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20 Awesome STEM Building Toys - STEM Activities for Kids

20 Awesome STEM Building Toys - STEM Activities for Kids STEM building toys for kids for the classroom and at home, from wooden planks to magnetic toys and interlocking bricks.

Why I Don't Limit Children's Play Anymore - Teaching Strategies

Why I Don't Limit Children's Play Anymore - Teaching Strategies I began my career in 1988 as a family childcare provider. At that time, the only references I had were Mailbox magazine (with all their cute ideas), my licensing rep, and other providers. I learned at a conference that I should make a paper plate pie chart that labeled all my interest areas, with a....

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

Maria Montessori

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Happy New Year! Here are some more photos from our 2021 Holiday Program - Part 3 of 3

Happy New Year! Here are some more photos from our 2021 Holiday Program - Part 2

Happy New Year! Here are some more photos from our 2021 Holiday Program - Part 1

Happy Winter Break!!
Class at Happy Hearts Montessori starts again January 3rd 2022.

Keep an eye out for more photos from the Holiday Program coming soon. If you attended and have any photos from the program night you'd like us to share send them to us in a message.

“Play gives children the chance to practice what they are learning” Fred Rogers

During outdoor play on our beautiful Wednesday afternoon, we looked up to see some shapes floating by. Some saw a star, some saw a starfish, some saw an octopus, some saw a moon…with a smiley face; which lead them to see the pink sunset clouds and snow on the mountains in the distance. Which lead to a conversation about snow and the distance the mountains are even though they look close. All this while they cooked up an imaginary feast and green grass tea in one of the student-lead imaginary cooking classes.

Glitter Art + PreSchoolers = a huge thank you to our teachers for their helpful-patience, inspiration and creativity as the students make memories and special sparkly gifts to bring home. 😁
An extra thank you to Miss SookJa for your diligence with carpet clean-up at the end of each day during this festive month.
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Thank you everyone who attended our 2021 Holiday Program. May your holidays be filled with happiness, good health, cheer and love.
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It’s November and a time to remember there is always something to be thankful for.

Enjoy some pinecone turkeys the children created while learning about wild and domestic turkeys.

Happy Hearts Montessori's 2021 field trip to the pumpkin patch. This year we visited Carpinito Bros. Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze and explored the many activities they had. They even had a lesson about growing pumpkins and corn. Fun for every one!

Bulletin #4427, Cycles of Development - Cooperative Extension Publications - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

https://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4427e/

Bulletin #4427, Cycles of Development - Cooperative Extension Publications - University of Maine Cooperative Extension Judith Graham Ph.D., Extension human development specialist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension. For information about UMaine Extension programs and resources, visit extension.umaine.edu. Find more of our publications and books at extension.umaine.edu/publications/. Table of Contents Developm...

Choo-Choo! 10 Terrific Train Adventures for Northwest Families

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Choo-Choo! 10 Terrific Train Adventures for Northwest Families All aboard for rural and urban railroad rides with kids

Sensory Walk * ages 1+ ⋆ Raising Dragons

https://www.raisingdragons.com/sensory-walk-ages-2/

Sensory Walk * ages 1+ ⋆ Raising Dragons This sensory walk kids activity is simple to set up and great for kids of all ages! Get kids outside and messy with this fun, sensory activity!

“The child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future. If what we really want is a new world, then education must take as its aim the development of these hidden possibilities.” (The Absorbent Mind)

Kindergartner creating a story about her grandma.

Mother and son tea time at school

Corbin was very excited to welcome his mom to have a tea party with him at school to celebrate Monther’s Day.

Seny had a wonderful time enjoying a tea with her mom at school today .

Mother’s Day tea time for our hardworking beautiful moms to enjoy with their precious children.

A first grader and a kindergartener working on fractions!
“Watching a child makes it obvious that the development of their mind comes through their movements.” (Maria Montessori)

“Each plane must be lived through fully in order to pass with mastery to the next. ” -Maria Montessori-

1st grader - learning fractions
Children are thirsty for a great vision - Maria Montessori-

How to Grow a Veggie Patch With the Kids This Spring

How to Grow a Veggie Patch With the Kids This Spring Get sowing for the spring

A beautiful day for a St. Patrick’s leprechaun coin hunt! 🍀🍀 🌈
Such lucky kids!

Our virtual student, Corbin, joining us this week to work on writing with a President’s Day theme.

“Discipline is born when the child concentrates his attention on some object that attracts him and which provides him not only with a useful exercise but with a control of error. Thanks to these exercises … the child becomes calm, radiantly happy, busy, forgetful of himself and, in consequence, indifferent to prizes or material rewards.” -Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind

“We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.” —To Educate the Human Potential

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1st grader working on decimal system dynamic addition .
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed. -Maria Montessori-

Friday Funday at school .

We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. -Maria Montessori-

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It was another fun day of learning about farm animals. Kids were excited about what his friends brought to school to share with them . Their friend joined virtually with a guest and it was fun to learn the parts of a chicken. Penny the chicken was our guest today for the circle time .We did the egg guessing game and it was great to learn about the colors of the eggs.

It was a special morning class circle time for kids at Happy Hearts Montessori as their friend joined virtually to share about farm related things that he has at home. He came to school virtually wearing his farmer outfit and gave a tour of his garden . Kids were excited to see Dorothy the goose and her family, corn stalks, grapevines , crows ,ducks and more. We are very thankful that we are able to do a virtual field trip today.

It was a special morning class circle time for kids at Happy Hearts Montessori as their friend joined virtually to share about farm related things that he has at home. He came to school virtually wearing his farmer outfit and gave a tour of his garden . Kids were excited to see Dorothy the goose and her family, corn stalks, grapevines , crows ,ducks and more. We are very thankful that we are able to do a virtual field trip today.

“… the child’s individual liberty must be so guided that through his activity he may arrive at independence … the child who does not do, does not know how to do.” —The Montessori Method

4 year older working on learning odd and even numbers .