Sewing – A Practical Life Work

Sewing – A Practical Life Work

There is something very calming and satisfactory about sewing. Whether it is the fact that the children are trusted to use real grown-up tools, including a very sharp and prickly needle, a threader, and beautiful bright thread, or the process of pushing the needle in...
Big Works

Big Works

As our afternooners are developing their skills in all curricular areas, they are also expanding their ability to concentrate and stay engaged with a work over an extensive period of time. The works they are choosing have multiple steps and may take several days to...
Concentration

Concentration

Whether they are reading a fun book, brushing the teeth of a dinosaur, chopping apples, walking the line, doing math or reading, the children in these photos are fully engrossed in what they are doing – they are concentrating hard on the task in front of them....
Art!

Art!

Art comes in many forms and shapes. It can be a masterpiece hanging in a renowned art museum, a piece of music played by a symphonic orchestra, but it also can be a hat crocheted by your grandmother or a delicious meal cooked at home. At M.O.M., art viewing, art...