Montessori Happenings...

Here is a sneak peak of some of our recent classroom activities!

Below, a few of my kids are working on one-to-one correspondence skills in math with counters and the short bead stair...

 

 

 

  

My kiddos loved delving into learning about the vast array of rainforest animals...

They even ate the forest floor!

More Honduras Happenings...

  I was presented with the opportunity to teach English (alongside a Spanish translator) to a large class of tenth graders!

 I even had a chance to teach a few of the children in the village...

Here is the sweet widow we built a house for...

Honduras 2013

Find the need. Meet the need. Help change a nation...

Thanks to BLICK art supplies and a few donations from my friends and family back home, I was able to lead an art activity to a select group of creative and extremely talented girls. I chose the theme, "Tree of Life" because that is name of the organization. I had the girls paint an inspirational tree with words such as "love," "amore," "faith," "virtue," "joy," "patience," etc. Take a look at their inspiring creations...

Two of the sweetest little boys in the village...

Our group also had the opportunity to visit the Mayan Ruins in Copan, Honduras...

Harvard grad, Dr. Nonie Lesaux, discusses the struggle that English language learners go through and ways to improve upon instruction in order to address and motivate a classroom of diverse learners within the classroom. 

Check it out! 

Reading to Learn: English Language Learners in Grades 4-6

Okay, I must say, Pinterest should be the next "go-to" place for great education ideas! 

Here's one idea for introducing high frequency words with younger students. It is called the "Parking Lot."

Ooh La La!

Attention all Fancy Nancy lovers! 

Want a great book to read for poetry month?

Here is a link to purchase the book, Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinare!

More of last year's awesome group of kiddos...at the Georgia Aquarium!

Touching the stingrays...ouch!