Hill Point Montessori Preparatory School

🤝 Today is César Chávez Day, which is a great opportunity to discuss community, service, and helping others.

5 Ways to Build Character and Civic Skills to Celebrate Cesar Chavez's Legacy Cesar Chavez’s legacy can help kids learn important life skills like how to build character, stand up for themselves, resolve conflict and be courageous, just like he was.

Today is a great day to learn a little more about the water cycle! Check out this great resource for the whole family!

The Water Cycle! - National Geographic Kids Earth has been recycling water for 4 billion years! Learn about the water cycle right here at NG Kids with clear diagrams and pictures.

🌍 Honor International Day of Zero Waste this coming Monday by sorting recyclables or compostable scraps together, or any other simple way to care for the environment.

31 Day Zero Waste Challenge - For Kids! - Going Zero Waste I have been hard at work on this 31-day challenge, and I am so excited to share it with you! Rebecca, a middle school math and science teacher in the bay

✨ Strong connections with our children don’t come from grand gestures. They grow from small, daily habits woven into everyday life.

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🧲 Montessori Materials Spotlight: Magnetic Forces & Gravity

This classic elementary work invites children to explore the invisible forces that quietly shape our universe. Through hands-on experiments, children discover that attraction and gravity are always at work (even though we can’t see them!).

🌍 What It Is

Children begin by feeling magnetic force through cloth-covered magnets, noticing how objects pull toward one another across space or sometimes push away. This concrete experience naturally leads to an exploration of gravity: feeling weight in the hand, watching objects fall, and observing how liquids and solids organize themselves according to their weight. Children experience force with their bodies and senses, building a deep foundation for truly understanding scientific concepts.

🏡 Try It at Home

🧲 Explore with magnets from the refrigerator door, noticing which objects are attracted and which are not.
📎 Tie a paperclip to a string and watch it “jump” toward a magnet.
⚖️ Drop two safe objects of different weights and observe what happens.
🥣 Mix oil and water in a clear container and watch how they settle.

Invite your child to describe what they notice without rushing to explain. Let their curiosity lead the way!

💬 Montessori Insight

When children discover that magnets pull, heavy objects sink, and gravity never lets go, they begin to trust that the universe follows laws and that those laws can be understood through careful observation.

💡 Earth Hour is coming this weekend! Talk about how you can participate!

Join the Biggest Hour for Earth | Earth Hour Join us again next year for Earth Hour 2026 on Saturday, 28th March at 8:30 pm your local time as we create the Biggest Hour for Earth.

🔢 Curious how Montessori transforms children’s relationship with math? Discover the magic of Montessori math and why it works!

Magic of Montessori Math | Montessori Professional Training Discover the unique approach of Montessori Math, where hands-on materials and real-world applications make math learning engaging and fun for every child.

🌷 Celebrate the First Day of Spring and International Day of Happiness! Take a nature walk and talk about what brings joy today.

Connecting with Nature: A Spring Nature Walk Why is it so important for children to have a connection to nature? In this post we talk about the why and the what (and the simplicity!) of kids in nature.

📖 Today is International Read to Me Day! Swap roles and let your child “read” a picture book to you!

March 19th | International Read to me Day International Read to Me! Day is an international campaign aimed at encouraging children to remind adults in their village to read to them often.

Materials Highlight: Walking on the Line with Objects

To help young children develop balance, coordination, concentration, and body awareness, we offer a series of activities we call Walking on the Line. One of the challenges we provide is inviting children to carry objects as they walk.

We think about how to provide increasing levels of challenge with the objects we offer. Some options include: a basket, a flag, a small tower of blocks, a sphere on a spoon, a glass of water (or maybe two!), a bell, an object on a string, a bean bag on the head, an object on the head plus something in both hands. It’s fun to try this for yourself to see what feels simpler and what feels more complex.

🏡 At-Home Ideas

🦶 Use a line of tape, a rug edge, or sidewalk chalk for walking heel-to-toe.
🥄 Invite your child to carry everyday objects, such as a small bowl, a spoon, or a folded cloth.
🧦 Try balancing a soft object (like a rolled sock) on the head.
🍶 Pour water into a small cup and walk slowly together, modeling calm, careful movement.

Keep the tone playful and pressure-free, and be sure to stop before frustration sets in!

This is a fun way to help children develop coordination, focus, and joyful control of their bodies. Let us know what you discover!

🍀 Celebrate the luck of the Irish and learn fun facts about St. Patrick’s Day with the whole family!

St. Patrick's Day Check out surprising fact about this holiday (Why DO we wear green, anyway?)