How are your children spending their summer?

With summer just around the corner, have you given thought to where you'd like your children spending their time off from school? 

Neshaminy Montessori's camp will provide your children between the ages of 2.5 and 6 years old the opportunity to engage in fun camp, designed with the mindset of fusing continued Montessori studies with cultural activities such as learning theatre, art, nature and STEAM. 

Each camp day will begin with our devoted team of instructors giving Montessori lessons, and then adding in different recreational activities during afternoon sessions to make learning fun and engaging. This teaching strategy induces children into practicing newly learned skills throughout the summer, which then transfer to the upcoming academic school year. Running in that vein, our qualified staff members provide outstanding continued education, resulting in the positive development of all participating children.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss: Honoring the great children's author today, always

Ms. Briggs' Montessori class is embracing all that is Dr. Seuss on his special day! The children wore mismatched socks like "Fox in Socks", made special "Cat in the Hat" snacks, read many of Dr. Seuss books and even did work while wearing their special hats! #HappyBirthdayDrSeuss

International swimming champion inspires pursuit of dreams

Today the students of Neshaminy Montessori welcomed a very special guest. Mary Mohler, formerly Mary Descenza, came to talk to the children about training and trying out for the Olympics.

Mohler has competed all over the world, from Russia to China, France, Spain, India and many more places. She broke the world record in 2009 for the 200m Butterfly. Even though she has not qualified to compete in the Olympics, she is happy to see the great success of her former teammates and friends like Michael Phelps. A mother of four, Mohler has signed her daughter Emily up for preschool this year! We thank Mohler for sharing her stories, medals, rings and inspiration with us today! 

Happy Valentine's Day/Celebrating Special Person's Day!

A special thank you to all of the grandparents, aunts, uncles, parents and friends who came out to celebrate Special Person's Day (also known as Valentine's Day) on February 14! The Neshaminy Montessori students were so happy to share some songs during morning circles, then show off activities that they like to do each day at school. They concluded their time with a special snack all together in the barn.

Showing spirit for the Philadelphia Eagles

The students at Neshaminy Montessori were so excited to show their school spirit for their home team, The Eagles! Many wore Eagles shirts and dressed in green! The students also gathered to sing "Fly Eagles Fly" with their music teacher, Marc Giovanetti. This Sunday, February 4, we will all be watching as the Philadelphia Eagles take on the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Welcome Ms. Deborah Goldfarb!

Neshaminy Montessori would like to welcome our new librarian, Ms. Deborah Goldfarb. Ms. Deborah has a Master's Degree in Library Science and has been a school librarian and cataloger for over 16 years. She will be teaching our students about the library and how to navigate through it, checking books out and returning them.

In addition to holding classes, Ms. Deborah will be leading a Book Club with our older students. We are excited to have Ms. Deborah as part of our faculty and we look forward to exploring how fun reading can be!

Young Scientists at Work

The entire school became scientists for the day.  The Neshaminy Montessori younger students taught the older students about chemical reactions using baking soda and vinegar. They taught everyone that a base + an acid = a chemical reaction.

Our young teachers gave “thumbs up “to big kids for their great work and observations. One student said that it sounds like my soda! Another said that it smelled like Easter when we dye our eggs!

The lesson also incorporated primary and secondary colors. The primary colors of red, blue and yellow were the colors in the vinegar so that they could mix them and make their secondary colors of green, purple and orange. It was so much fun and we learned a lot!!