Bread Baking as a Practical Life Activity
Bread Baking: Montessori Practical Life Activity that embodies all the goals of Practical Life: order, concentration, coordination, and independence.
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Montessori Geography: Flags
Montessori Geography curriculum consists of the study of flags of different parts world. As in other areas of the Montessori curriculum, students first experience the big picture, then move gradually to the finer details of the lesson. Their initial experience with flags is to identify the flag of their own country and gradually move on
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Peace Day
King’s Wood celebrates Peace Day!! The teachers started the school year with lessons about peace, recognizing peaceful actions in our classroom, and enjoyed singing and dancing for peace! The Kindergarten class made peace flags (modeled after the Tibetan peace flags). The children painted pictures that represented peace to them and celebrated at line time with their
Spring Tea – Lessons for a Lifetime
Our Spring Tea, usually held in mid-May, is one of my favorite traditions at King’s Wood. Children in the Kindergarten class choose a special guest to enjoy an afternoon of tea and treats, sprinkled with artistic, musical, and culinary elements of the country we studied (last year it was Ireland) during the year. It gives
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The Normalized Classroom
“Normalized” is Maria Montessori’s term for a class where individual children are pursuing their interests with enthusiasm and concentration and where children are gracious and helpful to each other and solve conflicts with finesse. One day last month I had a teacher observing from another school. Near the end of the morning she said, “This
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Repetition is the secret of perfection
“Repetition is the secret of perfection” – Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the Child, p. 92 Imagine a young child working with the pink tower. What does this child do? He/she practices stacking the tower as her teacher has shown her. He/she experiments with different configurations for the cubes. What happens if she places the smallest
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Sand Paper Letters
In a Montessori setting, the road to reading and writing success begins with practical life activities and progresses to independent reading and writing. Sand paper letters are one of the stepping stones in that journey. The Material: The letters of the alphabet are cut out of the finest sandpaper and mounted on a strong background.
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Benefits of a Third Year at King’s Wood
By: Liz Goodman (Lead Teacher) One of the greatest gifts you could give your child is a third year at King’s Wood. Of course, as I’m a teacher here I may be biased, but as a parent I have always been thankful I found a Montessori program like King’s Wood for my children. My daughter
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Oma’s Tree
When we think of Montessori-prepared environments, most likely we think of the open, low shelves and the materials we so carefully set out in logical sequence for the children. And in most Montessori schools, we do that very well. But do we consider the impact of the outdoor environment? Many Montessori schools do this very
