The end of the year is here. How quickly time passes! On the last day of school, we built a river model and talked about the parts of the river. We also discussed great rivers of the world and how they flow from highlands to lowlands. The children loved the lesson; it is a great way to end the year ...
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Happy Summer
It seems unbelievable that our school year is now over. I am so proud of all of the children in our class. They have grown and matured this year and have been busily working in our class. I am especially proud of our Graduates who have accomplished so much in their years here at Valley Forge Kinder ...
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Elementary Going Out Night
The elementary students at VFKH are excited to present their year-end Going Out Projects. This optional research project is the culmination of a year-long process of organization, research, writing and going out into the world to interview experts in the field. Topics this year varied and included ...
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Silent Journey
Last Friday and Saturday I had a very moving experience. I was surrounded by co-workers and parents trying to imagine being little children experiencing the Montessori environment. As we walked through the class on Friday and silently looked at the countless materials, I had an overwhelming feeling ...
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What a Performance!
Our campers, in the Music Enrichment Program, just put on a beautiful Musicale! Through the week campers composed their own pieces (9 in total!). It was wonderful to see each camper express themselves musically through a multitude of instruments, including flute, guitar, piano, xylophone, and more! ...
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Going Out Presentations
The Going Out Presentation Night is a little over a week away and the Elementary class is busy finishing up their projects. The students have acquired a number of skills during the Going Out process, including researching, studying, note-taking, organizing, formatting, compiling, simplifying, and ...
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Montessori Model United Nations
Our Upper Elementary students are on their way to New York City! They will be spending the next few days caucusing with fellow Montessori students on important world topics, while representing their countries (Malawi & Liberia). On Saturday they will present their position on their topic to the ...
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Spring Play & Songfest
What a blast! This past weekend our students performed in our annual Spring Play & Songfest. Each one of our young thespians did a marvelous job. All of our classes worked very hard to learn all their songs or lines in the play, and it showed! The youngest primary students sang songs, the ...
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