From the Schoolhouse

This week at Montessori Schoolhouse, our goat Maple gave birth to her baby and our students had the opportunity to witness it firsthand. She labored right outside the Upper Elementary classroom window. There is something extraordinary about that sentence. In the middle of an ordinary school day, the children could look outside and see new life arriving in the world. A lesson we might usually explore through books, photographs, or classroom discussions was unfolding just beyon

A few weeks into the school year, something begins to shift. The classrooms settle into a rhythm. Students become more familiar with routines, expectations, materials, and one another. They move through the day with greater confidence, and the environment begins to feel less like the beginning of a new year and more like a true working community. This is one of our favorite parts of the year at Montessori Schoolhouse because it is often when families can begin to see Montesso