Welcome back from Easter break!
Before the break began, we had our own Easter egg hunt. Students made their own colorful Easter bags and dyed hard-boiled eggs with the help from on of our room mothers, Mrs. Cooper. They were ...
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School News
Valentine Love
One of the most anticipated celebrations in our Primary class is Valentine's Day. This year, the children and I spent the whole week preparing for this day, specifically their beautiful Valentine basket. They were all excited to give away the presents they lovingly prepared for their friends, and ...
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Happy Chinese New Year!
On Monday, Chance and Kelly presented the Chinese New Year to the Primary and Elementary classes. They both celebrate this holiday with their families, and they talked about the new year celebrations in China and how this is the year of the monkey. The pictures they presented showed traditional ...
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Joy in Work
"My habit of measuring things led me to begin to count the number of times she repeated the exercise. Then I thought I would see how far the strange concentration she showed could withstand disturbance, and I told the teacher to make the other children sing and move about. They did so, but the ...
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Parent-Child Night
The children of our Primary Class were so glad to have their parents see their work last Friday for the Parent-Child Night. They have been preparing and practicing the materials they were going to show to them for weeks on end leading up to this night. They were indeed very excited and proud of ...
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What is Upper Elementary?
Maybe you've been hearing about MMUN and the Upper Elementary, and you're wondering, what exactly is that? The Upper Elementary is the 9-12 year olds in a 6-12 class. Or, in traditional terms, it's 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Maria Montessori developed curriculum for children in the second plane, or ...
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everybody! We hope your holiday celebrations with your family and friends were fun and memorable.
The first week after the Christmas holidays went by smoothly! The break surely gave them the rest they need and reenergized them for the new year. Everybody got back into their ...
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Working in the Class
The students have been very busy working the the classroom these days. Besides working on a variety of choices the children have been working on the exploration of the world and holiday traditions. We have been identifying all of the special holidays throughout the Europe countries. The children ...
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