One of the most iconic Montessori math materials is the Golden Beads, used to introduce children to the decimal system in a concrete, meaningful way. The Golden Beads represent units, tens, hundreds, and thousands—each quantity shown physically so children can see, touch, and build numbers rather than just memorize them. Through hands-on exploration, students [...]
The students in he Primary Half Day classroom celebrated National Apple Dumpling Day! They have spent the past week sampling and discussing different varieties of apples. The fun culminated when the students participated in chopping apples, preparing the mixture and filling the dumplings!
The PreKindergarten class has been learning about apples during the month of September. They learned about the life cycle of an apple, the different kinds of apples. They also visited Frecon Orchard to learn more about apple trees and to pick apples.
This week in Miss Poley's Pre-K class at Brookside Montessori School, we made sunflowers out of paper plates, bubble wrap, construction paper, and paint. We learned about the life cycle of a sunflower, parts of the flower and read a story about how to grow sunflowers in our garden. As a culminating activity, we acted as scientists and dissected a real sunflower!
The Brookeside Montessori School Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten class made and sold dog treats as a fundraiser for the SPCA of Montgomery County. We took the money and bought dog, cat, hamster, guinea pig, rabbit, and ferret food and delivered it to the animals in the shelter at the SPCA of Montgomery County.
