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We love exploring our world and finding natural beauty on our playground, our outdoor classroom, or even on our windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1731714247311-53H3ZUIYG51YYW6R9QRP/IMG_1844.jpg Bluestem Montessori In Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1503870767500-96JFQXSRGG11HR34SCSW/IMG_2656.JPG Bluestem Montessori In Action Our movable alphabet is a popular work - students can practice wherever they are with whatever interests them. All we have to do after our initial lesson is make a suggestion and they are good to go. For example, "Why don't you work on your short e sound?" Or: "Let's see how many words we can make that start with the letter L." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1503870814304-7NX6PX2P3SZ5UWRUTMFN/F9B13A1D-0953-4ACF-BD74-DFD4AE45858E.JPG Bluestem Montessori In Action ... or, for two Star Wars loving friends, "can you practice writing sentences about anything you want?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1571355433954-9UO10988MB3M5S37UHVI/hBE%2BWe1dS5WksNS3i62T%25g.jpg Bluestem Montessori In Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1503870778385-3L3J3O75WAD3TX32KVKC/4767FBD2-B7D6-4752-8D63-CB48C52D2B0F.JPG Bluestem Montessori In Action September 21 2017 was an amazing day. We have been focusing on the solar system in honor of the total solar eclipse! Here is Miss LK working with the students to make solar system crowns (or, as the students excited told us, "coronas! Just like the sun!") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1503870792531-5BMLJHH2T7J8VQCYTTDO/F28912BD-5E29-4344-BA9F-E0F5D1795523.JPG Bluestem Montessori In Action We spent two hours in and out of our classroom watching the progress of the eclipse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1503870806017-YSMVEFGIXRVR2OEWEA8Q/20C87578-D218-4D0B-A058-94FF2F35EFFC.JPG Bluestem Montessori In Action An eclipse viewer with her specially decorated glasses and eye guard! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1503870825190-KFC1ZK5NLC5W33A3GXNF/11541597-1CD1-4EB6-951C-88DFAF772619.JPG Bluestem Montessori In Action The eclipse has gotten our students very interested in space. 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Miss LK, Miss Laura, and Miss Sena are busily putting together insect work to take advantage of all the interest this event (and watching grasshoppers on our windows) has generated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1503870846506-1XWK9E40XHTJX2EJBZOQ/FB1A57DA-7B6C-4B26-807A-2D49DED7E50D.JPG Bluestem Montessori In Action A third grade student gives a second grade student a lesson on telling time. The children love to give lessons to each other, and it helps them to solidify the knowledge in their own heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1514153759766-BEDS05OIGDSJNKDG8L7Y/website_upload_dec_2017_+-+1.jpg Bluestem Montessori In Action A field trip to the Capitol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57088b31e707eb20641430c2/1514153812052-5CL9P3L4G3KALRW876IJ/website_upload_dec_2017_+-+4.jpg Bluestem Montessori In Action Our class mural of the Capitol. Each received a section from cut up picture of the Capitol building. Their renditions were then stitched together to form this mural. 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