean animals ...
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Elementary Class Updates
This year’s elementary class is focusing on caring for our own elementary environment, getting to know the great big world outside of it, and establishing our work ethic to prepare ourselves to serve in that world. We are encouraging the 6-12-year-olds to learn the expectations that our culture has ...
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Spring Play and Song Fest 2022
Thank you to everyone for the wonderful Spring Play and Song Fest 2022. I am so proud to see everyone blossom during the play. I saw children’s confidence, independence, hard work, leadership, and teamwork. I am so happy to witness a few transformations in the children during the play. Some shyness ...
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Why the Experience of the Third Year Is Irreplaceable
We want to share with you this article by Peter Davidson. It is a good explanation of the benefits of the third year of Montessori school and why it is so important for students.
By now it must be second nature to you all that Montessori Primary classrooms are multi-age environments that follow a ...
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