by Abigail Miller | Aug 20, 2011 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cuisine, Food Preparation, geography, Longmont Montessori, Longmont Preschool, practical life, Ramadan
The children have been learning about Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar during which practicing Muslims engage in a time of introspection, self reflection, and worship. During the month of Ramadan, healthy adults fast from sun up to sundown. In the...
by Abigail Miller | Aug 9, 2011 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Broomfield Montessori, cuisine, Erie Montessori, Food Preparation, Longmont Montessori, Longmont Preschool, nutrition
Are these pictures from an end of summer garden party? No. It’s a typical school lunch for preschoolers. Today marked the first day of the Bloom! Montessori School hot lunch program. For the 2011-2012 school year, we are fortunate to be partnering with...
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 | 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 | 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...
