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The Montessori Center
Come on in! We're busy working!

The Office Area
Did you add paper towels to the list?

A letter link
Eli's letter link: "eleven"

Erin with camera
Hey Ginny! i was getting ready to take YOUR picture!

Lexi and Madeleine
Just getting started

Children's Message Board
Emma's message on the Message Board: "Do you have soccer practice tonight?"

Pajama Day October 2006
Let's all wear our pajamas to school!

Eating popcorn on carpet
Let's jam in our jammies!

A special October occasion
And then eat popcorn on our bellies!

Carl shares his music
Eli, will you hold my diggeradoo?

Carl with N.American flute
Thanks Carl! We liked your flute music, too!

Lauren and Madeleine
Denise, will you write my name?

Lexi and Mateus
Do you want cream with that?

Hannah pouring water
I'd better save some for the other bowl. It's a good thing I have a sponge!

A fun science experiment
Laura blows AIR bubbles into the water to make the confetti swirl around.

Alexis at the art table
Am I finished, or should I add another strip?

The art activity changes weekly
Noah chooses to make his paper strips go criss-cross

Madeleine at the drying rack
I glued mine nice and straight and now I am putting my work in the drying rack.

Hannah admiring her work
Wow, that looks great!

Each expression is unique
Warned decided to roll the paper and then glue it.

A water transfer activity
Here, let me help you...

Josh, scooping and filling
How many beans will it take to fill this hexagonal prism?

What shape holds the most?
I think I'll add one more- if I can get it through this little hole.

Creating a picture with shapes
Johnny works with one hammer... No- that's Marla!

Erin will trace a shape
Metal inset work

The Office
Can I find my 'K' for Kaylei?

Marla and Emma
Geography is fun to study with the Montessori world map set

Marla with US map
I just found Mississippi.

Reading Area
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Erin who liked to read books

Isaac with shape game
Is it going to go POP?

Ben at Mail Box
Who are you sending your letter to, Ben?

Alexa cutting paper
Cutting is very serious work, especially when you are only two!

Ethan with matching game
I'm finding two that are the same

Hunter with play doh
Pam is a good play doh maker!

bubble making with wisk
Alexis thinks bubble making is fun

Brynna with small magnet
I'm making the airplane move with a magnet- without touching it!

Sharing a puzzle
Eli and Teidhgan are good buds

Knobbed number puzzle
Mateus, is that number 6?

Hand washing work
Hannah checks herself out in the mirror as she does the handwashing exercise.

Hannah and Lexi
Lexi agrees, they were in need of a good washing!

Madeleine with walnut
Sherry, will you help me crack this nut?

Kaylei with water colors
Water color painting

Alexis at easel
What color will I choose next?

Bode with puzzle
Bode keeps his puzzle organized on his work mat.

Isaac with skeleton puzzle
Isaac shows he's about the same size as Mr. Skeleton!

Number puzzle
How many ways can Laura make 10?

Magnet work
Ethan has chosed the magnet work

Ethan at table
Does it attract? Yes or No?

Kaylei at white table
Hammering shapes

Madeleine on work mat
Sorting by color

Isaac
The knobbed cylinders

The cylinder blocks
Where will this one go?

Each block is different
I made a square and it's just my size!

Teidhgan with numbers
I think I'll make a number book with these numbers

Cards and Counters
Sofia doing the cards and counters work

Sofia counting
Some numbers are odd and some are even. The even numbers have "partners."

Laura on work mat
The constructive triangles introduce plane geometry

Eli on Pink Floor
Window washing is one of Eli's favorite activities on the Pink Floor

Disappearing peanut work
Mateus, can you stir the packing peanuts and make them disappear?

Sweeping grains
Brynna is sweeping on a tray

Laura at art table
Sponge painting

Sherry with kids
The children get so busy, that sometimes we get to sit and watch them work

The Blue Carpet Area
We are always there to help. Henry needs Sherry's help at the writing table.

Eli at work mat
Eli with Box II of the color tablets

Luke at work
Luke is absorbed in his work. Can I make them all fit?

Emma Kay matches shapes
Shape/ silhouette matching

Kaia and Eli
Kaia decides which one goes next.

Eli watches Kaia
Yep, that's the right one

Hannah
Oops, I might have to turn this the other way to make it fit.

Children at work time
Work mats define the children's work area. Sometimes it is nice to work alone.

Warner on work mat
The knobless cylinders

The knobless cylinders
Warner decides to build towers

Warner with all 4 boxes
It is tricky to add the one on the very top!

The number rods
Kaylei investigates the number rods

The number rods
Bode builds a maze with the number rods

Bode with maze work
Sofia finds his work interesting and offers him the wooden car.

Bode on blue carpet
Bode says, wait, I want to put out the numbers next.

Bode finds the right numeral
Seven goes after six

Bode completes his maze
There! Now I will drive the car around the maze.

