Our students have all been settling back into a daily routine and have done so with ease. They are really coming into themselves aand their big personalities shine through everyday. We are so happy to have them back!
What Our Day to Day looks like
During the day the children move through a ...
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School News
Our Fall Practical Life Activities
Dr. Montessori wrote, “A child’s work is to create the person he or she will become someday in the future.” As adults, we work to perfect the environments we live in, but the child’s work is to perfect himself. Our young children find something special about tasks that an adult often ...
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Checkerboard
The checkerboard is used for long multiplication in the lower elementary classroom. The children are already familiar with the glass beads and their values as we saw in the Bead Cabinet. Materials that represent a concept are carried through the Montessori experience.
Now the children have ...
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Cultivating Peace in the Montessori Classroom
One of the things about Montessori that our founder and Head of School, Susan Kelly, was initially attracted by was the concept of Grace and Courtesy and basic respect. Respect flows through the Montessori environment from adult to adult, adult to child, and child to child. If we learn to treat ...
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The Montessori Bead Cabinet
The Montessori Bead Cabinet Material is a quintessential and defining Montessori material.
The Bead Cabinet is first introduced to Primary children as a means to sensorially demonstrate the concept of numeric measurement. For the 3-6 child, the Bead Cabinet represents a BIG work with many layers ...
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Our New Exciting Year
Our students have all now been phased in and are settling quite nicely into their daily routines. It is very much like a little beehive humming along.
I want to thank everyone for joining our first virtual parent night together. It was so nice to see all of you even though it was not in ...
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Montessori Birthday Celebrations
Birthdays are a very special occasion in Montessori classrooms to honor the years and accomplishments of each student. Here’s how we celebrate!
The Birthday Walk
Students gather in a circle and in the middle of the circle is a candle that represents the sun. Strips of paper with the months of ...
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Welcome Back to School!
Even though things look a little different this year, we are still learning, discovering, and enjoying school! Valley Forge Kinder House has implemented several daily health and safety measures to keep students and staff safe in the classroom.
How We're Keeping Students Safe
Nothing is more ...
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