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Montessori vs. Conventional School

Learn more about the Montessori method and how it compares to conventional teaching methods in this excellent video:

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Apr 18

The Montessori sound cylinders are a sensorial material in the casa classroom. The cylinders come in a set of 2 boxes containing 6 colour-coded cylinders, each containing different materials that make different sounds. The child matches each cylinder with its corresponding sound partner by only using their auditory sense. This activity teaches the child to be able to distinguish between small differences in sound, developing their auditory sense.

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Apr 18

Our grade 3 and 5 students have been busy this week doing our annual standardized testing. This language and math test, done over the course of five days, is a valuable test taking opportunity for the children and a helpful assessment tool for both teachers and parents to measure their math and language skills against other children their age across Canada.

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Apr 18

Plant care is an essential practical life activity in the Montessori classroom. The purpose of this exercise is to encourage the child’s interest in caring for their environment, to help them learn about what plants need in order to grow and thrive and to develop empathy and compassion as they gently care for a delicate living plant.

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Apr 15

The Scooter Club is off and rollin’!

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Mar 26

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed curling in gym class today with @rocksandringscurling!

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Mar 21

Friends make everything better.

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Mar 21

Our annual Science Fair was a huge success and enjoyed by all our students, parents and teachers. Congrats to our upper elementary students for such well researched and beautifully presented projects!

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Mar 2

We had so much fun today on Animal Visit Day! It was enchanting to see how engaged and enthusiastic the children were as they admired and learned about the animals. Each class had an animal spend the day in their room and everyone had a visit with all the guest pets. Thank you to our families who volunteered their animals!

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Feb 16

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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