painting at the easel
I am not the Montessori teacher to come to when you are looking for a fantastic new work for the art shelf. Together with my co-teacher, Callie, we try to keep all the works on the art shelf...
View Articleback to school–classroom tour
Well it seems that starting back to school and keeping up with my posting was just a little too much for me. I thought a lot about what I wanted to post, but obviously was lacking in time management...
View ArticleMontessori Record Keeping
We have just finished up our fall conferences at my school. One important tool that we always use, revisit, and expand,as we write up our conference notes, is the master record that we keep for each...
View Article2013 — half a year in review
Hoping that everyone had a holiday filled with peace and love. Ours was delightful, filled with just enough of everything. My favorite part of 2013, is this, montessori works. I love the community of...
View Articlemontessori bread work {part 2}
My very first blog post, almost a year ago, was about making bread in the classroom. I was so nervous hitting the publish button, I thought “who’s going to care about making bread in a Montessori...
View Articlemontessori silence game & variations
I love lessons that, at their essence, require no materials — just some space and the children. Lessons that are the fundamentals to the Montessori classroom, but by Spring, can often be forgotten by...
View Articlefundamental needs of worms – a montessori science work
In late March, I had the great opportunity to attend the American Montessori Society’s annual conference in Dallas. It was wonderful, inspiring, overwhelming and so busy! It was hard to figure out...
View Articlewildflower seed pods
I’m running about 2 weeks late. My original plan was to have these ready to send home with our Mother’s Day gift, well, it’s May 12th and we just started them. While these seed pods are designed for...
View Articlemontessori sewing lessons
I’m over at Confessions of a Montessori Mom sharing seven Montessori sewing lesson (there’s even a video!). Come over and check it out! If you like these Montessori sewing lessons, subscribe to...
View ArticleMontessori Snowflake Bentley Activities
I was trying to do my best to encourage it to snow this winter, I can’t believe it, this might be the first time in the 12 years I’ve lived in Charlottesville, that it hasn’t snowed (this post has been...
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