Few materials in the Montessori classroom are as iconic as the Pink Tower. Children are immediately drawn to the way the tower stands so elegantly, usually at the starting point of the sensorial area of the classroom. This is where it all begins… the hand becomes the link to understanding [...]
Springtime is here! Week of 4/1/19 Springtime is here! This is always an exciting time for our school because it means we get to choose all the new additions to the garden. This year we will be focusing on heirloom annuals and perennials from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. The reason [...]
What’s Going On In The Garden? Week of 5/29/18 We are really starting to feel the heat! This week marks the beginning of our blog posts about the garden. Always, always remember that a morning walk through the garden is both encouraged and heartwarming to watch. So let’s cut to [...]
What you see here is the one-drop work. The child will use an eye dropper or small baster and attempt to put one singe drop into the shallow paint pallet. We color the water blue so that the child can see their progress as they continue their work all [...]
Understanding Emotional Intelligence (for Dads) Today, I was given a great dose of parental learning on Emotional Intelligence. While walking our son Perrin to school through the glorious aftermath of Portland's Snowmageddon '17, we committed the very grave sin of arriving late. When we were greeted at the door, a woman handed a large [...]
The Knobbed Cylinders are a sensorial work designed to enhance a child's visual distinction of size. This activity consists of 4 large wooden blocks. Each block has 10 knobbed cylinders that vary in dimension. Most children are drawn to this work because of it’s size and weight. Each block is [...]
