Historical Figure Day

We've worked hard for the past month researching someone from history and writing a biography on that person. Last Friday, we all dressed up and read our biographies to the class.

We all found a partner to practice reading our biographies.

I have a dream!

Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth I

Did you know Doc Holliday was born with a dentist?

Dr. Montessori. I was starstruck.

Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste

From Left: Martin Luther King Jr, Thomas Jefferson, Doc Holliday, Walt Disney, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Colonel Chamberlain, Claude Monet, and Jackie Robinson Jr.

From Left: Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth I, Dr. Montessori, Sacagawea, Del Wood, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Clara Barton, and Pocahontas

The whole gang

Dr. Steven Hughes

Dr. Steven Hughes was one of the keynote speakers at the national conference last weekend. He is incredible. He is a pediatric neuropsychologist and a proud parent of a child in Montessori. If you ever get a chance to hear him speak, he will knock your socks off. He talks about where education is heading and how Montessori education is the solution to many of the issues we're running into. He outlines brain function and how Dr. Montessori had it all figured out years before anyone knew anything about brain imaging. Check out the video below for a taste of his speeches.

AMS Conference

We arrived home last night from the American Montessori Society conference in Orlando, FL. We had such an amazing time touring a school, attending professional growth sessions, and seeing all the latest and greatest materials. I missed the kids so much! I can't wait to start implementing all the great stuff I learned!

TGIF

Here are a few pictures of us working this past Friday!

She's reading two books about the sky and then she will make a double bubble map comparing the two.

Coloring his map of North America.

Working on words.

The checkerboard has become a favorite material.

Diagramming sentences. We are working on the preposition part of speech.

She's also doing the double bubble lesson.

Researching Clara Barton

North America Puzzle Map

Research

Multiplying with the Stamp Game

Checkerboard. He's up to multiplying by 3 digits.

Internal Human Body Parts

My Camera's Accident

So I was walking around the classroom taking pictures of the class a week ago when suddenly, I dropped my camera on the hard tile floor. Oh no! For a while it wouldn't even turn on. It comes on now, but the photos are turning out very blurry. I've been wanting a new one anyway so hopefully I'll have another one soon. In the meantime, I'm afraid we are going to have some blurry pictures of amazing children.

New Encyclopedias!

The amazing Media Specialist at LHS granted a wish for us this week! She donated a set of used World Book Encyclopedias to us. The ones we had been using were from the late 1970's and were pretty awful. Just ask the classroom Doctor how he felt about them not having an entry on the Titanic or the classroom Mommy how she felt about them not having an entry on Princess Diana. The new to us encyclopedias are so great and so helpful in our research projects. There was even an entry on Dr. Maria Montessori. Here are a few pictures of the kids enjoying them.

He's researching snakes. I had taken a picture of his report, but due to my camera's accident it wouldn't turn up.

Trying to find something to spark her interest.

She researched the human body. Check out the awesome illustration of a heart on her paper.

Our Civilization Projects

The projects about Ancient Civilizations were due today. My class knocked my socks off. We all learned so much about how the Greek, Egyptians, and Mayans changed our lives. We started the day with a gallery walk. The kids strolled around the room, examining the projects, and making notes of encouragement on each. Then they presented their projects to the class. I was so proud of their poise.