by Abigail Miller | Aug 3, 2011 | arthropods, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Broomfield Montessori, Butterfly Pavilion, Erie Montessori, life sciences, Longmont Montessori, Longmont Preschool, science, Summer, taxonomy
This afternoon, the children were treated to one of the highlights of our summer arthropod unit, a visit from the Butterfly Pavilion. The Butterfly Pavilion has the distinction of being the nation’s first stand alone non-profit invertebrate zoo. It features more...
by Abigail Miller | May 15, 2011 | birds, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CU Discovery Science Program, life sciences, Longmont Montessori, Longmont Preschool, practical life, vertebrates
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.” -John James Audubon First, I want to offer a little apology. I have re-formatted this post at least three times, but every time I...
by Abigail Miller | Apr 11, 2011 | birds, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, raptors, Rocky Mountain Raptor Program, science
This morning, as part of our current unit on birds, the children received a visit from the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program. The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program rescues, rehabilitates, and (when possible) releases injured birds of prey. They also offer a comprehensive...
by Abigail Miller | Sep 9, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, mollusks, Montessori 3-6, taxonomy
“There is in the child a special kind of sensitivity which leads him to absorb everything about him, and it is this work of observing and absorbing that alone enables him to adapt himself to life. He does it in virtue of an unconscious power that only exists in...
by Abigail Miller | Sep 6, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CU Discovery Science Program, life sciences, Longmont Preschool, mollusks, taxonomy
“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”-Federico FelliniBeing landlocked, many of our students have rather limited experience with mollusks. Mollusks are one of the most diverse animal phyla (in terms of both size and...
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...
