Our classroom is busily buzzing with excitement and wonderful work. Many of the children are working on a variety of lessons in each area of the curriculum. You will observe children working on practical life activities such as food preparation for banana slicing, apple cutting, strawberry ...
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School News
A Peek Into the Toddler Classroom
Here's who we are and a little insight on what we do in the Toddler classroom.
Mrs. Olivier
Mrs. Olivier was first introduced to Montessori through a position in a Montessori school in New Mexico. She fell in love with Montessori. She then taught in South Korea and met her husband. After ...
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Water Pouring
Through the water pouring exercise, the child gains a wonderful sense of left to right eye-hand coordination and concentration.
These exercises consist of a small tray, and two or more vessels – one of which holds liquid. As a child is guided through the various levels of progression, they are ...
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Meet Ms. Tjokro
I was born with the name, Megawati (she who has a cloud) Tjokro (chokro), in a small country of islands in Southeast Asia named Indonesia in the capital city of Jakarta. During my childhood, I lived more with my grandparents than my parents.
My grandparents owned the best Chinese restaurant in ...
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Meet Ms. Phelen
Welcome to a new and exciting year! For those who do not me, let me tell you a little about myself.
I started working for Valley Forge Kinder House as a camp counselor when I was in tenth grade.
During the summer months, I came out from Nebraska to visit my father in Pennsylvania and ...
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Get to Know Mrs. Barr
Hello, VFKH Families! Let me tell you a little bit about myself.
I was the kid who hated school, but always wanted to be a teacher. I always enjoyed playing with, then, taking care of younger children and babysitting.
In high school, I got a few chances to take my teaching career ambitions ...
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Let’s Talk Lunch
Lunch is part of the Montessori experience. We encourage families to pack nutritious lunches and provide guidelines in our Parent Handbook. As we start a new school year and a new year of lunches, let’s talk about the lunch experience as a learning opportunity.
We all want to be able to take our ...
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Welcome to a New Year!
It is almost here! Next Tuesday our Elementary students begin and our Primary and Toddler classrooms begin phasing in. We are thinking of everyone during this extreme weather event and were not expecting to ‘test’ our automated call system before we even had a chance to welcome the children on their ...
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