Our Visit To The Lower Southampton Library

The students of Neshaminy Montessori have recently visited the Lower Southampton library. Miss Brittany, the new children's librarian, read the children some stories about poetry. The children listened for rhyming words and sang some songs too! They were able to look around the library, meet the hermit crabs at the reference desk, and play in the children's area. Each child was given a library card form in order to apply for their very own library card!

The main story, Daniel Finds a Poem is part of a program called One Book, Every Young Child. Now in its 12th year, the program highlights the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers and the significance of reading early and often to children, as well as engaging them in conversation and other activities around books. The students of Neshaminy Montessori have been participating in this program with the Lower Southampton Library since 2007!

Welcome Ms. Yvonne Kuster!

We would like to welcome Ms. Yvonne Kusters, a Trevose Day School Alumni, and fondly called "YoYo" by kids as our new Fitness and Health Director. Yvonne is a nationally-certified fitness and wellness educator, who started her playful education at TDS.  She created a kids fitness company that is used around the world, co-authored a book to get kids to MOVE!, and co-produced two kids music albums. She performs interactive music and fitness shows in front of thousands of children nationally every year and can even be seen on Sprout’s Sunny Side Up Show in 2013.  

Ms. Yvonne Kuster will be starting the Let's Play Today® program with our students! The curriculum aims to develop your child’s physical, social, and emotional skills while improving their motor skills, coordination, strength, and balance. The classes are filled with tons of energy, lots of laughter, and a love of moving!

Children will be doing obstacle courses, partner games with pool noodles, balls and scarves, playing cooperative games with the parachutes, and using beanbags, hula-hoops, ribbons and lots more! Yvonne will incorporate sports activities, relay races, tag and many other fun games like noodle hockey, and balloon volleyball!  Each month children practice a skill, a FIT FOCUS and will have a chance to incorporate this during the day at school as well!   

Welcome Mr. Peter Poulos!

Trevose Day School and Neshaminy Montessori would like to warmly welcome Mr. Peter Poulos as our new Music Instructor! With his Master's Degree in Elementary Education and a certification in Music for grades K-12, Mr. Poulos comes to us with a detailed musical background.

A skilled guitar player and instructor, he has directed small ensembles, assisted in productions and taught various lessons with a multitude of instruments. Mr. Poulos has started his musical lessons by teaching our students how to keep a steady beat and how to participate through singing and dancing.

In addition to teaching music classes to all of our students, he will be demonstrating his creativity by leading a Guitar Club on Fridays after school. 

Welcome Mr. Jordan Romney!

Neshaminy Montessori warmly welcomes our new Head Art Department, Mr. Jordan Romney. Mr. Jordan comes to us with years of extensive experience as an Art Instructor at camp, teaching students various arts and crafts including creating collages, print making, drawing and Tye Dye.

He will be assisting our students in designing the set for our Spring Opera. Mr. Jordan will also be introducing digital photography to the students who will work on creating an art magazine highlighting their photography as well as works of art created by the students of the school. We are so very excited to see all of the fun and creative projects that our students and Mr. Jordan will be working on this year!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’s birthday—what better way to celebrate than to read? Did you know Dr. Seuss would be 113 this year? While he is no longer with us, his legacy lives on in the pages of his books.

He forever changed the way children’s books were written and continues to inspire generations. So this month, Mr. Jordan, the classroom teachers, and the students will be celebrating Dr. Suess and his legacy!

Jordan, as the student's fondly call him, introduced One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish to the Montessori students. They also created class rules all together!

Painting In Pajamas Party!

Neshaminy Montessori hosted a "Painting in Pajamas" party on Friday, January 20. 

The children and their guests had lots of fun painting a snowman and then decorating it with buttons, a scarf and a hat, all while wearing their favorite PJ's! 

Even the teachers and some parents wore their pajamas, too!  While waiting for their masterpieces to dry, everyone enjoyed decorating cookies and listening to Story Time with Ms. Gwynne. 

It was a wonderful night, and everyone was very happy with their creations!

Quiver Farms Visit!

Quiver Farms came to visit our school on Monday, December 19 to perform a live 12 Days of Christmas Show in our barn for the enjoyment of all the students, teachers and parents. 

Great fun was had as costumes were provided so the children could dress up to act out parts of the song, and the Farm brought all of the live birds included in the 12 Days of Christmas Song. The children were delighted by the Turtle Doves, Golden Pheasant and French Hens. They even got to meet and pet the birds up close after the show! 

Bringing the famous song to life with the fun costumes and live birds certainly helped to get everyone in the Holiday Spirit!

Happy Holidays & A Big Welcome To Our New Teachers!

We have been quite busy at Neshaminy Montessori and Trevose Day School. Not only we are getting ready to celebrate the holiday season, but we have added many special programs and welcomed a few brilliant new teachers!

Neshaminy Montessori and Trevose Day School children have been learning to play the violin with our new Suzuki teacher, Colleen Rumpf. Colleen comes to us with 21 years of teaching experience from students ages 3 through 14. She spent 6 years intermittently in Japan, learning from a student of Dr. Suzuki himself. The children have been learning the beginning steps of standing properly, holding the violin correctly and all of the basics.

Kate Sherman, our Music teacher, has our children singing, dancing and preparing for our annual Parent Performance and Brunch. Kate comes to us with many years of experience in Pittsburgh, Boston and New York City theatrical production, performing and choreographing. Since she was a child, she was involved in musical theater singing and dancing, and her passion for it shows during her classes here at Trevose. The children absolutely love her and all that she brings to us!

We are thrilled to have Sarah Levine as our Environmental teacher. She has been teaching the children all about the environment and ways to protect it.  Through her creativity and knowledge, Sarah has been providing the children with interactive lessons where they have been learning about topics including clouds, trees, pollution and recycling.

In addition to teaching our children Environmental Education twice a week, Sarah teaches Drama classes twice a week. She has directed and choreographed plays with children and is assisting Kate Sherman in creating many exciting performances for our students to participate in.

Neshaminy Montessori wishes you and your families a wonderful Holiday Season!