Brookeside Montessori’s International Festival 2014
The Kindergarten and Elementary students will have displays, artifacts, and food from several countries. Come take a trip around the world between 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
National Poetry Month
The students in the Elementary class at Brookeside Montessori wrote poems throughout the year and choose one of their works to enter into the Young Poets contest sponsored by The Reading Public Library. To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, the students held a poetry reading for the school community. At that time the class [...]
Pysanky Demonstration
Recently, the students at Brookeside Montessori learned about Pysanky, or Ukrainian Easter eggs. Angela Rosoha, a local artist, visitied the school and shared the history of this art. She shared eggs that were created by herself and family members. One egg was 30 years old. Angela also demonstrated the process of creating Pysanky. The students [...]
Chick hatching Project
During the week of March 31-April 4, Mrs. John's class is beginning their chick hatching project from Quiver Farm. A farmer visited with a hen and a rooster to educate and entertain the Pre-K and Kindergarten students. The students will observe the chicks in their incubator and hope to be in school when then hatch [...]
Pet Visitors
Mrs. Marks's Preschool has been hosting some pet visitors, Coconut and Steve, guinea pigs who belong to our students Seth and Abby Gerdeman. We learned about mammals, pet care and listened to the animals heartbeats with a stethoscope. We also drew diagrams with labels of the parts of the guinea pig.