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The elementary students began a 3 week color theory workshop today. This week they investigated the nature of hues. Students were very excited to work with paint! Josh told them about the history of some of the pigments and how they … Continue reading →

At Meadowbrook, we believe the answer is a resounding yes! Here is an excerpt from an article that appeared in Education Week earlier this year. The link to the full article is below. When handwriting is not taught, reader comprehension … Continue reading →

Thank you all for coming out to the Early Life Fair last night! In the Montessori classroom our history studies are organized around a series of timelines. Second grade students study the earth before humans. We began 600 million years … Continue reading →

Follow us on the Great Mail Race!

To help the 3rd & 4th year students better understand the science behind the timeline of humans, we began talking about DNA last week. We discussed how scientists use DNA to analyze the early human bones and artifacts that they find. Today … Continue reading →

The elementary students are participating in The Great Mail Race! Our class will send letters & questionnaires to Montessori schools in all 50 states (and Washington DC and US Territories). We hope to hear back from all of the states. We … Continue reading →

Here’s a taste of our new song!

The Moosehead Lake students have been working their way through the timeline of life. We are just about to finish up the Paleozoic Era, so we’ve been talking a lot about plants colonizing the land to make way for animals … Continue reading →

We love limericks! Here is a sampling of the many, many limericks the students have written this week. In addition to following the rhyme pattern and the rhythm pattern, I encouraged them to create their own nonce word or portmanteau … Continue reading →