by Abigail Miller | Oct 15, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, fall, Farm to School Program, field trip, food cultivation, Food Preparation, Longmont Preschool, pumpkins, Slow Foods for Schools USA, The Family Table Farm
Yesterday, we commemorated the beginning of fall and the end of our Farm to School Community Supported Agriculture program with a trip to visit The Family Table Farm. For the past six months, we have partnered with The Family Table Farm to raise the next generation...
by Abigail Miller | Sep 28, 2010 | apples, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cuisine, Farm to School Program, food cultivation, Longmont Preschool, Practical Life materials
“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.”-Dr. Maria Montessori It’s officially apple harvesting time! For weeks, the children have been munching on the crunchy bounty...
by Abigail Miller | Aug 24, 2010 | arthropods, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, botany, food cultivation, Food Preparation, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, pollinators
This past week, the children discovered this little character living amongst the zucchini in our garden (perhaps this is one of the little praying mantis’s we hatched and released at the beginning of the summer?). Our animated guest was a good sport; he spent...
by Abigail Miller | Aug 18, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, food cultivation, Food Preparation, Longmont Preschool
“If you don’t have zucchini, you don’t have friends.”- Unknown There are few vegetables which are as rewarding to grow in a children’s garden as zucchini- the results are usually both massive and prolific. Additionally, zucchini are...
by Abigail Miller | Jul 21, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cuisine, Farm to School Program, food cultivation, Longmont Preschool
“You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.”-Morley Safer, Canuck CBS News Correspondent It was finally time for the children to harvest the garlic that they planted last October!My husband, Josh, led the excited...
by Abigail Miller | Jul 6, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Farm to School Program, food cultivation, gardening, Longmont Preschool
“Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were- Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a den in a sandbank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree. “Now my dear,” said old Mrs. Rabbit one...