As part of Brookeside's commitment to healthy lifestyles, students recently participated in the first annual track and field event at Brookeside Montessori School. Events included modified javelin and shot-put throwing, hurdles, and a baton relay.
On October 10th, Brookeside Montessori Preschool students participated in a field trip to Savidge Farms in Mertztown, PA. Students and their families went on a hay wagon ride, picked their own pumpkins, and also had some time to explore the farm including:climbing tractors, bale maze, corn teepee, digging corn silo, pretend milking station, and animal visiting area.
Learn why the Montessori kindergarten year—the third and final year of the Montessori Early Childhood cycle—is a foundation for life. In Brookeside Montessori's kindergarten program children use Montessori materials along with phonics and thematic based materials to strengthen academics in a non-competitive and nurturing environment. Because of the full day kindergarten program, children [...]
Pre-K and Kindergarten students at Brookeside Montessori had a fun-filled day at Merrymead Farm in Lansdale, PA! We went on a hay ride, saw a skit about Johnny Appleseed, went through a corn stalk maze, enjoyed a picnic lunch, and then the children got to choose a pumpkin.
Last spring the students at Brookeside Montessori planted a garden. The Elementary students chose to plant a pumpkin patch. Recently, they harvested a crop of nearly twenty pumpkins. A few pumpkins are used for seasonal decorations. However, the class is most excited to use the pumpkins to make breads and pies for a harvest feast [...]
