Woodland Hill Montessori School

Dear Parents,   I read the students a story about the Jewish New Year yesterday and the children set about setting goals for themselves for the new year. The beginning of the school year is an appropriate time to embark on this activity too. Kit Endler brought in apples for the class this week and [...]

Dear Parents, We have been preparing ourselves for next Friday’s trip to the AMNH. The museum web site is very thorough, filled with information and activities about the exhibits. Please visit the website with your child over the next few days. In particular focus on The Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, The Hall of Biodiversity [...]

Dear Parents, This week the class read and discussed a couple of the “Time for Kids” articles as we do most weeks. One of the articles was about some kinetic sculptures that are being created by a Dutch artist, Theo Jansen. You might take a look at his work, as we did, either on You [...]

We are beginning an in-depth study of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in our class that will culminate in the production of our play in May. The students will be studying the literature in depth as well as learning acting and production techniques. It is very important that the students understand the story first. For the past [...]

We continued our experiments with lime water this week by collecting a large amount of carbon dioxide gas in a beaker which then was forced into the lime water solution. We produced the CO2 by mixing vinegar and baking soda. Just as in the previous experiment ,when we blew CO2 from our lungs into the [...]

As part of their study of the respiration system the students all got to test their lung capacity with our “homemade” spirometer. We also blew CO2 into a clear solution of limewater or calcium hydroxide. When we did so the liquid, now calcium carbonate, turned cloudy. We were able to clear up the now milky [...]

Dear Parents,   I would like to thank Christine’s mother, Haiyan, for coming into the classroom on Thursday to present such great information about the Chinese New Year to the class. She also told the children stories, showed them artifacts and made dumplings for all! Some of the children dressed up in authentic Chinese silk clothing which looked ever so [...]