by Abigail Miller | Apr 14, 2010 | annelids, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, earth sciences, Longmont Preschool, vermicomposting, worms
“It may be doubted whether there are any other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.” – Charles Darwin, 1881Montessori guides consider a presentation to have been a...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 4, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Boulder Photography, commercial photography, Longmont Preschool, Mark Quentin, School Pictures, Studio Q Photography, Studio Q Photography LLC
School Pictures for the 2009-2010 School Year will be taken on Tuesday, April 27th at 10:00am!We would really like to have everyone included in the group photo (we think it will be a nice keepsake for the children and hope to have all of their friends included). As a...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 4, 2010 | annelids, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, taxonomy, vermicomposting
“These ambiguities, redundancies, and deficiencies recall those attributed by Dr. Franz Kuhn to a certain Chinese encyclopedia called the Heavenly Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge. In its distant pages it is written that animals are divided into: (a) those that...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 1, 2010 | April Fool's Day, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Longmont Preschool
“What do worms eat?””Dirt””Have you ever wondered what dirt tastes like?””Yucky””Are you sure? Hmmmm…. maybe I will try a little and describe it to you…. (take a bite of “dirt” out of a...
by Abigail Miller | Mar 31, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, composting, gardening, Longmont Preschool, Practical Life materials
“Of course we must adapt according to conditions, but ideally there is a light airy classroom that opens into a lovely yard, and the children have the freedom to be inside or outside as they wish.The yard should contain both a cultivated and a wild part. It...
