M.O.M. Blog and News
Spring
Spring inspires so many aspects of learning – the obvious changes around us cannot go unnoticed, which very conveniently lend themselves into lessons and discussions on a great variety of topics. One of the things we do is talk about the life cycle of a seed and plant...
May Day Flower Delivery Walk – An Act of Random Kindness
Our annual May Day Flower Delivery Walk was started by one of our beloved founders, Gena Lawrence. Gena wanted to share with the MOM children her childhood tradition of delivering flowers down her street as an act of kindness every year on May 1st. On this day, we ask...
Reading & Writing
Watching a child’s face light up when they blend their sounds together for the first time and they realize they just read a word is priceless. At M.O.M. we use the phonetic approach to teaching reading and writing. Before the child actually blends their sounds...
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....
Outdoors – Another Classroom
The children at My Own Montessori can choose between indoors, the art room, and the outdoors throughout the morning work period. They can come and go in between these areas as they feel fit based on their needs and interests. At MOM, we believe that all three areas...
Learning Continents – Asia
As part our cultural curriculum, we have been studying the continents of the worlds. This month, we visited the continent of Asia. We identified all 49 countries on the puzzle map, and we made books of the flags of Asia!We had a lot of fun learning about the animals...
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...
Winter 2023
By the time we returned to school from the winter holiday, our school turned into Winter Land. Snowflakes appeared on our windows, and works with winter themes filled our shelves. The children were building snowmen, sorting snowflakes, matching miniature snowflakes to...
36th Annual Stone Soup!
We held our 36th annual Stone Soup Celebration! Stone Soup comes from a folk tale that tells the story of two travelers who create a great feast by teaching the people of a small village the value of sharing. Since Stone Soup is about sharing, on this day, the...
Halloween 2022
The week before Halloween, the children found all kinds of exciting works on the shelves. There were pumpkin and spider toothpicks to arrange in a pot of play dough, bats were floating in the basting work, there were tiny black and white balls to transfer into a...
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