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The Metal Insets are part of the Montessori language curriculum. They are a delightful learning tool used to prepare children for handwriting, as this is the first material they will work with that has them use pencils to place controlled marks on paper.

Working with the Metal Insets helps children to develop their pencil grip, refine their fine motor skills and learn how to draw within an outline. They also indirectly allow children to practice concentration and order as they work with, and master, the material.
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Quiet reading time. 📖 ...

Our first year children had plenty to say as they admired the freshly fallen snow on their way to nap this afternoon! (sound on) ...

Our gym classes were thrilled today about our new basketball nets! The height of them can be adjusted for all our students from casa to upper elementary. Woohoo! ...

Our grade 3-6 students had a blast on the slopes! Aside from being fun, our ski days are an opportunity for many to try skiing for the first time and feel a great sense of accomplishment. For others who ski regularly, it’s an opportunity to lead, share their skills and shine. ...

Our lower elementary students have been studying plate tectonics, the movement of the earth and the formation, types and parts of mountains! ...

Using the Montessori moveable alphabet to build 3-letter phonetic rhyming words. What a thrill! ...

Here you see a casa child transferring water using a dropper. This fun practical life activity strengthens the pincer grip and helps with hand-eye coordination, but it also develops concentration. Notice how focused and captured by the task the child is despite all that is going on around them! ...

One of the many benefits of mixed age groupings in the Montessori classroom is that the older children have many opportunities to assist the younger children with various tasks, such as dressing. Helping their classmates teaches them to be sensitive to the needs of others, builds confidence, develops their mastery of a skill and gives them a stronger sense of self-worth and purpose. ...

The lower elementary children sketched some impressive and detailed flowers today in art class for a lesson on contour line drawing. Just like in the Montessori classroom, it is always super enticing to have real specimens for a lesson. ...

We attended the C.C.M.A. Conference today at Centennial College for a thought provoking and inspiring day of professional development. It is always great to come away from these opportunities feeling refreshed, recharged and with a new sense of purpose and pride for the important work that we do in the classroom and as Montessorians. ...