by MOM | Mar 13, 2023 | Montessori Preschool, The Outdoor 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...
by OTB Admin | Feb 15, 2023 | Montessori Preschool
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...
by MOM | Jan 31, 2023 | Art, Creativity, Montessori Preschool
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...
by MOM | Jan 17, 2023 | Montessori Preschool
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...
by MOM | Dec 3, 2022 | Montessori Preschool, Special Events, Thanksgiving
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...
by MOM | Nov 11, 2022 | Montessori Preschool, Special Events
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...