Alana's Blog

By:Kelly Norton Its Maths May for Alana this year! Numbers are everywhere and I notice Alana working with them a lot lately.  Here Alana is working with the ‘cards and counters’, consolidating her numeral (symbol) recognition whilst exploring odds and evens…   Another symbol of our world, Alana begins to enjoy books on her own, […]

By:Kelly Norton The first exercise with the precious golden beads is the ‘Tray of ones’ which introduces ‘quantity’ and the decimal system…   Alana is able to explore through feel the difference between the quantities, comparing their size and bulk… And becomes familiar with their names and how the decimal system is ordered. He rawe […]

By:Kelly Norton Alana, it was a very big pleasure to share your 4th birthday with you and your family.  A very special day with Oma and Opa here.  We especially liked the singing, and the sharing of your whanau birthday song. Each April you celebrate this special day, and your Oma too! What a very […]

By:Kelly Norton Alana has been working with our watercolour easel.  Inspired by some beautiful pink flowers discovered in the garden.   This pleasurable experience offers an opportunity for self-expression. At the same time, Alana strengthens her wrist and pincer grip for writing. What learning do I think is happening here? Painting in the Montessori classroom […]

By:Bee Wah Wong Our tamariki/children at Titoki agreed that it was a great idea to commemorate the centennial ANZAC Day by baking some Anzac cookies at school. The original classic hundred year old recipe was chosen so as to give our tamariki a taste of the authentic yet nutritious cookies our courageous soldiers had then.

By:Tracie Phua   Matisse and Ruby have been busy preparing for a puppet show for their friends. They developed characters with paper and wrote a script for their show. Today, they were ready to stage their show and got everything organised outside, including getting the audience together. No one was compelled to watch and children […]

Created on:26/03/2015 8:32:39 p.m.By:Tracie Phua   Emily spontaneously decided to introduce the second part of the puppet show to her friends ..”Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Ruby and Matisse’s show ! They are doing the puppet show !”  

By:Tracie Phua   Alana, I asked if you wanted to work with the Large Moveable Alphabet (LMA) today. You readily agreed and got the large box out of the Language shelf. You decided that you wanted to write the names of your family members with the letters from the LMA.   You started with your […]

Cloud in a jar By:Kelly Norton Cyclone Pam inspired a group demonstration on ‘clouds’ and ‘rain’ with the ‘cloud in a jar experiment.  This inspired discussion about what the children heard and saw over the weekend when the storm hit.  They offered insight into how we may help our friends in Vanuatu badly affected by […]

Binomial cube By:Kelly Norton Alana has been working with the binomial cube.  This cube appears as a puzzle that offers opportunities to problem solve, but in fact this cube is the introduction, unbeknownst to Alana, to the cube of a binomial and it’s algebraic formula.  In this material, Maria Montessori beautifully prepares the subconscious through […]