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You are here: Home / Primary Newsletter / The Child & Nature

February 27, 2021

The Child & Nature

Activities with nature, such as a ladybug puzzle, are popular with the children.

The young child has a great need to connect with nature. This is especially apparent by the obvious joy he expresses and the calm demeanor he displays whenever he is involved in outdoor activities that allow him to engage all his senses. A simple walk in the party, listening to birds sing, admiring a passing cloud in the sky, collecting treasures under rocks or by the seashore, spying a tiny creature crawling among the leaves, or picking a colorful posy for someone dear — all of these seem to call forth a sense of peacefulness in the child, which appears to be unique only to this experience in nature.

It is because of this profound love the child has for nature that the Montessori curriculum incorporates numerous lessons, both indoors and outdoors, to encourage spontaneous activity and repeated engagement by the child. Such lessons involving the study of plants, animals, weather and the seasons are especially popular with the children. The seasons are especially popular with the children and always seem to elicit various questions related to their natural sense of wonder and true love of the natural world.

“When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.” — Dr. Maria Montessori

The botany cabinet includes a tree the children can use for pin-punching.

Classroom Happenings

A lot of rain recently kept us from enjoying our outdoor deck for a couple of days this month, but it did not keep up from continuing our nature studies indoors and using our creative energies for pin-punching of animals, trees, leaves and flowers. Two of our favorite works are the botany cabinet and the vertebrate puzzles. The children love to manipulate the puzzles, color the pictures of the animals and plants, or match pictures to small animal objects. All of these lessons are linked not only to their interest in nature, but also to their natural interest in discovering likenesses and differences in all things connected to nature!

Calendar of Events

Feb. 18-March 3: After-school parent-teacher conferences
March 5: Parent-Teacher Conference Day/No school
March 8-12: Spring Break

By Kathy Graham / Filed Under: Primary Newsletter, Primary Program Leave a Comment

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About Kathy Graham

It was in Chicago, Illinois, where Kathy Graham first experienced a Montessori Classroom. After only a short period of time, through her internship at a local Montessori School, she became increasingly aware of her profound calling as a Montessori Teacher. She knew this was a special place and fell in love with the Montessori Method of Education. Since then, Graham has established herself as a strong advocate of creating beautiful environments inside the school and in her world of life. For over thirty six years now, she continues to conduct herself as an extraordinary model in these ways: a Montessori parent; Montessori Teacher; founder/director of the very first Montessori School in Jacksonville, Florida; mentor; friend; and her newest blessing, grandparent. Graham say’s “Montessori gives a feeling of hope for a better world because of what we give our children, the future leaders of tomorrow.”

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