by Abigail Miller | May 1, 2010 | arthropods, biology, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, Montessori materials, taxonomy
After repeated trips to the garden to hunt for arthropods in the leaf litter and our visit from the University of Colorado “Bug Mobile,” the students have been very interested in the independent classroom works about Arthropods. Sorting Arthropods into...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 30, 2010 | arthropods, biology, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CU Discovery Science Program, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, taxonomy
Hurt no living thing,Ladybird, nor butterfly,Nor moth with dusty wing,Nor cricket chirping cheerily,Nor grasshopper so light of leap,Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,Nor harmless worms that creep.-Christina RossettiOur study of Arthropods continued today with an...
by Abigail Miller | Mar 11, 2010 | biology, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cusine, Fungi, life sciences, mushrooms, taxonomy
Our unit on Fungi continued this week with Mushroom Slicing, a twist on a classic Montessori Practical Life exercise. The children enjoyed carefully cleaning and slicing fresh Button Mushroom caps.Later, the children enjoyed a special treat of Spinach and Maitake...
by Abigail Miller | Mar 9, 2010 | biology, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Fungi, Fungi Perfecti, mushrooms, mycology, science, taxonomy
“Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus; one morning, there they are, we know not how, and they gaze upon us morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only...