Overland Montessori

“Children are born with all the curiosity they will need. It will last a lifetime if they are fed upon a daily diet of ideas.” - Charlotte Mason

We had some more visitors on Monday!
Thank you Katelyn for bringing the chicks in !🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥
They were adorable. The children got a chance to hold one! We learned about their down feathers & how their adult feathers will look completely different. It was such a great experience!

We had a visitor on Monday! Meet Mario the parakeet! We begin our bird unit in March and we’re lucky enough to have a family member of one of our students bring in their pet bird. it was a fun learning experience! Thank you aunt Christi! 

Overland Montessori- Where the fun learning happens!!

Happy 100th Day of School was celebrated 2/17/22! We had a blast!

Happy Valentines Day ♥️

2022 marks Mrs.Eric’s 10th year with Overland Montessori. We have been blessed to have this amazing teacher. Thank you Erica for your commitment and dedication to the students at Overland.

“The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence “ - Dr.Maria Montessori

Winter fun!

We hope everyone is having a beautiful holiday today! 🎄❄️

We’ve had a few guest speakers in our classroom so far.
Thank you Tim for teaching the students about growing up in Canada. The children had so much fun!
Thank you Amanda for showing us some of your favorite holiday traditions! Like making reindeer food!🎄🦌

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Happy Halloween 🎃

Photo dump because time is flies when you are having fun learning new things!!!!!
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Crazy hair day was a blast!!!

We have enjoyed studying Jackson Pollock and his style of abstract expressionism.
Now it’s the students’ turn to work on a horizontal canvas!!!

“ We are smart
We are kind
We are silly
We are brave
We are honest
We are loved”

A little behind on posting our summer fun activities!!!

Learn how to Hula in Miss Jessica's World - Teaching Kids Cultural Dance - "Listen Learn & Love"

The children had so much fun with this step by step lesson on Hula dancing!
It’s a great video!

Learn how to Hula in Miss Jessica's World - Teaching Kids Cultural Dance - "Listen Learn & Love" 🎉Today in "Listen, Learn & Love", we'll learn about Hula. Thanks to Miss Ava Rae Luna for stopping by! I'm so glad she learned at Aloha Hula studios so she ...

Happy Memorial Day to our friends and families

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We are.....
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“ what we learn with pleasure, we never forget” - Margaret Mead

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HAPPY 100th DAY OF SCHOOL!!

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Arctic Woolly Bear Moth Facts and Adaptations - Gynaephora groenlandica

In case you were wondering why your student came home with a piece of chenille stem ( pipe cleaner) and saying “ this is Mrs.Shannon’s favorite animal “
Here is the reason. I am fascinated by these little guys!
And ..... the chenille stem is their “pet” Woolly Bear Caterpillar since we can’t see one in real life !
( although someday I’d like to visit the Arctic) 😁
Enjoy!

Arctic Woolly Bear Moth Facts and Adaptations - Gynaephora groenlandica Breeding Season: A two week period in the warm (er) days of late spring and early summer when the non-feeding adults emerge, mate, lay their eggs and die.Feeding & diet: A whole range of plant foods, with such short activity periods, they can't waste time walking around looking for that "just right....

“The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence “ - Maria Montessori

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In 1942, on 6 January Maria Montessori shared the story of San Lorenzo and the first Casa dei Bambini with her students:

“Today is the anniversary of the opening of the first Casa dei Bambini. Quite often people ask if this method is suitable for poor children, so let me share the miraculous way in which all of this came about.

Many years ago Rome was a capital that was rapidly developing, which manifested itself in frenzied building activities. Every small bit of space that could be found was built up for the growing population. One of the few spaces left was bordered on one side by old Roman walls and on the other side by a cemetery. This plot was the last to be built up, possibly because of the superstitions surrounding the dead, for fear of ghosts and also hygienic reasons. One building society decided to take the plunge and they built 5 apartment blocks. It turned out to have been too ambitious a project and the scheme fell through. So what stood were walls, a kind of skeleton buildings without plumbing. It became a hiding place for homeless people; and those who wished to hide found shelter within those walls; even the police was not keen to go into this area as the place became a breeding place for crime and infectious diseases.

This San Lorenzo Quarter was talked of with abhorrence and seen as the shame of Italy. At some stage another bold building society took on the challenge to renovate the buildings and allocated the flats to married couples. There were some 50 young children who lived unsupervised in these buildings, prone to mischief. The solution found was to gather them all in a room during the day and they looked for a gutsy person who would be willing to take on the social problems and work with the children.

I was approached as a medical officer of hygiene to take an interest in this work. Before I could agree I stipulated that certain conditions needed to be met in the way of hygiene, food and sanitation. It was quite fashionable among ladies in society to take an interest in efforts to elevate the people and some of these were prepared to support the project.

Although the lot of the poor was taken seriously, the children had been overlooked. There were no provisions for them, no toys, no teacher, nothing. I managed to find a woman of forty years whose help I asked, and who was willing to take charge of the children.

It was on the 6th January 1907 that this room was inaugurated.”