Photos from the Start of the School Year

working on our collaborative classroom tapestry,

the Backyard Biome

converting improper fractions to mixed numbers

with the Cut-Out Labeled Fraction Circles

a lesson on the Short Bead Chains

for skip counting & square numbers

graph paper multiplication

(this lesson comes after the Checker Board)

2165 x 3

a lesson on the Hundred Board

the Coral Reef Habitat Mat

from Waseca Biomes

this food chain chart can be used

with the wooden plant & animal pieces

looking at our first landform three-part card

creating and symbolizing a sentence about the

Coral Reef using the Grammar materials

coral reef artwork with acrylic ink

practicing washing vegetables

working together on the Tree of Life

from Waseca Biomes

helping prepare lunch at Dayempur Farm

the swimming pond is wonderful this time of year!

the barn where children have their Carpentry lessons

fort building takes teamwork!

working together

(ages 2 to 6)

the clay cave is added to our Abel's Island scene

a motif for form drawing

weaving on a shoebox

creating personal tapestries

a lesson on the Checker Board

this Montessori material combines the place value

color coding of the Stamp Game with the

digit color coding of the Colored Bead Chains

and is used for long multiplication 

it can be used for hands on multiplication of large quantities

(a multiplicand to the hundred millions place

times a four digit multiplier)

mixing custom colors of watercolor paint

painting the rocks at the bottom of a waterfall

adding the sheet of water pouring down vertically

splattering to create

the texture of the splashing water

adding final details with watercolor pencils

the Cosmic Story in Science Club

joyful cooking at the mud kitchen

taking the dolls for a walk outside

noticing landforms & water features that are

mirror images of each other

Miss Shelby brings giant bubble making wands

to share with everyone

we mix up a batch of bubble stuff in the mud kitchen sink

it works!!!!!

everyone wants a turn

making bubble soup

our brand-new handmade knitting needles