Michelle's Montessori

We are listening to Claude Debussy La Mer and painting waves this week.

I love when I catch them cleaning all on their own!

S- I made this for you, how do you write your name? J- I don’t know how to write my name. They went over to his cubby so she could copy it. I love watching them learn to problem solve together! And the genuine love and kindness that develops in a small group

Montessori materials like pouring, spooning, cylinder blocks, etc develop the muscles needed for writing. But there are other fun ways to encourage practice- like painting your numbers.

This week our artist corner features Camille Pissarro. We learned the difference between portrait and landscape. And we worked on perspective in our own landscape masterpieces.

This might be too pretty to cut... #feelinthelove #teacherlife #grateful

All our Love Monsters are ready for Valentines

We are pleased to introduce Valentino our new classroom Betta fish.

On December 21st Jupiter and Saturn will finally converge together in the evening sky. This has been called the Christmas Star it has not happen for them to b...e this close in well over 800 years. This chart shows the progression of these two planets as they have been drawing closer together over the last few months. Should make for a great image in the scope. Fingers crossed for clear skies! See more

This is a great book for Halloween and we loved making our own monsters too!

It’s almost picture day again! We’ve grown a lot since this first picture day!!!

Love these goofballs! I turned the mister on to cool them off and someone decided it was a car wash!

If anyone is looking for a little extra music class! Miss Ashley is AMAZING!!!

And here’s the rest of the crew!

We are starting up a new year with a new look but we are all together and that’s what counts!

For my former students/ older siblings that are online schooling this year! Some great tips!

Happy 5th Birthday!!! May your next trip around the sun be full of wonderful memories and lots of love! Melanie Ann

Something else to keep an eye out for

These little nuggets were toddlers when they joined us. Now they are kind, independent, young ladies that are ready to take their next steps in education. I could not be more proud!#imnotcrying #mylittlemontessori @totalrockstarstatus @ktbutlerlitsey @mel_uh_knee