The New School is Ready!!

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every Friday and Saturday evening
from 4:00 -7:00

Scientific Observation (BEES!)

We just brought home our first colony of bees! While they are still enclosed in their cage and cannot escape, we used this opportunity to observe them close up. We made observation journals to document what we saw. We followed up with some informative books about bees at story time. Since we have been talking about insects all through April this fit in perfectly. We were able to discuss what made the bees and insect and count legs to verify.

Language and Math

I added two new tabs to the top of the page. The majority of questions or concerns I hear from parents looking into Montessori involve how reading and math are taught. These tabs hopefully give a clear enough overview that someone new to Montessori would be able to understand the basic premise of the theory behind learning language and mathematics. These subjects are underrepresented in the blog posts because they are not changed throughout the year like practical life exercises are. I will also be adding a Sensorial tab and a Practical Life tab. Those are also extremely important in the Montessori classroom.

MOVING!!

I decided I had better formally announce that we are moving the school to North Ogden. The location has been very tenative up until this point, so I didn't want to say anything until it was more solid. There are a lot of exciting changes going in and I can't wait to introduce the new teachers and show off the new space!!

March activities

We have been learning about birds, so we have had this nest out on the shelf with a magnifying glass for exploring.

Rainbow number to dot matching. I think I got these from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

This frog is a piggy bank. Putting the coins in over and over again is great small motor skill and hand eye coordination practice. We also had the chance to talk about the differences in the coins and their value when the kids showed interest.

Spooning and pouring rice

Tweezing beads

Square

I can now accept credit and debit cards on location!
(Squareup.com)

Rainbows in March

We have been learning about colors, color mixing and the spectrum of light this month.

One morning we experimented with mixing colored water. We had large glasses filled with water dyed in the primary colors. We first mixed yellow and blue. I wish I caught a picture of their faces when it turned green. They were shocked and amazed!

Another day we practiced our cutting skills by making our own rainbow mosaic. They also got to practice matching and categorizing, which are excellent pre-reading skills. The rainbow is now hanging in our school, so they can continue to work on it as the inspiration hits.