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 | Jun 15, 2011 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CSA, cuisine, Farm to School Program, Longmont Preschool, nutrition, Ollin Farms
Bloom! Montessori’s Farm to School Program and nutritional education was featured in last Sunday’s edition of the Longmont Times Call. To read the article, follow this link:...
by Abigail Miller | Jan 13, 2011 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, CSA, Farm to School Program, Longmont Preschool, nutrition, Ollin Farms, Summer
It is hard to believe, given all of the snow on the ground, but we are hard at work making plans for our summer program!One of the many highlights of the summer program is that we participate in the national Slow Foods USA Farm to School Program. This year, we will be...
by Abigail Miller | Feb 28, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, cuisine, Farm to School Program, gardening, nutrition, Seed Savers Exchange, Slow Foods for Schools USA, Spring
Whether it means carrying hyacinths around the classroom and sharing their delicate fragrance with your friends or spending the weekend pouring through seed catalogues, we all find ourselves dreaming of Spring.This weekend, we formalized plans for our edible...
by Abigail Miller | Feb 16, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Community Supported Agriculture, composting, cuisine, Farm to School Program, gardening, nutrition, Slow Foods for Schools USA, The Family Table Farm
“we may be witnessing the first generation in history that has not been required to participate in that primal rite of socialization, the family meal…the family meal is not only the core curriculum in the school of civilizing discourse; it is also a set of...