The children could not hold their excitement or enthusiasm back in hopes that the Easter Bunny had arrived at VFKH and hid their eggs. The Easter egg hunt was a great success and the children greatly enjoyed searching for their eggs. I want to wish everyone a wonderful and safe holiday season during ...
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School News
Happy Spring!
We love Spring here at VFKH Montessori. Flowers are blooming everywhere, Easter is around the corner, and the sun even decides to visit every once in a while. One of the many benefits of the Montessori environment and curriculum is that when the children are inspired by aspects of these events the ...
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Preparing For the Easter Bunny
The children had a great time dying their eggs for the Easter bunny to hide. The children spent a lot of time exploring the world of color and all the various hues they made while their eggs swam in the dye. It’s amazing how these small experiences can bring out the children’s natural love for ...
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Traditional versus Montessori
By: Meg Bolton
When I taught a traditional second grade I remember being frustrated by the curriculum. Children came to me to learn things not in our curriculum or continue on a "unit" we had just ended. I had already let them go as far as I could in math, spelling and reading but I could see the ...
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Math and Music!
Such great work is going on in the Elementary! In the first picture, these two upper elementary students worked with squaring a four digit number on the pegboard. They also used the bank game to calculate each multiplication in the distributive law. In the second picture, these first and second ...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Yesterday, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, the Elementary Class made Irish Potatoes and learned about the history of St. Patrick. They listened to an Irish pan flute and will have an opportunity to play it this week. The children loved the Irish Potatoes so much that they asked for the recipe, so ...
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Learning How Other People Learn!
The students have recently been learning about Helen Keller and others famous people who learn by using a special alphabet such as the Braille system or Sign Language as a way to communicate with others. It is very important to have the children understand that everyone learns in different ways but ...
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Almost Spring!
It is almost Spring! It’s wonderful to see light in the morning when I leave my house to come to school! I guess that will change soon when Daylight Savings “kicks” in! The children are already excited and practicing for the Spring Play and Songfest on April 13th. Our afternoon class is doing the ...
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