We love to tie our Botany lessons to the growing season, and in Florida, it can start as early as January!  A wonderful way to begin is to g...

Word Study Resources In training, we learned about the importance of the Word Study materials (independent practice for concepts such as a...

We love cultural lessons!  I believe they are the heart and soul of the Montessori Elementary classroom.  We try to link everything possible...

We ended the first week of school with the presentation of the First Great Lesson by our third years.  This has become a tradition in our cl...

The first day of school was momentous for one third of our class-  it was their first day in Lower Elementary!  We have found that the first...

Extension work can be one of the more dynamic parts of a Montessori classroom.  A few years ago we started calling our extension work "...

I believe one of the most dynamic and student-driven parts of the Lower El. Curriculum is the project.  The students love to choose a t...