Drew Squires is a 15-year old sophomore at Ashland High school, Boy Scout working on his Eagle rank and a former Montessori student. To help complete a requirement for his service/leadership project, Drew contacted Mrs. Etzwiler to see what he could do to improve the playground for current students.  They decided that a pergola would [...]

Photos of our last day picnic.

… Our last unit of study was the Rain Forest, so naturally we had a feast!

Our students just finished a unit of study about land and water forms. They learned lake and island, cape and bay, gulf and peninsula, strait and isthmus!  To make concrete example of what they learned, they created land and water forms on graham crackers, using (blue) icing. Yum!

The Montessori bells are out in the environment now – just three stationary bells and three working bells. The student must put on a pair of gloves, use the mallet (to invite the bell to ring ) and the damper ( to quiet the bell.) The stationary bells (black and white, like piano keyboard ) [...]

The Butterfly Song (sung to the tune: Up on the Housetop)
First comes a butterfly and lays an egg. Out comes a caterpillar with many legs. Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin, a little chrysalis to sleep in. OH, oh, oh, wait and see! Oh, oh, oh, wait and see! Out of the chrysalis, my [...]

We celebrated our 100th day of school on Friday, 5 February 2010! We made headbands, filled goodie bags with 100 things to eat and we had cake! What fun!

Montessori Education Week is February 21-28. Help us celebrate by sending us your favourite Montessori memory. Please share your memory with us on the wall of our Facebook page. Thanks!

Just a quick reminder about weather, if the actual temperature and/or wind chill is 27º or colder, we cannot take the children outdoors. Temps. above 27º means that we can go out! Please make certain that your children have proper winter attire and please make sure that their names are on everything!

The children were ready to be back. When we returned from winter break, the children quietly, joyfully got to work! Practical Life, Art, and Language works have changed again. In Geography, the North American puzzle map has been uncovered and Canada has been introduced – leading to, for one thing, the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.