by Abigail Miller | Jul 31, 2010 | art, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, botany, chemistry, cyanotypes, Longmont Preschool, sun prints
The children have been learning about the different parts of a plant, including the different structures present in leaves, and we have been discussing how plants make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis begins when light is absorbed...
by Abigail Miller | Jan 7, 2010 | art, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, language, Montessori punching, perforating
The cubbies are stuffed full of pieces of construction paper riddled with tiny holes, and I must say that I feel as if I have re-discovered punching.”Punching,” or “perforating” is a classic Montessori activity in which children trace a form...
by Abigail Miller | Nov 29, 2009 | art, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, classroom organization, cutting strip holder, cutting with scissors, Practical Life materials
The children have advanced a great deal over the past few months. So, much of my Thanksgiving break was spent putting out some new materials to provide new challenges for them and “commissioning” some new materials for the classroom (poor Josh).Many of the...
by Abigail Miller | Oct 7, 2009 | art, cutting lesson, Montessori materials, scissors
I also updated my cutting lesson with this nice little set (I really like the little wooden box for the scraps and the nice rounded stainless scissors- they seem better proportioned to the child’s hand and the children were much more successful with them than...
by Abigail Miller | Oct 7, 2009 | art, collage box, pasting lesson
I have been putting some effort into updating my art area of the classroom. Although I have seen numerous examples of art shelves and art materials in the course of my training and previous employment, I wasn’t quite satisfied with the quality of my materials-...
