Recent Blogs - the Montessori Elementary class - Windsor

500 lines Blenkinsop

Hardly! But the children have been studying the use of lines in art, finding out some more about the artists and exploring with their own...

'C' Day

With talk beginning of what's going to appear on Christmas present lists, Christmas ordering forms and chocolate santas appearing in...

Creation of the light bulb took 1000 steps

Some of the children have really taken to working with the circuit material. So, the Happy Birthday tune has made us all jump on...

Wheels within wheels

Our group have been exploring circles - in nature, in the environment and with the geometry cabinet. Following on from the exploration...

Are emojis the hieroglyphics of the 21st century?

Are emojis a step forwards in how we communicate or are we reverting back to beyond the language of the ancient Egyptians? This was the...

Fly By

Our class location was a perfect spot to see part of the 100 for 100 RAF celebration. We enjoyed the company of numeous other spectators...

Dividing the spoils

Examples of Montessori division materials - as in the nursery, in elementary we move from concrete to abstract, whether it be using...

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...

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...

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...