Category: Lower Elementary

Posting twice a week, it’s impossible to share all of the beauty of this past academic year. The year has been full of big work, friendship, learning and lots of community. There have been points of shining brilliance and points that showed us where we needed to grow. It’s been a beautiful year. Thank you … Continue reading “One More Look…”

Our thanks to Elementary Guide, Anna Schwind, from the Montessori Lab School at Grand Center who shared the below words. Last week she brought her third year children to join Villa di Maria’s in a cross-classroom, multi-school, squid dissection. It is almost summer time.  Children feel the warmth in the air, note that daylight lasts … Continue reading “Dissection!”

Last Friday the Elementary children had an adventure of an afternoon hopping from one room to another learning about Passover. The Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary classrooms were mixed together and divided into four groups to enable a full mixed-aged, cross-classroom experience. In the Great Room, the children learned a traditional dance from our skilled PE … Continue reading “Passover”

This week has brought the return of our beloved Ms. Megan! The children are delighted to have her back, and are at the same time missing Ms. Brea who seamlessly stepped in while Ms. Megan was away. Subbing is never easy work, and Ms. Brea did it with aplomb. She worked closely with Ms. Megan. … Continue reading “Thank you, Ms. Brea!”

Observing in the classroom gives parents a glimpse of the magic of the classroom, allowing us to see the children in all their glory, doing all their things. We admire the children, their concentration, the work they are capable of doing. (Side note: Observation is well worth doing!) This past weekend, however, parents had the … Continue reading “A Weekend of Parent Education…”