MSoP News ~ January 2021

Best wishes for a year filled with good health and happiness. The photo above shows a simple way to celebrate the New Year with fireworks art. We are so happy to be back for the new semester. We started this semester with an inservice day for teachers. One of the most important aspects of a

A Morning in the Life of a Montessori Elementary Child

Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall and watch what goes on in your child’s classroom?  Well, on the morning of 9/30/2020, I got that opportunity, by sitting very still and quiet and just watching what went on.  Here’s a quick summary of the morning. For parents reading this summary, I

The Prepared Environment

Take a peek inside a Montessori classroom. This is the Willow Room at the Montessori School of Pullman. The room is large, airy, organized, clean and uncluttered. These are essential characteristics of the prepared environment, where every activity has a purpose and a place, and has been added to invite the children to take out

Let’s Celebrate – keeping traditions alive in a virtual world!

Celebrations are challenging during times of social distancing, but it is worth the effort to make the special event memorable.

Virtual Montessori in the time of Covid-19

Several Montessori Institute of America schools in the Philippines came together to innovate and support one another, as education moved from the classroom onto online platforms. This is a guest blog by Michelle Ulgasan.

Winter Celebrations

At our school, we are big on traditions.  Traditions and annual events help children learn about the calendar, and help build memories, anticipation and a sense of belonging through shared experiences. Here I share some of our winter traditions. Below – some images from our Santa Lucia celebrations. Note how easy it is to make

Visiting Middle Creek Montessori, Bozeman, Montana

When you work in a Montessori School that is remote from other Montessori schools and training centers, you take every opportunity you can to visit other Montessori schools when you travel. It is a great way to gather new ideas to take back to enrich your own school. I am so happy that I got

Big Kids’ Wander Week

OK, this is me in my element, out and about with a bunch of awesome kids. We have walked, on average 4.5 miles a day, so by the end of the week we will have walked over twenty miles together. That means a lot in terms of bonding with our peers! We really see how

Montessori Outdoor Science School 2019 (MOSS) Day Five

Well, today the rain that was forecast for the whole week finally came! We only ventured out to complete our weather forecast. And our young scientists predicted the weather accurately. “Well, the sky is covered by a heavy blanket of grey cloud – nimbostratus clouds – that means continuous rain.” “And there is almost no

Montessori Outdoor Science School (MOSS) 2019

Day One ~ habitat essentials and food webs! As this was day one, we started the day with a review of our rules that we had agreed on, based on the advice of the older students who had participated in Moss previously: Use your senses. Leave nature in nature! Walk with your partner. Take care