Pouring exercises provide children the opportunity to practice their fine motor skills. This practical life work also develops concentration and problem solving. #montessori #practicallife
Fun with chalk at recess today!
Scooter club rolling out!
Very capable casa hands. #montessori #practicallife #finemotor
Enjoying a good book.
It was a beautiful day outside for our first elementary art classes of the school year.
Hard at work polishing wood. #concentration #practicallife #montessori #finemotor
A casa child working on the formation of his cursive letters. #cursive writing #finemotor
Our “en plein air” painting club went outside to paint together for the first time today. #enpleinair #painting #club
Helping a friend out. #helpingothers #friends #practicallifeskills
A proud grade one looking at her completed work. This big piece of work shows a bird’s eye view of the decimal system into the thousands. #montessori #math #montessorimath
Today our beloved music and French teachers taught all classes virtually for the first time. The children were so glad to see them and they were very engaged, despite this new format.
Kids just being kids. #recess #friends #fun #playground
Learning the parts of a tree. #botany
One of our lower elementary classes examined the life cycle of a cicada today. #zoology
Someone is hooked on knitting! #capablehands #practicallife #recess
Word building by a Casa child using the moveable alphabet. #montessori #moveablealphabet
It was so wonderful to be back at school with the children today! We have been looking forward to this moment for months. Despite the new routines and procedures, it felt familiar and comfortable. And we continue to be so impressed with how resilient and adaptable the children are.
Our classrooms are prepared and our teachers are ready to welcome our Kew Park students for their first day of school tomorrow! #backtoschool #montessori #firstdayofschool
New school year, new playground sand and wood chips!