Nature Song Montessori

New Years Day (Holiday)
2026-01-01 00:00 - 23:59 UTC

Martin Luther King Day (Holiday)
2026-01-19 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229

Presidents Day (Holiday)
2026-02-16 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
NSM will be closed for President’s Day.

Parent Teacher Conferences
2026-03-19 00:00 - 2026-03-20 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
Parent Teacher conference sign-ups are in the classroom near the entranceway. This is an opportunity to have 1-on-1 conversations with Ms. Jessica regarding the development of your child. As always we strive to keep the school and home on the same page. Detailed assessments will be provided so that you can review your child’s progress in the key areas of the classroom.

Spring Break (No School)
2026-03-23 00:00 - 2026-03-27 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
Have a happy Spring Break, NSM will be closed from March 24 – 28th.

Memorial Day
2026-05-25 00:00 - 23:59 UTC
NSM will be closed for Memorial Day.

Last Day of 25/26 School Year
2026-06-19 08:00 - 14:30 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
Party and potluck details to be announced and linked in the newsletter.

Week 1 - Water Play
2026-07-06 00:00 - 2026-07-10 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
This week is all about the amazing aspects of water! Explore the outdoors with bubbles, sprinklers, water pipes, and splash pads! Mixing, pouring, and making a mess is encouraged! Students will participate in a whole host of water-based activities in the wonderful sunshine of July. Classroom exercises will teach students about the Montessori learning environment as well as grace and courtesy lessons. Family style lunch will be served on Friday with Beef Sliders, Sweet Potato Fries and Garden Veggies.

Week 2 - Sports and Physical Education
2026-07-13 00:00 - 2026-07-17 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
Ready, set, go for the goal! Nature Song students will develop those larger muscles with coordination and balance, experiencing the joy of team sports through positive reinforcement and developmentally appropriate games. Children will experience a wide range of outdoor activities, which will encourage positive social interaction, communication, and team work. We will focus on basic games like soccer, tennis, and frisbee, with obstacle courses and character building activities as well! Go team!

Week 3 - STEAM Fun
2026-07-20 00:00 - 2026-07-24 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
Kids love hands on science and this week we will explore fun and simple experiments that will lay the basic foundations for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. We will gather materials, observe, reflect, ask questions, and experiment. Topics will range from basic principals of Astronomy, Botany, Anatomy, Chemistry, Physics, Art Technique, and Zoology. These lessons are meant to encourage a sense of wonder for the world and a lifetime of discovery! Be prepared for your little ones to amaze you with questions like “We know our legs lift us up, but what pulls us back down?”

Week 4 - Nature Based Art
2026-07-27 00:00 - 2026-07-31 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
For our fourth week of the Summer program, children will engage in outdoor sensorial and art activities using natural materials like sticks, rocks, flowers, leaves, fruits, vegetables, etc. We will observe insects, watch the metamorphosis of a caterpillar, as well as many other activities designed to understand the forms of life. We look forward to bringing out the artist in your child as they explore their curiosity and creative side in nature, and you will be amazed at all the wonderful projects created just for you!

Week 5 - Readers Theatre and Talent Show
2026-08-03 00:00 - 2026-08-07 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
Bring your favorite book, musical instrument, or special talent to school this week and maybe it will open the door for creative story telling, drama, or acting. Early childhood Montessori students enjoy hearing true stories told by their teacher and older classmates. Story telling can nurture the development of self expression through public speaking, drama, and performance. Students may create their own performance or play based on a true story. We will sing, dance and maybe even surprise you with a performance made up by the students. Here is a glimpse of last year’s project:

Week 6 - Cooking/Tasting The Harvest
2026-08-10 00:00 - 2026-08-14 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
Join us as we apply our lessons learned from the garden and discover what it means to bring the harvest to the table this week. Cooking organic treats and practicing our fine motor skills with real tools from the kitchen will engage our students and help develop their knowledge about where our food comes from. We will enjoy cooking deliciously fresh organic snacks that will be sent home daily with our young chefs!

Week 7 - Preparing For The Harvest Festival
2026-08-17 00:00 - 2026-08-21 23:59 UTC | Nature Song Montessori, 21246 NW Cannes Dr., Portland, OR, 97229
This week is all about giving thanks to our community. We will be practicing our grace and courtesy lessons that we have learned throughout the year. We will prepare baked goods, make beautiful flower arrangements, and create beautiful art to display at our end of the Summer Harvest Festival. Students will create programs to hand out as well as take part in the special jobs that help them feel like they are part of something bigger. All of our current and former Nature Song Montessori friends and family will be invited to feast their eyes and tastebuds on our student’s hard work. We look forward to seeing you there!

10th Annual Harvest Festival - A Community Potluck
2026-08-22 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Helvetia Market, 23137 NW West Union Rd, Hillsboro, OR, 97124, United States
Schedule of EventsRead on for a breakdown of the day, and a links to add your name to if you can join us. This event is always a lot of work, but so very worth it to see and catch up with all of you and our former students.

10- 12:00pm

NSM Setup at Helvetia Farm (feel free to come by and drop off any food or help set up)

12:00 – 1:00pm

Flower Pounding with Ms. Jessica
Ice Cream making – group contribution!
Apple Cider Pressing – Bring a clean container to fill and take home!

1pm – 2pm

Family games

Potato sack races
Three legged races
Egg and Spoon Races

2pm – 2:30pm

Clean up and Goodbyes

During the event we’ll have a number of activities set up with beamo frisbees, corn hole, soccer nets, foot stomp rockets and refillable water balloons. Get ready to taste some amazing food, pressed apple juice, and mint chocolate chip ice cream!
The RSVP for this event is not mandatory, but does help us plan how many activities need to be put out, and how to handle the flow of the event.Please RSVP below.In past years, we have had so many activities demonstrated in our classroom like Algerian fashion shows, Japanese origami and natsu matsuri, soap making, and Czech holiday candle making, so if anyone would like to participate by adding something to the agenda, please let us know (no pressure there will already be a lot to do). Also if you have any flowers from your garden that you would like to bring for the flower pounding activity, please do. We welcome all shades and colors that nature provides.
Whew that was a lot of words! If this is too last minute of a notification, we completely understand, but if you could make the time to join us, we would love to see you and catch up. Thank you all so much for the many years of community, it is the driving force behind this school and has enriched our lives in so so many ways. We hope everyone’s return to school is awesome, and we hope to see you Saturday!