Alphabet puzzles
Emma Kay looks for a picture for the letter "g"-- goose, goat, gasoline?

Children work together
Wow, there are so many letters.

Alphabet work
A group project. Sometimes it is nice to have helpers!

Geometric cabinet
Eli opens the drawer of rectangles in the geometric cabinet

Eli with Rectangles
Which one fits here?

Marla, Emma, and Ayrella
Marla shakes the sound cylinders. Do they sound the same or different?

Circle Drawer
Kaia and Lauren match the drawer or circles

Geometric Solids
What shape do you feel? Is it the cube or the rectangular prism?

Box II of Const. Triangles
Kaia works with the Constructive Triangles. Can you make the black lines touch?

Kaia on blue carpet
Can I get them to fit back in the box?

Madelieine work w/numbers
Counting with boards and pegs

Hunter with blindfold
Hunter is working with the touch tablets. Do they feel the same or different?

Alexis and Maria
The nesting cups are getting smaller.Which one goes next?

Madeleine with triangles
Box II of the constructive trianges explores equilateral triangles.

Kids at table on Pink Floor
Bode waits to crack a nut when Erin is finished. Alexa and Brynna work close by.

Lauren with basket
Lauren wants me to see what she is viewing with the magnifying glass. A fossil?

Mateus on Pink Floor
Mateus washes a whale. We also wash other animals, babies, shells, and rocks.

Alexa with magnet work
Two year old Alexa is learning from and imitates her older peers.

Hunter at art table
Hunter has taken a black line "for a walk", one of many weekly art activities.

Emma at table
Blocks and patterns

Block Buddies work
Emma is comparing her structure to the pattern card she has chosen

Easel work
What will Gracie draw today?

Ben at table with Emma
Ben is working on the farm puzzle.

Isaac with circles
Matching these circle puzzles can be very tricky!

Friends
Alexis and Maria have decided to share their work mat and work together.

Alainah at table
Alainah has chosen to build with the miniature sets of architectural blocks.

Color Tablet work
Madeleine matches box II of the color tablets

Matching cylinders
Lexi matches the cylinders. Each set differs in breadth and height.

Lauren with circles
Lauren decides which circle she will place first. The biggest? The smallest?

Caroline with cylinders
Caroline matches the knobbed and knobless cylinders. There are 4 sets each.

Geometric cabinet cards
There is a wealth of geometry in the Montessori classroom.

Ethan with number work
Ethan builds the number stair from one to ten.

Isaac with favorite work
The 'wedgit' material fits in nicely with the Montessori materials.

Warner and Teidhgan
Grading the circles from large to small brings this work to a higher level.

Colin with bowl
Colin dumps his bubbles into the 'spill bucket' when he is finished.

Erin with basket
There are many variations to necklace making, a popular activity.

Necklace making
Erin has chosen to make a necklace with beads and yarn.

Alexa on pink floor
Alexa is playing with GAK, a putty-like, homemade concoction.

working together
Number Rods and Knobless Cylinders share a base of 10. Donovan built a pyramid.

Number rods and cylinders
There are many creative ways the Montessori materials can be used together.

Kaylei at lunch
Time for a lunch break. Ginny, this soup is good!

Richard with friends
The lunch tables provide a great place for group puzzle work in the afternoon.

Shape puzzle
Ethan, that's a tricky puzzle!

Noah with hamster
Noah remembers "not to squeeze" Thomas the hamster. He has tiny little bones.

Hunter with hamster
Hunter checks out his little nose while Lauren waits her turn.

Brynna on the move
Brynna, do you have a plan? Where are you headed now? To the writing table?

Friends on the couch
Brynna cuddles the baby doll while 'hanging out' with her friend, Gracie.

The Block Area
A castle is being constructed.

Noah with friends
Cooperation is the key to success in the block area

A castle is built
Finished!

Girls in block area
Goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo, You can come too, too, too...

Boys in block area
What's on your mind Warner? Donovan and Richard collaborate.

Richard and Donovan
Collaboration helps them appreciate the value of others and their points of view

Building with blocks
The children enjoy having the animals in the block area.

Blocks with animals
Different props are included with the blocks and rotated to provide new interest

A busy corner
Different weights, kinds and sizes of blocks allow for lots of choice making

Blocks on sign lang. carpet
Girls enjoy the block area as well as the boys

Pipeline project
A BIG idea is born: Let's use all the blocks to make a pipeline!

Teidhgan and Warner
It snakes out of the block area and and around the corner

Children work on pipeline
becoming an exciting community project

Pipeline passes green table
It stretches past the shoe drawers and through the kitchen, and across the blue

Pipeline through kitchen
carpet to its final resting place: The last block reached the ellipse! (CHEERS!)

End of Pipeline
We almost made it to the Pink Floor! Everyone pitched in to put it all away.