Baking, Beading, Building, and More...Toddler Style!

Birthdays, bubbles, citrus, and cloves...

The class is celebrating Isabel's 5th birthday. It is our tradition to have each birthday child bring in a picture timeline. She is talking to her classmates about each year of her life--what she has learned, how she has grown.

 Experimenting and designing with the classic Montessori materials--Red Rods, Knobless Cylinders

 Making bubbles...

 A simple bubbling making activity consists of an eye dropper and small container of dish soap, water, a whisk, and a towel for clean up.

 Decorating an orange with cloves for the holidays. Wow does the classroom smell delicious.

 Working together at the "big" table.

 Writing a story about a picture found in a magazine.

 Counting and adding with beads in a tube.

Caring for Salsa, our Chinchilla. He is one of the many pets we care for in our classrooms.

A Fly On The Wall....

Sometimes I enoy quietly walking through the classrom and snapping pictures of children at work... no particular intentions just a snapshot of a typical day.

 Carrot's from Stick and Stone Farm need washing before we can eat them....

 Drawing with friends...

 Taking a moment to get centered...

 Weaving on a loom...

 Reading...

 Writing stories...

 Having tea...

 Watercolor painting...

 Practicing going up and down steps...

 Pouring work...

 Beading work...

 Painting...

 Building...

 Making a mandala....

A busy, fun morning of work and friendship.

Hand Washing Activity

Peaceful Moments