We sure hope all of you had a wonderful time at the spring play this year. The children were very excited and worked hard to make it a big success. Although this special event isn't always easy for the children, like practicing with shelves and chairs pretending they are props such as houses and ...
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Reader’s Theater in the Elementary!
Meg has been working with the younger students on reader's theater. The students were telling a story about pumpkins, using vocal expression to tell the audience a story. It was such a big hit that the older students asked if they can have their own reader's theater as well! ...
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Work in the Elementary
The elementary students are working well in the classroom. Here you see work in Cube Root, grammar boxes, volume of a pyramid, Stamp Game, and Logical Analysis or Circle and Arrow. They love working with these math, language, and geometry materials! Their concentration is wonderful ...
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Spring Play and Songfest
I am completely overwhelmed at the wonderful performance of our children last Saturday. Our afternoon children worked very hard on "The Three Piggy Opera" and I thought they performed it beautifully! I am so proud of each one of them! I was very happy to see our younger children sing their ...
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Summer Camp 2014
Planting a student gardenWe might have had snow yesterday, but summer is around the corner! Get all the information about VFKH Summer Camp here! Camp is open to our students, as well as children outside the Montessori community, so invite your friends. This year's elementary enrichments will be: ...
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PE in the Elementary!
The Elementary class enjoyed bowling for physical education. This was a great activity for them to practice aiming and rolling balls to knock over cones. They also tallied up their individual scores in their head, adding to the fun! Knocking over one cone was 5 points and two cones was 10 points. ...
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Screen Time Article
Our primary teacher, Mrs. Gwynne Peters, has spoken both to the Parent Group and at the Coffee and Conversations about our children and Screen Time. Mrs. Peters found this article and shared it with me. We wanted to share it with all of you. I think we are all guilty of over use of screen time in ...
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Coffee and Conversation-Freedom and Responsibility
I would like to thank all of the parents who were able to attend our recent Coffee and Conversation about Freedom and Responsibility. I hope all of you enjoyed our discussion and found it to be beneficial for you and your family. We discussed many issues but primarily focused on how all adults can ...
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