Here’s hoping you all had a restful and happy holiday break. Our gerbil, Rocky Leehonjie, had a great stay with one of our class families. We are kicking off the new year in Upper Elementary with lots of learning and fun! Curriculum for January I have included below the curriculum for this … [Read more...]
New year brings new study topics
Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday break. We are excited to start the new year with the introduction to the map of North America, the Timeline of Life, the water cycle and water forms. We will continue our studies of animal classification, body functions and plants. The Timeline of … [Read more...]
Lower Elementary to study holiday traditions
The children have enjoyed opportunities to choose their favorite work over the past month. This is especially exciting for children who are new to the school or classroom this year. They have had lessons on the relationships between the Earth and the Sun, botany, and zoology. Over the next month, … [Read more...]
New faces in Upper Elementary
We had another successful Historical Halloween at Montessori Tides School! Upper Elementary saw the likes of Orville Wright, Marie Curie, Steve Jobs, Frank Gehry, George Washington, Bruce Lee, Clara Barton, Sofia Ionescu and Gaston Leroux in their classroom on Halloween. Nellie Bly and Isadora … [Read more...]
Lower Elementary rocking math, language
The children are hard at work practicing skills from weekly math and language lessons. The first-years have been practicing computation with the Montessori Golden Beads, a material designed to help children understand place value and the decimal system. They benefit from the concrete experience of … [Read more...]
Upper Elementary meets the animals
We met Borja, the alligator, and Ruby, the corn snake, during our field trip to Tree Hill Nature Center. We met Georgia, the goat, and Oscar, the owl, too. Perhaps the most special critter we met that day was Jerry, the box turtle that students “found” during a hike on one of the trails. We miss … [Read more...]
Summer (Educational) Fun
The Elementary teachers have put together a list of resources for parents to help prevent the “summer slide” and keep their children’s minds active and engaged all summer. It takes only a little time each week or reading a few books over the summer for children to retain their learning … [Read more...]
Big Ideas for Young Minds
On the first full day of school, the Elementary students watch as the first of five Great Lessons in Montessori education is presented. The lesson is on the creation of the universe, and this one impressionistic lesson is the catalyst for many other lessons in the following weeks. One of those … [Read more...]
Lower Elementary Visits Crooked River State Park
It was a cold December morning, with a high not expected to get out of the 50’s, but the Lower Elementary students were eager to dip their hands into the water with the net to see what they could scrape off the underside of the floating dock. With nets full of life from such things as algae, sea … [Read more...]
Philosophy
“Miss Meghan, would you like some tea?” The Upper Elementary student asked. “It’s raspberry tea and really good.” The raspberry tea went along with the chocolate chip banana bread a student made for their twice-a-month philosophy sessions with Miss Meghan. Miss Meghan usually can be found … [Read more...]
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