Practical Life is the heart of the Montessori curriculum. The activities in the Practical Life area of the classroom are oftentimes the most beloved by the children. These are activities that they see adults do every day, but may not have the opportunity to do on their own at home. These activities ...
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Areas of a Montessori Toddler Classroom Series: Language
During the first three years of life, the child is engaged in the conscious acquisition of language, which includes building concepts and understanding the organization of sounds, words, and structure through concrete experiences. This means we are always aiming to fill our classroom space with ...
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The Brown Stairs
The brown stairs are ten wooden brown prisms that are all the same length, but vary in breadth and height.
The student scatters the ten prisms on a mat and then proceeds to place them in their right order of graduation upon the same mat. These kinds of activities help the student to develop a ...
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Snack Prep in Our Classroom
Snack preparation is a big deal in our class. It is a choice of work that the children can choose.
Preparing a snack can help grow your child’s self-esteem as well as help develop and strengthen their hand-eye coordination and the muscles in their hands, forearms, and core. The sense of ...
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A Peek Into the Toddler Classroom
Here's who we are and a little insight on what we do in the Toddler classroom.
Mrs. Olivier
Mrs. Olivier was first introduced to Montessori through a position in a Montessori school in New Mexico. She fell in love with Montessori. She then taught in South Korea and met her husband. After ...
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Water Pouring
Through the water pouring exercise, the child gains a wonderful sense of left to right eye-hand coordination and concentration.
These exercises consist of a small tray, and two or more vessels – one of which holds liquid. As a child is guided through the various levels of progression, they are ...
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Let’s Talk Lunch
Lunch is part of the Montessori experience. We encourage families to pack nutritious lunches and provide guidelines in our Parent Handbook. As we start a new school year and a new year of lunches, let’s talk about the lunch experience as a learning opportunity.
We all want to be able to take our ...
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Welcome to a New Year!
It is almost here! Next Tuesday our Elementary students begin and our Primary and Toddler classrooms begin phasing in. We are thinking of everyone during this extreme weather event and were not expecting to ‘test’ our automated call system before we even had a chance to welcome the children on their ...
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