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Montessori Tidbits: Learning Sounds🔤🦻
In the Montessori classroom, we focus on the sound a letter makes 🔊 rather than its name. This helps children put words together and...
Feb 281 min read
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Montessori Reflections: Movement! 🚶🌱
Does your child like to move? Likely, the answer is a resounding YES! 🙌 Especially as the weather is getting warmer and feels like...
Feb 261 min read
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Soup's On Parent Night: The Baking of the Cake
Come learn about how your child grows through their Early Childhood Montessori years, leading to the “finished cake”- otherwise known as...
Jan 291 min read
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Community Resource: Imagination Station! FREE books for children ages 0-5!
Flathead County has an AMAZING partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library! This incredible program gives FREE books to...
Jan 291 min read
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Montessori Tidbits: What is normalization in Early Childhood?
This is simply the process of becoming a contributing member of a community. Maria Montessori believed that treating each other and your...
Jan 291 min read
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American Montessori Society Pathway of Continuous Learning
At Woodland, we are committed to a journey of continuous learning and improvement through the American Montessori Society's Pathway of...
Jan 291 min read
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8 Tips to Help Adjust to Holiday Schedules
With the hubbub of the holiday season upon us it’s a good time to reevaluate your plans and schedules to avoid some common pitfalls that...
Jan 292 min read
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Festival of Lights Tea
Let’s spill the tea about the amazing skills you may observe your child developing during next week’s Festival of Lights Tea as your...
Jan 291 min read
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Montessori Reflections: Community
Our first task as Montessorians is to build a community for our students, where each person feels safe, accepted, important, and...
Jan 291 min read
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Montessori Tidbits: The Sensorial Curriculum
The Sensorial materials are designed to help the child develop perception and discrimination as they explore smaller details and...
Jan 291 min read
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Montessori Reflections: Neighborly Cosmic Education
Cosmic Education refers to the philosophy coined by Dr. Maria Montessori, which says that all things are interconnected in this universe...
Jan 292 min read
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Montessori Tidbits: Practical Skills for Life
The Practical Life area of the Montessori curriculum focuses on activities that promote self-care, environmental care, movement control,...
Nov 13, 20241 min read
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Montessori Reflection: Bring Montessori Principles Home for Summer!
Respect- Ask your child for their ideas about dinner, activities, and routines, including them when you can. Role model treating others...
May 22, 20242 min read
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Montessori Reflection: A Love of Nature
Did you know that experts state that just 2 hours a week outside can make a positive difference in your health? Countless studies agree...
May 22, 20242 min read
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Montessori Reflections: Top Skills
Both Indeed and Forbes agree on the top skills employees need now and in the future; whether working for Fortune 500 companies or working...
May 22, 20242 min read
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Montessori Reflections: Community
Our first task as Montessorians is to build a community for our students, where everyone feels safe, accepted, important, and included....
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Does Your Child Understand “No”?
A Swiss psychologist by the name of Jean Piaget was dedicated to understanding and sharing his findings on child development, and thus...
Apr 10, 20242 min read
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Montessori Tidbits: Children’s Need For Movement
How many children do you know that love to move? Especially when spring has sprung, and everything outside is starting to green up and...
Apr 4, 20241 min read
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Montessori Reflections: The power of observation
Maria Montessori was first a scientist and knew that the method of observation was critical in moving forward. As she observed children...
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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How Do We Know Children Are Learning Without Tests?
A certified Montessori teacher uses the scientific approach (observe, predict, plan, observe again) to help each child move forward in...
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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