Universe in The Pocket Montessori School

What do children eat at our Montessori school? 🌿

Every day, we serve three healthy meals prepared with organic ingredients. Fresh fruits and vegetables are also available to children throughout the day.

Our menu is thoughtfully planned to support children’s energy, concentration, healthy development, and overall well-being.

Because nutritious food is an important part of every child’s day - just like meaningful work, movement, rest, and care.

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Children ages 4–6 in a Montessori environment

At this age, children are ready to go deeper: to concentrate for longer periods of time, choose more challenging work, take on more responsibility, and gradually become leaders in the group.

Montessori Casa gives children exactly what they need at ages 4-6: an individual pace, practical life skills, the opportunity to learn writing and reading at the right time, deep mathematical understanding, and rich exploration of nature, our planet, and space.

Here, children are not simply “getting ready for school.”
They learn how to think, make decisions, act independently, help others, complete their work, and believe in their own abilities.

For children of this age, a Montessori environment is not just an alternative to JK. It is an environment that more deeply meets their developmental needs.

🪴🐦‍⬛Spring has arrived in our classroom in so many beautiful ways.

During our walks, we are seeing and hearing more and more birds, and this seasonal change naturally flows into our days at school. We talk about birds during circle time, sing songs about them, play movement games, and create them in the classroom using playdough, clay, and even yarn, all while developing important fine motor skills, coordination, creativity, and language.

We also explored a beautiful old tradition by decorating eggs with wax and trying a traditional dyeing technique. It was a special way to connect children with art, culture, and the rhythms of the season.

Spring, we have been waiting for you 🌸🐣

For preschoolers, art is first of all a process of exploration and experimentation.

Children explore colour, paint, glue, shapes, textures, and all kinds of materials. Through hands-on experience, they discover how watercolor behaves differently from acrylic paint, what marks different tools can leave, and how not only brushes, but also grass, sticks, flowers, send or even kitchen utensils can become instruments for creating.

This is what children’s creativity truly is: a deeply engaging process of discovery, self-expression, and personality formation.

This is exactly how children grow and develop at Universe in the Pocket Montessori
School. ✏️🎨

🌧️Rainy days are full of real childhood magic.
How wonderful it is to walk in the rain, run through puddles, ride scooters and bicycles.

For a child, rain is not an inconvenience - it is an experience. It is a chance to explore, to notice, to move, to test, to feel. The sound of water, the splash of boots, the wet grass, the changing sky - all of this becomes part of learning.

In Montessori, we value real life, real sensations, and real discovery. Nature is not something children should only look at through a window. It is something they should touch, experience, and enjoy.

Sometimes a rainy walk gives children exactly what they need: freedom, joy, movement, and a deep connection with the world around them.

There is no bad weather, only the wrong clothing.
With the right rain boots, a waterproof suit, and the freedom to explore, even a rainy day becomes a beautiful part of childhood.

Already a tradition at our school - we celebrate Friends’ Day every year ❤️

Everyone comes dressed in red and brings a red flower. This year the children brought beautiful gerberas, carnations, and roses, and the classroom felt extra warm and festive.

We made cards for one another, shared compliments, and gave lots of hugs. The children also created their own special photo frames, each one unique and full of personality.

And of course, we cooked something yummy together: healthy homemade chocolate 🍫

What we used:
• cocoa butter + cocoa powder
• dried oranges + berries
• no sugar at all

A sweet treat can be simple and healthy! And friendship makes it even sweeter.

What a wonderful day!❤️

Music education plays a vital role in early childhood.
Playing musical instruments supports brain development, strengthens neural connections, and helps children learn in a truly holistic way.

The Orff approach is about living music through the body. Through movement and play, singing, and playing instruments. Music is experienced.

These activities help children develop creativity, a sense of rhythm, musical hearing, and listening skills, as well as coordination and self-control.

Even at a very young age, playing in an orchestra teaches children to listen to one another, communicate, and create something together. They learn how to blend their sound as a group.

Music becomes a shared language - joyful, expressive, and deeply meaningful 🎶

❄️ Snowy days are the best. ❄️

The kids love being outside! Making snow angels, digging in the snow, sledding down the hill, and exploring everything around them.

And the best part? We get to do all of this right here at our school.

Fresh air, lots of play, and lots of happy kids with rosy cheeks :)


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