🎨 Our Montessori students were introduced to some exciting new work this week that will help them learn their colors! In a "Color Tablet Survey", one student glues colored construction paper squares to a piece of paper, then goes around the room to ask the others what their favorite color is. In the final step of the work, teachers help the students count the tally marks to see which colors receive the most votes.
If you're interested in a Montessori style Pre-K or Kindergarten experience for your child, attend our Fall Open House on Thurs., Oct. 16th! Click here to register: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/openhouse
🐌 The Montessori snails are back… & there are lots of babies! Students are able to put on an apron, sit in front of the snail tank, & observe a couple of the good natured gastropods on a tray - what fun!
It's not too early to start thinking about Pre-K or Kindergarten for next year! Did you know that parents generally start looking for preschools & kindergartens around 6 to 12 months before enrollment? Starting the search process early is beneficial to allow ample time for research, visiting schools, applying & potentially getting on wait lists, especially in high-demand areas.
Click the link below to register for our Fall Open House on Thursday, October 16th from 5:30 - 6:30 pm: smstheplacetobee.com
You'll have the opportunity to tour our Montessori Pre-K, & Kindergarten - Grade 2 classrooms, as well as meet teachers & current school families. Come see how our Catholic values shape tomorrow's leaders!
🍂🍁 Happy first day of fall! Our campus is slowly turning into an autumn wonderland with all of the beautiful trees we have, & students are taking note with their work! Montessori friends finger-painted some lovely leaves on trees this week, while grade 2 looked for signs of fall outside & learned about why leaves turn color.
#happyFall #autumnisawesome #fallvibes #loveFall
6 days ago, St. Mary Swormville
Our Montessori students are settling in nicely! The children read "The Kissing Hand" with their teachers this week, then worked on coloring some hands of their own to take home. The book captures the experience of starting something new & addresses emotions children may face, while emphasizing love, reassurance & connection.
📚SMS families stopped by today to drop off supplies, see classrooms & meet teachers! All weekend we'll be giving "sneak peeks" into the great spaces we have prepared for students to learn & grow this year. Can you guess the classroom featured here? 🤔 Tell us in the comments!
about 1 month ago, Rebecca Kisailus
🔬Our final Montessori Summer Adventure for the year had students experimenting with science! The children did several experiments, including using their sense of smell to determine what kind of extract was on a cotton ball, as well as observing how when they put a finger in soap, then dipped it in a bowl of water & pepper, the pepper moved away!
Also, thank you to the Attea family who donated the jumbo unicorn sprinkler to help keep our little scientists cool in the hot weather!
Montessori Summer Adventures continued this week with an #Art theme! Our young adventurers had access to fun & creative art themed Montessori activities, snack, & time outside each day.
If you're interested in a Montessori style Pre-K or Kindergarten experience for your child, or would like to learn more about our faith-based, academically rigorous curriculum, contact us today to learn how our Catholic values shape tomorrow's leaders! There are still openings in select grade levels for the coming school year. Click here to learn more: https://www.stmaryschoolswormville.org/o/school/page/request-information
☀️ 🌊 🐠 Our Montessori Summer Adventures are off to a great start with "Ocean Week"! Friends slipped & slid their way into summer with water themed activities outside, & fun with seashells & lots of other ocean-themed work inside!
#oceanweek #hellosummer #seashells #montessori #slipandslide #montessorilearning
3 months ago, Katelyn Smith
Oh the places our littlest "bees" will go! Congratulations to our Montessori Kindergarten class & Miss Gon's Kindergarten class who celebrated their Moving Up Day last week! Thank you to Mrs. Munro for the lovely bee themed cookies, to Mrs. Latona for setting up the reception, & to our Kindergarten room parents & teachers who worked so hard to make this important year of school special! See more photos here: https://tinyurl.com/86cj6z77
#Kindergarten #Montessori #MovingUpDay #Ohtheplacesyoullgo #DrSeuss #SMStheplacetoBEE
3 months ago, St. Mary Swormville
🐝💙 "Thank you for being a friend" was the theme of our end of year Montessori Children's House Picnic! Students did a great job singing, then enjoyed a lovely picnic and time on the playground with their families. Thank you to Ashley Latona for setting up the impressive spread! Click here for more photos: https://tinyurl.com/33xpxu23
#montessori #thankyouforbeingafriend #montessorifriends #SMStheplacetoBEE #preK3 #preK4 #Kindergarten #family
3 months ago, St. Mary Swormville
Tomorrow our chicks go back to the farm. Montessori enjoyed watching the chicks grow and their little "chirps" will be missed! We will especially miss our yellow chick who was our only egg to hatch! 🐣
#Montessori #chicks #egghatching #chirp #backtothefarm #MontessoriLearning #PreK #Kindergarten
4 months ago, Katelyn Smith
🍩 We celebrated our Dads, Grandpas, Uncles & other special someones a bit early with our Montessori & Kindergarten students yesterday! Having "Donuts with Dad" was a sweet start to the day for our youngest students. Thank you to the Latona family for setting up the event, it was a-glaze-ing! Click here for more photos: https://tinyurl.com/44rf38kj
#fathersday #donutswithdad #iloveyoudad #FAMILY #Montessori #Kindergarten #PreK #SMStheplacetoBEE
4 months ago, St. Mary Swormville
These new feathered friends are getting along fabulously! Thank you to Nature's Prize for loaning (and the DeGolier family for delivering) our Montessori classroom some "foster chicks" to pal around with the lone chick that hatched from the Montessori incubator. The students are having so much fun learning about the growing birds, and their peeps can be heard even out in the hallway!
#Montessori #chicks #chickhatching #featheredfriends #science #nature
4 months ago, St. Mary Swormville
🥚 🐣 🐥 There's just 9 more days until the chicks hatch in our Montessori classroom!
Today students used an egg model to see what the chick looks like at this stage of it's growth. Students also learned about candling. Candling is a technique that uses a bright light to examine the development of an embryo inside a chicken egg by shining it through the shell.
#science #hatching #chicks #montessorilearning #montessori #knowledge
4 months ago, Katelyn Smith
Thank you to the Moleski family for bidding on & winning the Montessori "Disney & Ice Cream Day" in our recent #SpringforSuccess Silent Auction! Students watched "Tangled", made a craft, dressed up Disney, & enjoyed ice cream!
#silentauction #Tangled #DisneyDay #Montessori
5 months ago, Katelyn Smith
🦋💐💜 What a beautiful morning for our SMS Kindergarten & Montessori Moms - thank you to everyone who organized this lovely event!
https://www.facebook.com/share/166vPzDimY/?
#mothersday #tradition #mothersdaytea #prek #kindergarten #Montessori #family
5 months ago, Rebecca Kisailus
🥚 🐣 🐥 It's Day 1 of 21 for Montessori Chick Hatching!
Students are learning all about the life cycle of a chicken, & today put 12 eggs into an incubator where they will stay until they hatch in 21 days. The children (& teachers!) are so excited for our eggs to hatch!
5 months ago, Katelyn Smith
Our Montessori students are enjoying new work this week. Washing babies teaches children empathy, sympathy, and practices gentle hands! 💞
#Montessori #MontessoriLearning #SMStheplacetoBEE
5 months ago, Katelyn Smith
🌎 💚🪱🌱 Montessori friends came in to a yummy surprise this morning! Thank you to the Latona Family for making delicious "worms in dirt" for the students to eat in celebration of Earth Day!
#EarthDay #wormsindirt #yummy #snacktime
