My child came home talking about a “Grace and Courtesy lesson,” what in the world is this!? A note on Grace and Courtesy lessons… Grace and Courtesy lessons are important and necessary for the environment of Children’s House. Grace and Courtesy lessons help establish the harmonious and cooperative environment. Oftentimes we expect children to know […]
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As the month gets underway, I am continually amazed at the beauty in the manner the children speak and care for one another. The Lesson’s of Grace and Courtesy guide their work and build their community. I am confident your child is tired when he or she arrives home at the end of their day by nature
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The children entered the Children’s House prepared environment together for a week of learning the Preliminary works which directly prepare them for the presentations of the Montessori materials. The preliminary works are familiar to the child yet they guide the child to a deeper sense of work. These works aide the child in establishing an external order and invite
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Wow what a beautiful day God has given to us today! The air was cool, the sun was bright and it was amazing for the children to enjoy a nature walk and some time to play at the park. We talked before we left about how the trees looked in the Fall when we went,
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As we approach the end of the school year, many of the Extended Day / Kindergarten children are approaching the Second Plane of Development, which, according to Maria Montessori, has very different developmental characteristics than the First Plane. Dr. Montessori recognized four distinct planes: First (0-6 years), Second (6-12 years), Third (12-18 years), and Fourth
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“The child, who is the greatest spontaneous observer of nature undoubtedly needs to have placed at his disposal, material in which to work.” In addition, “No one of whom I know except for St. Francis, has admired the modest insect and the perfume of the unattractive little plants, as does one of our little ones.”
Next week, the students will complete their Lenten Journey in the classroom. As a group we will focus on the “Triduum”, the final three days of Jesus’ life before His passion and death, with an emphasis on the Resurrection. On Tuesday, March 27th your student will experience a simplified version of the traditional Jewish Seder meal,
Science sparks a child’s interest while simple curiosity ignites their exploration! This month I read a book titled, Mickey’s Magnet in which a young boy accidentally spills his mothers sewing pins all over the floor. Mickey’s father gives him a horseshoe magnet for safe clean up of this sharp spill. It works wonderfully, Mickey continues to further explore other Magnetic forces around
Making a compass gave another purpose to magnetizing the sewing needle in the previous experiment. In learning about the dipoles of a magnet the children instantly connected the poles of our Earth! Maybe due to all the North Pole conversations recently. Conveniently, I linked the previous Geography presentations and Gemology presentations to the Poles of our
It’s that time of year once again! Each of the children (ages 3 to 12) spent time writing and decorating an Alleluia card this past week in the Atrium. It brought a smile to my face to see the older children enter and exclaim with joy over this yearly activity that they have fond memories
