by Abigail Miller | Jan 15, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Care of the Self, Cherry Pitting, Food Preparation, Practical Life materials, Spring
“One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.”-Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOkay, I cheated a little bit…. in general, I am a big proponent of locally grown, seasonal food, but in the midst of an unusually bleak winter it is...
by Abigail Miller | Jan 8, 2010 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, citrus juicing, orange juicing, Practical Life materials
Is there a better antidote for dreary winter afternoons than making your own fresh squeezed orange juice?I doubt it…
by Abigail Miller | Nov 29, 2009 | art, Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, classroom organization, cutting strip holder, cutting with scissors, Practical Life materials
The children have advanced a great deal over the past few months. So, much of my Thanksgiving break was spent putting out some new materials to provide new challenges for them and “commissioning” some new materials for the classroom (poor Josh).Many of the...