Northview Montessori Preschool and Accelerated Kindergarten

Tomorrow marks the first day of our Summer 2022 session! We look forward to welcoming our new students into the Northview community and to a summer full of joy, discovery, and connection. While we are now full for the summer, we still have a few spots left for the School Year 2022/2023 session (begins September 1st). Reach out to Bromley at [email protected] for more information.

Happy Mother’s Day from Northview! 🌷

If you or anyone you know is looking for a wonderful and enriching early childhood education experience, we have just a few spots still available for this coming summer and/or school year! Contact us soon for more information.

A recent parent testimonial:
“Northview has been the greatest experience for our child! The school has set such a high standard of kindness, learning, fun and professionalism for early education. In the first few weeks, our child made massive leaps and expanded his social confidence and curiosity. Northview’s environment allowed him to make those leaps at his own pace. It’s a total thrill to hear his enthusiasm when he tells us about his day at school. He’s very proud of his classroom, teachers, and friends.” –Northview Parent

There is a free, online Montessori conference coming up in early May for teachers and parents! This is an incredible lineup of presenters and topics. I know our teachers have enjoyed the previous Childhood Potential conferences. Learn more below: ⤵️

48 fantastic speakers coming together to share their knowledge at the Childhood Potential online Montessori conference! You will learn from the most experienced and world-known Montessorians and educational experts from all over the world. And the best part? It is completely FREE to join!

With more than 45 speakers it is difficult to choose a few to highlight. We are very proud of each and every one of them for participating! But to name a few:

🎙 Paula Lillard Preschlack, life-long Montessorian, author and a head of school - The Prepared Environment

🎙 Silvia Dubovoy, teacher trainer for 0 to 6 years, lecturer, examiner, and consultant for the Association Montessori Internationale - Nature makes differences, Society makes handicaps

🎙 Catherine McTamaney, an award-winning teacher and author - Teaching in Times of Crisis: What Montessori Teaches Us About Hope and Resilience

🎙 Mary Ellen Maunz, author, international speaker and trainer with 50 years of experience - Formation of the Individual and the Spiritual Transformation of the Adult

🎙 Timothy Seldin, author, President of the Montessori Foundation and Chair of the International Montessori Council - The World in the Palm of their Hand: Making geography and introducing mapping to the young child (ages 4-9)

🎙 Dr. Paul Epstein, educational director, author, international speaker - Project-Based Learning: What is it, and how it belongs in our prepared environments

🎙 Jeanne-Marie Paynel, Parenting Mentor and Home Consultant - Welcoming Newborns the Montessori Way and Why it’s Important to Start Before Birth

🎙 Gavin McCormack, Montessori teacher, children’s author, teacher trainer, philanthropist and school principal - Montessori in a Post-Pandemic World - How Montessori Can Help Redefine 21st Century Education

🎙 Dr. Joyce S. Pickering, Montessori leader for over 40 years - Understanding Language-Learning and Attention Differences for the Montessori Teacher

... and many, many more wonderful speakers!

👉 See the full program and register for FREE at http://www.childhoodpotential.com/

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“The essential thing is that [the child] should know how to perform these actions of courtesy when his little heart prompts him to do so.” Maria Montessori

Many of us have a tendency to try to push manners onto children: “Tell her sorry now.” “Give your friend a hug.” “Say thank you to that man.”
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But children don’t need directives to do good, they need modeling of what “the right thing to do” actually looks like in practice.
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If, in our own lives as adults, we say sorry when we’re wrong, hug friends when they’re hurting, give thanks to those who deserve it, then we’ll find that over time children mirror our caring and thoughtful behavior.
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As Maria Montessori once said: “The essential thing is that [the child] should know how to perform these actions of courtesy when his little heart prompts him to do so.
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The best way to instill genuine goodness is to be a shining example of it ourselves — an authentic individual whom a child can look up to and eventually emulate in his or her own unique and loving way.

Jesse McCarthy | MontessoriEducation.com

Northview Families, the next PTO meeting is Wednesday! A Zoom link will be sent out again on Wednesday via Brightwheel. We hope you can join us.

We’ll be accepting donations through the end of February, if you’re able to donate at this time. Thank you! -Ms. Bromley 🐾

Please let me know, if you need a printed copy of the contract(s) to fill out or any Brightwheel support. I’m happy to help! 😊 -Bromley

A shout out (and some delicious cookies!) to our wonderful Northview Montessori teachers who have been doing such an incredible job all year long at keeping our students joyful, educated, and safe. We are fortunate to have each and every teacher that we do at our school. Thank you, Teachers! 💛

The Night Before the Dream

A reminder that Northview Montessori is closed on Monday, January 17th in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

May we ensure that all voices are heard and work together toward fully realizing the Dream of Dr. King, Jr.

The Night Before the Dream Bea’s family has traveled from far and wide to hear Dr. King—and plan how they’ll make his dream a reality.

It’s looking festive around here! ☃️ Thank you for the numerous contributions to our hat and mitten tree. The items will be donated to City Light Home for Women and Children late next week.

Happy Thanksgiving, Northview Friends and Families! There was a lot of turkey action around the school this month. Here are some recent pics ☺️.

Thank you for your generous donations to help the Northview PTO reach their goal! We are nearly there and tomorrow is the final day.

Happy Friday Northview families and friends! Here are a few pics from our first week of November:

From the Northview PTO 🫖

It was fun seeing rooms 3 & 4 dressed up today! We look forward to seeing the second round of costumes from rooms 1 & 2 tomorrow 🎃.

Here are a few pics from the week.

Thank you so much to our amazing Northview PTO for helping clean up the school’s garden beds and yard for the coming winter. We were lucky enough to have a couple hard-working teens join the effort, as well as the owner of Gold Feather Gardens (the aunt of two of our students). It was a great turnout and the weather was perfect! 🍂

Spider snacks and a reminder that Northview is closed tomorrow for conferences. Have a great weekend!

Happy third week of October! A reminder that we’re closed on Friday for conferences and the PTO yard work party is this Saturday at 9:00am (adults only).

CHANGE SINGS by: Amanda Gorman (Read Aloud)

For our first social emotional circle of October, we are reading “Change Sings” by Amanda Gorman (National Youth Poet Laureate). Here’s a reading of this beautiful, lyrical poem:

CHANGE SINGS by: Amanda Gorman (Read Aloud) Book Readings With Mrs. Bernard!Today CHANGE SINGS was debuted as a powerful lyrical picture book full of hope and the fight for change in our world, written...

A few moments from the first days of October 2021 at Northview…