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Dear WCM Parents: Tomorrow, let’s celebrate clear skies at the Tubb Family Farm for our Harvest Hike and Pumpkin Carving. Please bring a favorite dish to share (dessert and drinks provided), lawn chairs or picnic blankets, and good shoes for hiking! With winter days ahead, we wanted to remind you that WCM follows the LexingtonContinue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with October 17th”

Dear WCM Parents: Please note my new email address: caroline@woodscreekmontessori.org The advancements of the digital age never cease to amaze. We hear every day about the benefits of being ‘connected.’ Still, at WCM, the connections that will always matter most are the in-person ones: teacher-to-student; student-to-student; parent-to-staff… Many kind thanks to the parents who cameContinue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with October 10th”

Dear WCM Parents: For ages, children have sat in a family member’s lap and dreamed: “when I grow up, I want to be a … (poet, astronaut, …).” As a Montessori parent, you have likely heard your child proclaim it this way: “when I grow up, I am GOING to be …”. The Montessori learningContinue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with October 3rd”

Dear Parents: As harvest time arrives to our beautiful valley, the staff at WCM gathered this week to reflect on a positive start to the school year. For the children, gather time in the classrooms is a meaningful part of every day in the Montessori tradition and it is a foundation of our sense ofContinue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with September 26th”

Dear Parents: A founding principle of Woods Creek Montessori is our cooperative model: parents and teachers work together to support our children and the life of our school. Our campus itself is a product of this vital partnership. We ask parents to volunteer your time and talents to maintain and improve our facilities and toContinue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with September 19th”

Dear Parents: One of the great strengths of a Montessori classroom is its educational materials. The materials are designed to emphasize concrete learning through hands-on manipulation. They are self-correcting in that they encourage children to discover their own errors rather than be told that they are wrong. They provide discipline and independence and, above all,Continue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with September 12th”

Dear Parents, Your children enjoyed a great second week on the Creek. Although Labor Day has come and gone and the summer heat remains, WCM is busy with its fall program and the misty mornings suggest that autumn is approaching. To the delight of our teachers and staff, happy faces abound in our classrooms andContinue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with September 5th”

In the words of Maria Montessori, Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence. Dear Parents, Welcome back to Woods Creek Montessori (WCM)! We are delighted to have your childrenContinue reading “Director’s Parent Letter: Week Ending with August 29th”