Lunch on the hill.
Then, a challenge: can you design and build a structure out of one sheet of paper that is strong enough to hold up a large book?
Shad, Isaac, and Brannock can stack twenty books and two binders on their structure!
Ciarra, if there’s tape on your mouth, how are you going to share ideas with your group?
I love Fridays!
–Ms. Kat
Ashlyn leads the Human Numberline
Ashlyn is the Human Numberline!
Girls can play football too, right Ciarra and Lily?
Maria Montessori Academy
invites you to
Get Down And Dirty With the Montessori Materials
Maria Montessori Academy
Wednesday November 12, 2014
6:30-8:30pm
Join us for an evening of getting “down and dirty” with the Montessori materials. We welcome adult friends and neighbors for an opportunity to experience math, language and science, as you never have before! All of our teachers will be here to give lessons and answer questions related to the MMA curriculum.
Try your hand at balancing algebra and using test tube to do long division in a way that will blow your mind. See the transition of the Montessori math materials from preschool through the junior high level and learn about how our beads actually help us understand the square root of numbers! Learn about snake game and how it makes learning negative numbers fun and how we use a checkerboard to teach multiplication!
Watch the progression of the Montessori grammar materials; from common and proper nouns to prepositional phrases. Discover the meaning of etymology and see how it can actually be fun! See why our children LOVE to learn! Participate in hands-on science and social studies lessons that will solidify your understanding of microorganisms, invertebrates, the rock-cycle, electricity and more!
This evening will be an open house event from 6:30-8:30 but we suggest coming early because we know, that just like your children, you won’t want to leave when it’s over. Remember this is an adult-only night for current and future Maria Montessori Academy parents and other adult community members.
We look forward to sharing our passion for education with you and we know that you’ll learn something new!
If any male parents are interested in chaperoning on our Jr High Overnight-er at the Environmental Center on Nov. 20-21 (Thurs-Fri) please email jboothe@mariamontessoriacademy.org
We could benefit from a having another male join on the trip, perhaps someones father. For chaperon’s to attend, they do need to have had a background check already complete. If anyone if interested please let Ms Jaime know asap. We are just needing one more male adult. Thank you!
Hello MMA Families,
Our November newsletter is now posted! We hope you enjoy it!
This video was filmed at a Montessori Jr. High. This copyright 2009 DVD is from Educational Video Publishing and looks at the Montessori middle school model at two schools: School of the Woods, a private school in Houston Texas and Clark Montessori Junior High School, a public school in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a great example of what we are envisioning for our Jr High here at MMA!
Thank you to Dale Stoker with Stoker Brothers Construction who got materials for us at cost and donated his time. The Montgomery family facilitated this project. Shingles were donated by Rands Roofing, windows where recycled from a previous project of Stoker Brothers Construction.
Way to go!
Last week, for Red Ribbon Week, Dorian Willes came & shared his story with us. We were lucky to hear about his life, many struggles, and accomplishments.
Thank you for helping to remind us to be Drug Free! We want to wish him well in competing in the ParaOlympic Bobsled team in Calgary!