The library

A quiet place to rest your body, look at a book, or watch the turtle swim in his tank.

Celebrating Rosh Hashanah

We celebrated Rosh Hashanah with apples and honey.  The children used an apple slicer and then dipped their slices of apple into honey for a sweet snack.

Happy Sweet New Year

Recording Work

In the Montessori classroom there are no worksheets.  So how do parents know what their children are doing?  Our students are given the opportunity to record their work if they want.  We don't force them to write or copy anything.  We don't give them paper to fill in the blanks.  We give them plain paper and let them write or draw their work how they see it.  There is no right or wrong way.  Even if it doesn't fully represent what they did, it is how the child interprets it.  Each child records in their own way, regardless of writing ability, beginner or master of writing.  It is truly "their" work!

All about the process

In montessori we learn that children's work is about the process not the product. I saw this the other day during art class when a child of 3 yrs was concentrating very hard to make a bowl from clay. She worked carefully constructing her bowl and when she was finished she smushed it all up into a sphere which she gave as her completed work.

From writing to spelling

Building words with the cursive movable alphabet. Writing numbers in the sand tray.