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 | Sep 23, 2010 | autumn, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, health and safety, Longmont Preschool, Practical Life materials
Here is one of my favorite Autumn Practical Life Lessons- Sunflower Seed Saving. Like many practical life lessons, removing seeds from a sunflower with tweezers helps young children to coordinate the fine motor movements of their hand, develops finger strength and...
by Abigail Miller | May 17, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Fred Bustamante Wood Products, hammering nails into a tree stump, Longmont Preschool, Practical Life materials
“No man learns self-discipline through hearing another man speak. The phenomenon of discipline needs as a preparation a series of complete actions, such as are presupposed in the genuine application of a really educative method. Discipline is reached always by...
by Abigail Miller | May 3, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Cooking Projects, cuisine, Farm to School Program, Longmont Preschool, Practical Life materials, The Family Table Farm
As part of our membership in Slow Foods USA Farm to School Program, we partner with The Family Table Farm, a local farm owned by Mike and Lisel Record, to purchase naturally grown (without the use of pesticides), local produce. When the CSA (Community Supported...
by Abigail Miller | Mar 31, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, composting, gardening, Longmont Preschool, Practical Life materials
“Of course we must adapt according to conditions, but ideally there is a light airy classroom that opens into a lovely yard, and the children have the freedom to be inside or outside as they wish.The yard should contain both a cultivated and a wild part. It...
by Abigail Miller | Feb 14, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Cooking Projects, Linzer Tarts, Practical Life materials, Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! “The child loves us with all his heart and follows us with all the devotion of which his little soul is capable; nevertheless, he has something within himself which governs his inner life: it is the force of his own expansion. It is...
