Casa dei Girasoli Montessori School

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Thank you Firefighter Joe Northup with The City of North Charleston Station 13 for speaking to our students today about fire safety and stranger danger. He was so kind and patient while answering all of our students' questions.

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Tomorrow!!!! Join us for Taco Tuesday and help support Casa dei Girasoli Montessori School!

Join us next Tuesday!
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The Lower Elementary classroom had a special field trip to Steel City Pizza Co. today! Students got a private tour of the restaurant, learned about the different processes and jobs available in the food/beverage industry, and best of all… made their own pizzas! Special thank you to General Manager Mandy Frasier and her crew for this specialized experience!

Casa dei Girasoli is thrilled to announce we are offering 2 partial scholarships to our Lower Elementary Program. Please email [email protected], call 843-879-8396 or message us for more information or to request an application!

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We are so grateful and excited to announce a new partnership with Palmetto SpOt as they expand their program to offer in school services. Now, students at Casa dei Girasoli Montessori School will be able to receive Occupational and Speech Therapy during the school day, allowing children to experience a "one stop shop" educational environment to support learning and development. Thanks for providing this service, Palmetto SpOT!

Today we had wonderful visitors from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) come visit our school and teach our students about biometrics. Students were taught how to make their fingerprints, and that everyone has their own unique fingerprint. They also got to meet the robodog, Ibo. Our students in Primary and Elementary had a blast!

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Join us for a fundraiser at Chipotle 12.05.2023, 4:00pm - 8:00pm

We've heard it before from parents and caregivers: My child's tantrums seem so explosive! Out of control! I can't calm them! What can I do?

Here are some great tips for managing your child's emotions and behaviors in a positive and safe way. Which ones stand out to you?🌻
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Montessori Toddlers Who Are Not Yet Peaceful: Dealing With a Tantrum the Montessori Way Most toddlers grow out of the need for tantrums when they have more language skills and understanding. Here are tips for dealing with a tantrum the Montessori way.

Thanks Wild Ones for the feature of our bog and pollinator garden!

Cultivating Young Minds and Wild Gardens: A Seeds for Education Journey - Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities.

Golden Beads are a key element material for math lessons in the Primary and Lower Elementary Classroom. They teach units by guiding children understand the base10 number system. This work can start with children as young as age 4.5 years old, while elementary children ages 6-8 years old have extensions to build on. Golden Beads introduce and teach the four arithmetic operations and, later, for word problems, divisibility, squaring, and square root work. As long as the student has mastered reading and writing numbers 1-20, they are ready for this essential and functional math lesson.🌻

Happy Halloween from all of us at Casa dei Girasoli!

We can't wait to meet you 🌻

The Lower Elementary class went on a “Biome Hunt” today to collect items from nature representing each part of a biome! Animals, water, air, energy, plants and soil that make up each biome were found right outside our door 🌎🕷️💧💨☀️🌱🌻

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We work hard and play hard at Casa dei Girasoli Montessori School 😎

We would love for you to see how a Montessori education will help your child flourish! Reach out today for a tour 🌻

Help grow our school library while growing your home library!

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You may notice how Montessori classrooms are grouped into 3 year age ranges. This is in relation to the planes of development children are observed to enter every 3 years.

The second plane runs from around age six to twelve when children enter adolescence. A time for exploration through increased intellectual activity and social development (reasoning mind). One of these children is 6, one is 9; and here they work side by side independently and peacefully. 🌻

Thank you to everyone for your continued support and spreading the love of Montessori!🌻

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Our students are loving their new playground equipment!

We want to thank F. Byers Photography for another successful picture day! Here’s a sneak peak of our festive backdrop 🍁🍂🌼🎃🌻

We are so grateful to Harris Teeter for their Together in Education Program for their investment in education!

It's back to University for our staff this weekend as we attend the South Carolina Montessori Alliance annual conference.

We are so grateful to Harris Teeter for their Together in Education Program for their investment in education!

We love the Red Rods! One of the earliest math lessons, a popular extension is making a Maze. The children build a winding path that uses the longest rods first and then the smallest rods to make the interior. The students have to use visual discrimination skills to decide where the rods need to be placed in order to make The Maze work and be sure to take. careful steps to so they do not bump a Red Rod out of place. Taking turns and waiting patiently are also important parts of doing this work cooperatively with a classmate, as only one child at a time is allowed inside The Maze.🌻

Care of the Environment is a huge element of the Montessori curriculum. A leg of practical life, it helps children with their gross and fine motor skills, gain independence, and work toward becoming contributing members of the household and society. It is one students are always working on to master.🌻