On Friday, we welcomed many of of our former students home again to see old friends, make new ones, and visit the teachers and classrooms that had a formative effect on their futures. We are so proud of the many amazing things our alums are accomplishing and we asked them all to take a little […]
As a guide, we have to continue to challenge our students by presenting fun work with longer sequences of steps. For the older children who have mastered lots of the work and are prepared to transition to Primary, multi-step work is a good introduction to the tasks they will handle once they move up. Here, […]
As I observe classrooms at this time of year, I am always excited to see the transformation that has taken place in each child during the course of the year. This process has been going on quietly throughout the year, but it seems that in spring something in the child suddenly blooms forth. This transition […]
Our Lower Elementary students have traveled the world this year. Each month they explored a new continent and learned about the countries, cultures, and people. Students were issued ‘Passports’ before the journey began to keep track of their travels. We explored as a group the location and major geographical features of each continent. Students chose […]
Excitement was riding high as the upper elementary students arrived at Camp Capers. After meeting with our counselor the first job was to pick bunks. In the boys cabin the top bunk on the three tier bunks is always a favorite and has become a right of passage for the oldest boys. Girls took their […]
This weekend toddler teachers Ms. Renee and Ms. Mari attended an American Montessori Society seminar in Houston. This was a great opportunity to network with other toddler teachers, refresh, and gain new ideas for the classroom. Maria Montessori wrote that logical consequences generally do not work with toddlers because they don’t yet understand cause and […]
When learning about Montessori, one of the first and most important concepts that we come across is the idea of self- or child-directed learning/work. For many of us who grew up in a traditional classroom, this concept can be difficult to grasp. “But if my child decides what they want to work on all the […]
What do iconic traveler Rick Steves; playwright , actor, and educator Anna Deavere Smith; and father of the Maker Movement Dale Dougherty, all have in common? They were all keynote speakers at the recent American Montessori Society conference in Denver this year! Jennifer Davey, our Head of School, and Blanca Bird, our Lower Elementary guide, both attended […]
St. Paul’s suspends classes in observance of Good Friday. While not all of our families, faculty, or staff are Episcopalian, the school closes to observe one of the most solemn three-day periods in our tradition. Through the period of Lent and especially as we approach the Holy Week, many Christians are thinking about and reflecting […]
The older children in Primary 2 have been working on the 45 layout throughout the year (also known as The Bird’s Eye View). It is a concrete representation of place value using the golden beads. It consists of: 45 Golden Units 45 golden ten bars 45 hundred squares 45 thousand cubes a large set of […]
