by Abigail Miller | Jan 19, 2011 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Longmont Preschool, music, Sensorial
The Bells are certainly adored by the children. They spent much of the day yesterday perfecting their ability to use the mallet to produce the tones and learning to use the damper. Some of the children began receiving presentations on the preliminary bell lessons. The...
by Abigail Miller | Jan 16, 2011 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Longmont Preschool, music, Sensorial
The bells are here! Nearly a year ago, one of our families made a very generous donation to the school, which we used to purchase this set of Montessori Bells. The bells are the primary material which Montessori used in the 3-6 classroom to develop the auditory senses...
by Abigail Miller | Nov 5, 2009 | Bloom Montessori School of Longmont, Geometric Cabinet, Longmont Preschool, Sensorial
The children have sustained their interest in learning the geometric forms. They demonstrate a high degree of awareness and interest in geometric forms in their environment and palpable joy in being able to reproduce them.I recently overheard one girl literally shriek...
by Abigail Miller | Oct 18, 2009 | Geometric Solids, Montessori, Montessori materials, Montessori Method, Sensorial
In Montessori classrooms the children are permitted to freely choose among a great variety of growth-promoting materials during the independent work period. As a result of their freedom to choose, it is always very interesting to see which materials the children are...
