by Abigail Miller | Apr 28, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CSA, Farm to School Program, Longmont Preschool, The Family Table Farm
(Photos: Bloom! CSA pick up site and garlic growing in the Bloom! garden)Our CSA farm, The Family Table Farm, will be delivering an unexpected Spring delight to CSA shareholders tomorrow: Garlic Scallions!Garlic Scallions are the immature, pre-bulbous state, of...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 23, 2010 | arthropods, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, Painted Lady butterflies, praying mantis, prudence, taxonomy, virtue ethics
“Solicitous care of living things affords satisfaction to one of the most lively instincts of the child’s mind. Nothing is better calculated than this to awaken an attitude of foresight.” – Maria MontessoriHow do we observe specimens that are...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
“May there be only peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.” -U Thant, UN Secretary General, 1971
by Abigail Miller | Apr 17, 2010 | Alfie Kohn, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, classroom management, discipline, Kohn's Law, Longmont Preschool, punishments and rewards
Yesterday, we went to hear Alfie Kohn speak at the Montessori Centre Internationale (Denver, CO). It is always a pleasure to go to events like this, where you find yourself surrounded by like minded people and listening to a speaker you find intelligent and thought...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 16, 2010 | arthropods, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, crustaceans, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, taxonomy
For weeks, the children have been joyfully searching for small insects in the yard; so, I knew that the upcoming unit on arthropods would interest them. The children began their unit on arthropods by reading the books What is an Arthropod? by Bobbie Kalman and Under...
