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the Montessori Elementary Class - Windsor
Education for the whole child for their whole life
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Tricking the children
This afternoon, wtith the weather glorious, we took our work outside and used some simple and not so simple methods to continue our tree...
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How old?
Riddle: How can you use a length of wool to estimate the age of a tree? We had a fun afternoon trying to find out, first off by using...
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Paint making
Following on from our work on Rembrandt, we made our own tempera paint today using pigment, egg yolk and a tiny bit of liquid soap. We...
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Salt
One of our more experienced children worked with one of our newest today on a piece of history work called Fundamental Human Needs. They...
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I care
Showing someone you care and want them to know that you are thinking of them - a homemade cake for a dear friend of our class.
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'Up to the highest height...
...Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring' A perfect afternoon for trying out a new addition to the outdoor equipment; and just wondrous...
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Mini me gardens
The children eagerly awaited the return of their RHS handicraft to incorporate into their own miniature gardens to take home today. They...
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