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Monday, March 28, 2016

Spider mania

Posted in | 9:56 PM | by Lila Ross

Our class just went crazy with learning about spiders and somehow I did not photograph many of the activities.  The children began with  the West African stories of Anansi.  The third years reviewed what happened in the story then dug a little deeper to find what the story was really trying to tell us.  This led  to the comparison between arachnids and insects.  Some children became excited to find that there are so many different kinds of spiders. 
            Weaving spider webs

   Exploring different kinds of spiders

Busy in the Garden

Posted in | 9:54 PM | by Lila Ross

The children have begun working in the garden weeding and cleaning out the beds.  The bulbs are coming up and we are preparing for our Earth Day extravaganza, Friday, April 22.  Stay tuned for for opportunities to join us.
         Preparing the garden boxes.

                Loosening the soil

         A gift of tulips to our garden

              A gift of Easter Lillies.

          Experimental Tulip Garden

For the past 5 years here at Drew, we have participated in the Journey North  tulip project.  Every autumn we dig out the old tulips and plant new ones recording the dates on the Journey North website.  We view the maps to see where the tulips are blooming and when all over 
the continent.  Check out the website at the Jorneynorth/tulips.org 

Sunday, March 27, 2016

So much sweetness in one class🍒

Posted in | 10:06 PM | by Lila Ross


                  Reading together

                  Eating together

          Don't forget the hugging

                Gardening together

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Join us for CETAbration. Wednesday, March 16th, from 6:00 - 7:30

Posted in | 8:41 PM | by Lila Ross

Families are welcome to step into their child's world as we explore education through a different lense.  Our exemplary project here at Drew is our CETA program "Changing Education Through the Arts". 

Working closely with the Kennedy Center, teachers and staff are taught new strategies to help engage children through various artistic expressions.  We would love to share with you some of the new applications we have learned this year.  This is your opportunity to see it first hand and ask as many questions as you want.  Hope to see you there.


Saturday, March 5, 2016

Welcoming two new members to our community, Zoe and Charlotte.

Posted in | 7:23 PM | by Lila Ross


The many ways to make the #4

Posted in | 7:16 PM | by Lila Ross

Of course the ever popular art expression.

Posted in | 7:15 PM | by Lila Ross



Building vocabulary with three part cards

Posted in | 7:01 PM | by Lila Ross




The Morning Crew

Posted in | 6:58 PM | by Lila Ross



This past week the children were busy.  It was exhausting but satisfying to be a part of the morning hustle and bustle.  Here are a few snapshots.

Read Across America/Dr Seuss's birthday March 2nd

Posted in | 6:50 PM | by Lila Ross

Children all over the Drew Campus were celebrating Dr Seuss's birthday. 
They read him at our morning gathering, they read him in the library and they read him with some of our upper elementary friends who read him in the hallways.


Saturday, February 13, 2016

February 12,2016

Posted in | 9:17 PM | by Lila Ross

It is difficult to explain what goes on in a Montessori classroom.
Photos give a better feel for what is actually going on.  This week was pretty busy getting back in the grove of the work cycle.  Here are some pictures of the afternoon session.  Next week we will try to focus on the morning session featuring some of the younger crowd.

Observing and caring for animals.
Sensorial moments.

Artistic moments.
Word study.

Counting 6 cubed.
Beading as part of our cultural study of Africa.

Friday, February 12, 2016

Readers

Posted in | 9:20 AM | by Lila Ross


Thursday, February 11, 2016

February 11th reader

Posted in | 9:16 AM | by Lila Ross

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Valentine's Day

Posted in | 3:26 PM | by Lila Ross

VWe will have a low key celebration where the children who want to participate,may purchase or make cards to be distributed on Friday, during morning  work session.  Please do not address cards to specific children ,  however, your child should sign their cards.  Throughout the morning on Friday each child who brings cards will have the opportunity to distribute the cards to their friends.  When the cards are passed out we will enjoy a group snack.  Please do not send in candy or additional treats. 

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