Monday, December 20, 2010

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.

Friday, December 3, 2010

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.