OH, THAT GROUNDHOG!
If we believe Punxsutawney Phil, we are in for six more weeks of winter. Arghhhh! We New Englanders are rugged, and at Kingsley we go outside at all temperatures above 20 degrees. For our young friends, this means a lot of layers and moving parts. As a parent and teacher, I have learned that the greatest gift for our children is TIME. There is always such a short supply of it, especially on crazy weekday mornings when everyone is trying to get out the door.
In the Early Childhood Division here at Kingsley Montessori School, our approach to assessment depends on a thoughtfully prepared classroom environment, and formative observations by teachers throughout each day. This results in detailed record-keeping, which informs everything from what lessons to present and which classroom materials to emphasize, to how to approach goal-setting and progress reports.
This segment was originally published in the Oct. 4, 2018 edition of the Kingsley Bulletin (Kingsley Montessori School's community newsletter).
Kingsley Montessori School is housed in two separate, historic buildings in Boston's beautiful Back Bay neighborhood.The buildings are one block apart; one is located on Fairfield Street and one on Exeter Street. They are nestled between the lovely Commonwealth Avenue Mall in one direction, and the bustle of Newbury Street in the other.
Kingsley Montessori School has three Core Values that guide our educational approach, and help shape our school culture. We believe that these values are central to creating the best place to grow and learn.
The first of these values, The Foundational Decade of Learning, serves as the backdrop for everything we do at Kingsley.
Kingsley Montessori School has three Core Values that guide our educational approach, and help shape our school culture. We believe that these values are central to creating the best place to grow and learn.
At Kingsley knowing every child as an individual learner is central to our mission. By knowing every child, we can channel their natural curiosities to create passionate, independent learners.
The Early Childhood environment is the first stop in the Foundational Decade, from ages two through twelve. It sets the groundwork for future learning, by developing the requisite skills for more complex tasks. Toddler and Three-to-Six classrooms nurture and refine developmentally appropriate skills based on the basic Montessori principles for learning: order, coordination, concentration, and independence–or "OCCI."