by Abigail Miller | Feb 7, 2011 | Chinese New Year, cusine, Food Preparation, social studies
The children have been learning about Chinese New Year, a traditional Chinese festival which begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese lunar-solar calendar (each month follows one cycle of the moon) and ends fifteen days later, on Chinese New Years...
by Abigail Miller | Jul 5, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cusine, food cultivation, Food Preparation, gardening, Longmont Preschool, practical life
The Fava Beans were finally ready for harvesting (this proverbial spring delight came a little later than normal as we held off due to unfavorable planting conditions). Fava Beans are undoubtedly one of the best plants to grow in a children’s garden; these...
by Abigail Miller | Jun 16, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cusine, Farm to School Program, gardening, Longmont Preschool
This week marked the first harvest from the school’s vegetable garden. These beautiful French Breakfast Radishes provided the first opportunity for children to take the harvest basket out to the garden and return with fresh vegetables. The pleasure of plucking...
by Abigail Miller | Jun 10, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CSA, cusine, Lone Hawk Farm, Longmont Preschool, The Family Table Farm
This has been quite an exciting week! Yesterday, we received our first Community Supported Agriculture share from The Family Table Farm. The Family Table Farm is a small, family-owned market garden that grows a wide array of delicious, naturally grown, produce just...
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...