Montessori is a different kind of school. Here children learn by exploration and self-discovery. They aren’t forced to memorize or sit at desks, but they don’t play all day either. Instead they learn through experience as they complete carefully designed tasks that enhance intelligence as well as physical and psychological abilities.
This innovative philosophy awakens an inquisitive thirst for learning that remains a driving force throughout the rest of their lives.
The students at Ashland Montessori School have been learning about penguins! Parts of a Penguin is one of the works on the science shelf as is a “time line” egg hatches, chick has down, chick grows & gets feathers, penguin dives for food. On a recent Thursday afternoon the children made igloos (with sugar cubes [...]
read more…The geography area expands on some things in science. We will discuss Air, Land and Water and vehicles. There is a very basic puzzle of vehicles to classify, a wooden vehicle puzzle , a matching work and another wooden vehicle puzzle. The third shelf has three classifying works, the bottom shelf has a work to [...]
read more…In “science” we will learn about Air, Land and Water, why they are necessary and classification of animals that move in the air, on the land and in the water. There is a mat to put on the floor with a scene on it. The children will place animals in the air, on the land [...]
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