The Elementary class at Brookeside Montessori are participating in a special community service project. They have been visiting Frederick Living, A Retirement Community. On their first visit the students planted bulbs in a flower bed. Since then they have celebrated a birthday with one of the residents, participated in games and crafts, and right before the holidays went caroling.
This fall the Elementary students at Brookeside Montessori enjoyed lessons and activities on different bird species. Looking through the regurgitated parts it was exciting to find bones. We also went on a field trip to Hawk Mountain. It was a beautiful day for a hike and a picnic. Students relied on the guides to point out the different migrating birds and eagerly looked on through their binoculars.
PJ Day Jam! On Thursday, December 10th, students at Brookeside Montessori took part in our annual Pajama Day to support our school spirit! Highlights included dancing to the-the tune "We're Not Sleepy" by the Bacon Brothers and the "Pajama Time" found on Sandra Boynton's "Philadelphia Chickens" collection.
December has been an exciting month for Afternoon Kindergarten! In Science, we learned that chemistry is the science of mixing- and then we gave all that mixing a try. In Social Studies, Kindergarten began their investigation of Europe.
The students in the PM enrichment class have been studying classifications of animals and the parts of animals. So far we have created bats and learned their parts, created squirrel diagrams, turtle diagrams, and are moving on to birds in winter and fish in spring. We also learned about animals with skeletons and without.
