The primary classes continued their study of nutrition with a cooking project from the dairy group. First, the classes talked about what sorts of items fall into the dairy category — some of their favorites like cheese, yogurt and milk. The teachers posed a question: “If butter is a dairy product, that means it comes from cows, …
Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents, siblings and friends who attended our Back-To-School Night on Wednesday, April 10! The children were very eager to share the lessons they’ve been practicing and we had a great turn-out! We hope everyone was impressed by all the work that was presented! Here are some memories from the …
On April 7, 2013, all the students from our Montessori Middle School memorized and presented a Shakespeare Sonnet. We were able to pick any sonnet we wanted. We had four weeks to memorize the original sonnet. Part of the project was to re-write the sonnet in our own words, copy it onto colored paper and …
On Tuesday, April 9th, the Montessori Students participated in a bartering simulation organized by social studies teacher Stefan Vest. In the simulation students were allowed to bring in items they no longer used or needed and trade them with other students and teachers. The school was arranged like an old time flea market. The …
Together during kindergarten work cycle the children explored measuring in inches. Ms. Jill and Ms. Leah’s classmates paired up with friends and were given a specific length. As a pair the children worked together exploring the classroom for objects that matched their assigned length. Check out the objects they discovered during this measuring activity.
In March, the kindergartners enjoyed the spring weather by taking a walking field trip to Safeway. They were delighted to share their knowledge about nutrition and to learn more about how a grocery store works. The tour began in the floral department where students identified many kinds of flowers. In the produce department, the children …
As we continue our unit on nutrition, we have been participating in cooking projects every Friday with each project pertaining to one of the five food groups. Our first project fell in the vegetable realm — salad making! Check out our pictures in an article below. The next project was making colorful fruit kabobs. Last week, we focused …
In order to truly get a taste of our nutrition unit, the students prepared salad for themselves and their classmates. While some students washed lettuce, others peeled carrots, diced beets, cut cucumbers and sliced tomatoes. After all that hard work, you wouldn’t believe how many hungry children asked for second and even third helpings of …
