Friday, December 4, 2015

Holiday

In the Montessori environment, celebrating holidays and festivals is an important and exciting study for the students that focuses on the tradition and rituals.

We provide students with long lasting impressionistic lessons that reinforce the idea that people around the world have distinctive yet similar celebrations. Students retain the joy of holiday celebrations as they learn about a variety of cultural observances. Learning about the holidays of different cultures embraces the Montessori principals of inclusion and peace and helps students understand that celebrations have had a great significance to people throughout time and across all cultures. Holidays are a way that people come together to worship that which they hold dear, to rejoice, and usually to feast with their community and families. The message is clear: it is wonderful to be different and honor what is unique about each culture and person, but let us celebrate our humanity together.
 
We invite our families to set up a time to present a holiday or festival your family celebrates. 


 

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Spanish News: Lower Elementary

2nd grade students learned about the animals of the zoo and farm during their first studio cycle.
On our last Wednesday together we all made a masks.












Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Spanish News: Upper Elementary

6th grade students were learning about La familia (family) in Spanish class and at the end they made a poster with pictures of their own family.








Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Earth Dragon

We ended our study of The Earth Dragon Awakes with a presentation from Mrs. Hill, our MAEL Science teacher, explaining the science behind the story, and then did an experiment testing our knowledge. We experienced liquefaction (one  of the vocabulary words).  Ask your student if they had any fun! 








The Patio

Upper elementary students enjoy one of their last few days of being able to eat lunch outside on our patio. We are lucky to have this space to also use for individual work, silent reading, or for group presentations when weather permits. 



Monday, October 5, 2015

Healthworks

The Upper Elementary annual trip to Healthworks! was on Oct. 1st. The students attended a class called, "The Change Will Do You Good".  After class, they are free to roam the interactive museum. 









See all the pictures on our facebook page. 

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Practical Life in Upper Elementary

This week teachers all shared "Practical Life" lessons with each other. 

In Upper-Elementary, cleaning and taking care of the whole environment includes so many activities that connect to their early childhood days and Lower-El days. We also volunteer at Northwood memory and assisted living center on Day Rd. 

Some examples of practical life in the classroom are using a planner, recycling, cleaning tables, dusting, plant care, trash removal and gardening.