Outside play
We have been taking advantage of the outdoors by using the items in our environment. The children constructed a jet ski for 4 and traveled from Florida to Hawaii to see some volcanoes. Others built a camping area furnished with a lantern, grill, hamburgers, hot dogs and sleeping space. A student built a store, complete […]
Valentine’s Day at Cambridge Place
We had a wonderful morning at Cambridge Place. All of the children worked diligently to prepare for today. They began 2 weeks ago by mixing, kneading, cutting, painting and tying their salt dough valentines necklaces. These necklaces spent at least 8 hours in the oven, Thanks Ms. Jennifer. The children spend the past 6 […]
Parent Presentation – Russia
Joseph’s mom, Irina Parsley, joined us this morning to give a short talk about her native country, Russia. She showed us on a map where she grew up. She described how different the climate there is from Alabama and talked about the long winters and what people do to entertain themselves. Irina brought several examples […]
Parent Presentation – Israel
Adeet Handel joined the class to to tell us about her native country, Israel. She brought books and the flag of Israel. She shared pictures and a video, showing the diversity of climate, terrain, and population. Adeet used visuals to compare the size of Israel and Alabama. We learned that Alabama is about 6 times […]
Parent Presentation – China
We opened the topic of Asia with a cultural presentation by Kevin’s mom, Yumei. She gave a presentation on her home town of Yao, situated in the southern most region of China. She included some photos of her as a young child performing in her native costumes. She also shared some of her family’s trade […]
Ownership of Responsibilities
This short week was filled with many valuable lessons, and a community discussion on what is means to get ready for school was on the top of the list. The children listed a set of duties that had to be done each morning before coming to school. As you can see from the list, the […]
Parent Education: Language Workshop
Tonight’s Language Workshop stimulated a variety of questions. We talked about a parent’s role in attaching words to feelings, i.e. using words to help a child identify that her feeling is “This is you – hungry. The rumbling in your tummy, is making your body agitated. It is a signal that tells you that you are […]
Montessori Day 8:00am – 5:30pm
With everyone now back from the winter break, our new napping assignments, a new snack and lunch routine, and a new outdoor schedule, was put in place to offer more flow with less transition periods. Our kindergartners used their after lunch/nap time to concentrate on developing proper handwriting skills. The afternoon students were introduced to […]
Music Integrated
Music is creatively incorporated into our study of the Universe. One activity involved having the children listen intensively for a harmonic sound that begins in silence and gently amplifies. The sound is generated from the gentle rubbing of the rim of Tibetan singing bowl. The children congregate in a tight circle representing that intense dense […]
W.A. Gayle Planetarium
Our families enjoyed a morning at the planetarium on September 11th. The One World One Sky feature show with Big Bird and Elmo was fabulous. We enjoyed some play time and a snack at the park before heading back to school for the afternoon.