Primary Casa: What We've Been Up To Lately

We have been quite busy in the Primary class. It's hard to believe that we have less than a month of school left!

We had a lovely visit from Ms. Julie, who shared her cello with us. We learned about the parts of the cello and loved listening to music played fast and slow as well as silly things that the cello can do, such as sound like a cow! After listening, we were each able to try plucking the strings on a Primary child-sized cello.

A few weeks ago, we planted a wide variety of seeds that we had been given by Harry's Farmer's Market last fall. We planted beans, corn, pumpkins, tomatoes, sage, peas, thyme and sunflowers. It's been amazing to actually see our seeds sprout and the seedlings emerge from the soil! We're hoping to see that they produce veggies this summer/fall, too!

And below, you'll see that the peas that Ms. Julie planted with the children are growing quickly! We have tied some yarn for the peas to climb so that hopefully, our bamboo teepee will be a lovely place of shade later this summer.

And, of course, we have been quite busy in the Primary casa receiving new lessons, working with favorite materials and bringing our work outside.

Multiplication Practice Chart 1

Decanomial Square

Word Study: Homonyms

Function of Words: Preposition

Trinomial Cube: by Color

South America: Outside the Frame

Phonogram Moveable Alphabet

Plant Care

Working in the Garden

Cloth Washing in the Garden

Table Washing in the Garden

Land and Water Forms (experiencing at Strait and Isthmus)

Binomial Cube

Zipper Frame

Cloth Washing

Sorting

Number Rods and Cards, experiencing combinations of ten.

Table Washing

"Montessori isn't about academics as the end result,
but rather the confidence needed to acquire the knowledge."
(from: The Baan Dek Montessori)