Children and Media Time By Lynette Goss Children and the effects of media time is a hot topic these days. Plenty of opinion, commercialism and actual scientific research are all over the internet. There are tablets being offered to many schools’ kindergarteners, numerous applications for tablets taunting their educational benefits, and even applications that claim […]
A Message from the Spanish Teacher By Perla Delgado We always hear that a child’s mind is like a sponge, and Maria Montessori often referred to young children as having “Absorbent Minds.” On a basic level, language is all about distinguishing between different sounds. Children pick up on language by simply being exposed to […]
Montessori and Home-School Connections By Heather Gray A few weeks into the new school year, we had a Parent Education Night at Walnut Farm. The focus of the evening was “Cultivating a Montessori Mindset at Home” and teachers and parents gathered and brainstormed with about how to meaningfully set up the home in a […]
Practical Life in the Elementary Classroom By Mary Donovan In the Elementary years, the child’s academic learning increases. Geometry, Physics, Biology, Grammar and Algebra are only a few of the subjects that children begin to explore. All of these lessons are important for children as they grow and learn but perhaps one of the […]
Toddler Exploration By Misty King Exploring freely with purpose is the child’s work. Work, by definition is “to be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a purpose or result”. The toddler classroom is set up for the ever-changing toddler to encourage development to the fullest potential. Children take pride […]
Thank you to all of our families for making this year successful! You have volunteered your time, energy, and resources to support Walnut Farm and our community throughout this year, Heather, Nicole and I cannot thank you enough! We hope you have a wonderful summer and for those who are moving onto new adventures, we […]
Message from the Head of School, Heather Gray
Shared at our End of the Year Picnic, May 24, 2018 Thank you for joining us in this circle. The largest longitudinal study of happiness that has ever been conducted is called the Harvard Grant Study. Researchers studied 268 men over the course of more than eighty years; some of the participants are now well […]
End of the School Year Message from Elementary
It is hard to believe that we are at the end of the school year! It seems like just yesterday it was August and I was eagerly waiting for the first day of school. So much learning and growth has occurred this year, not only for the children but also for me, as a teacher! […]
End of the School Year Message from Primary
As we observe the afternoon work cycle and we often think about how fortunate we are to work with our current third-year students since they were three years old. How their concentration level has deepened, their vocabulary expanded, their large and fine motor skills improved, and lastly, and perhaps the most importantly, their awareness of […]
Toddler End of Year News
Wow, it’s already the end of the school year. There has been so much growth in the Toddler community. The toddler who was once crying to come to the unknown now comes in with such self-confidence that he is ready to take on the day. Our older friends are mastering the skills needed to transition […]