Woodland Hill Montessori School

April 20, 2012   Dear Parents,   Welcome back.  We have “dipped our toes” into the study of pond life! Our classroom was transformed over break into a wonderful pond habitat and we have discovered that it is filled with various plant and animal life. It exists in three layers, the surface skin, open water [...]

December 2, 2011 Dear Parents, It’s that time of year again! Yes, the start of a very busy and sometimes very short month of December. Our Thanksgiving celebration with an Australian twist was enjoyed by all last Tuesday as we thanked Mother Earth and feasted on delicious zucchini cakes and Anzacs. Our travels through Australia [...]

Dear Parents, Our Annual Gala is tomorrow and we have once again created a wonderful item for our class to donate. This year’s auction item is a lovely outdoor rocker and planter adorned with our precious fingerprints and names. The fingerprints have been transformed into insects and other creatures appreciated mostly by three to six [...]

March 4, 2011 Welcome back! Can February be over already? Hopefully we are all healthy and well-rested and ready to travel to the Emerald Isle! The classroom is filled with Irish flags, artifacts from Ireland, Island and Lake Landforms, a puzzle map of Europe, and a touch of leprechaun and rainbow work. Let us not [...]

  February 4, 2011 Hello all, Here are a few reminders: Our Valentine’s Lunch Exchange is coming soon!!! You should find the questionnaire of the child you will be making lunch for in the folders today. We still need shoeboxes! Please send one (or two if you have extra) so we can finish our mailboxes. [...]

November 19, 2010 Dear Parents, Thank you for coming to last week’s Parent/Child Night. The children are always so proud of their classroom and their work! Our study of Africa has taken us along the banks of the Nile River to the papyrus plant. We have been soaking our strips of papyrus in hopes of [...]

October 21, 2010 Dear Parents, After much work and many lessons having to do with Mother Earth, we have finally reached the continent of Africa. If you have any books, artifacts or materials pertaining to this continent, (specifically Egypt) we would appreciate them. We will continue our journey until the end of December. We had [...]