GOOD EARTH CELEBRATION RE-SCHEDULED!
With rain in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, we are re-scheduling the Good Earth Celebration. Please mark your calendar for Friday, May 2nd and plan to attend! Fry's Farm will be here with their amazing adorable animals! We'll also have tractor rides, a Nova community sale, and drumming with Marshal. See you then!
Age Diversity
Some thoughts on the benefits of Montessori Multi-Age groupings
"There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than competitiveness. There is respect for the environment and for the individuals within it, which comes through experience of freedom within the community." Dr. Maria Montessori
Multi-age grouping in the Montessori classroom sets the stage for success at every stage of development. The first year is the year of introduction (the foundation); the second year is the year of practice; the third year is the year of synthesis. Providing children with an enriched environment where children of mixed ages work together is a beautiful thing!
The Montessori learning environment promotes the understanding that children not only learn ‘with’ each other but ‘from’ each other. This sense of community allows the children to become confident in their environment and themselves, using the knowledge and skills they acquire to express their own ideas and creativity. It's wonderful to see our CMS students emerging as leaders sharing their ideas with others!
Did You Know...?
Here is some Montessori History for those of you who enjoy this stuff! The global AMI organization was established in 1929 by Dr. Maria Montessori, as she led more than 1800 attendees through an introductory training course on Montessori education (AMI stands for the Association Montessori Internationale). Here's an interesting pic from the event! Dr. Montessori is sitting front and center, the 2nd person left of the man in the white suit, who is her son Mario Montessori also an influential figure in developing Montessori education.
While Dr. Montessori visited the USA in 1915, her primary work up until WW2 took place in Europe. She & Mario spent most of the war years in India, establishing a truly world-wide educational approach. In the 1970s, a "resurrgence" of interest in Montessori education began in the US and a branch of AMI known as AMI-USA was formed.
CMS is a recognized "member school" of AMI-USA. We meet all the standards for AMI Montessori Schools, which is how we get to have the "member" graphic on our website!
CMS Calendar
- April 4 - Conference Day, No School
- April 12 - All Ages Play, 9-11am @the Playground
- April 14-18 - SD Games & Nova Spring trip
- April 18 & 21 - No School
- April 24-25 - Lower El full cycle camping trip
- April 30 - May 2 - Upper El class camping trip
- May 2 - Good Earth Celebration, 3:15-5:15pm
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The mission of Community Montessori School is to provide authentic Montessori education
in a nature-rich environment that cultivates collaboration, curiosity,
love of learning, and respect for oneself, others, and the world.
