Cathedral Montessori School

SUMMER FAMILY ROAD TRIP! 🔭 Worth the road trip! Sci-Port Discovery Center in Shreveport has an IMAX dome, a NASA hub, and hands-on science exhibits perfect for curious kids of every age. Plan ahead — some exhibits need timed tickets. 🚗✨

SUMMER STEM! One of the BEST open-ended STEM challenges: the cardboard marble run! 📦 Raid your recycling bin for tubes, boxes, and trays. Grab tape, scissors, and a marble. The challenge: build a ramp that carries the marble from the TOP to the BOTTOM without touching it. No wrong answers — only iterations! This builds engineering thinking, problem-solving, and PERSISTENCE. Share their design below! 📸

MONTESSORI AT HOME: Counting Everything
Math is EVERYWHERE this summer — you just have to name it! 🔢 At the grocery store: 'Can you find 6 apples?'🍎 On a walk: 'Count every red door we pass.' At dinner: 'We need 4 forks — one for each person.' In Montessori, we move from the concrete to the abstract. Start with real objects your child can touch and count. That's how deep number sense is built!

Summer Family Fun! Start the weekend with something magical ✨ Pack a simple breakfast and head to Crescent Park along the Mississippi River for a morning picnic. Watch the barges roll by, let the kids explore the riverfront, and soak in that golden New Orleans morning light before the heat rolls in. No cost. No screen. Just your family and the mighty Mississippi. 🌅 Drop a 📍 if you love this spot! #

MONTESSORI AT HOME: Nature Baskets
Give your child a small basket and say, 'Let's see what nature gives us today.' 🌿 Walk your yard, a park, or a sidewalk together. Collect leaves, pebbles, seed pods, feathers, and sticks. Back home, sort them by color, size, or texture. Name what you can. Look up what you can't. This simple ritual builds observation, vocabulary, and a love of the natural world.

📖 The start of school is coming up! Keep the reading momentum going by having your student read their favorite summer book OUT LOUD to a sibling, friend, stuffed animal, or pet. Reading aloud builds fluency, confidence, and it is genuinely adorable. 🐶

Summer Family Fun! USA History and the outdoors in one spot — Chalmette Battlefield is just 15 minutes from downtown New Orleans and it's totally free! Walk where the Battle of New Orleans was fought and end with a stroll along the levee. Perfect for history buffs. 🏕️

Summer STEM: CHROMATOGRAPHY BUTTERFLIES
🦋 Hidden colors revealed! Color a coffee filter with washable markers, fold it into a triangle, then place the tip if the triangle in a cup filled with 1/2 inch of water. Then watch the colors separate into beautiful patterns. Fold into a butterfly shape when dry. This is real chemistry called chromatography! 🌈

MONTESSORI AT HOME - Grace and Courtesy: Teaching Kids Table Manners the Montessori Way
Grace & Courtesy lessons are a cornerstone of Montessori - and summer is the perfect time to practice them at home. 🌸 Role-pay with your child how to greet a guest, pass food at the table, excuse themselves, and say 'please' and 'thank you' - but do it as a GAME. Our Montessori teachers use precise, calm role-play demonstrations called "lessons" and our kids absorb it naturally. Try it before your next family gathering!

Wishing you and yours a safe and happy Independence Day!