Cultural Enrichment Activities
What a wonderful week we had here @Countryside Montessori School, Dacula! The children worked with our Montessori materials, learned about Christmas traditions from all around the world and made Christmas tree decorations. Then, they built a ginger bread house; they made bird feeders and played games; and had some delicious hot chocolate along with a…
Happy Children at Work! Even though we could not play outside due to the constant rain, our children loved working with the math material, writing short words and sentences, matching color tablets and insect cards, tracing sandpaper number cards, learning about shapes, and so much more! Our bountiful learning opportunities give ample opportunities for every learning…
Mr. Lamb is visiting CountrySide!Kindness was the topic that Mr. Lamb stressed during his visit today! The children were spell-bound by his positive and engaging personality, and they all wanted to be consciously kind today, because then everyone is a winner! I can highly recommend Mr. Lamb’s Dojo in the Kroger shopping Center on Braselton…
We held our Holiday Family Celebration at the beautiful clubhouse at Sterling on the Lake! Everyone was delighted by the children’s songs and the festivities! December is a time of celebrating the holidays and learning about different traditions from other cultures. The children loved our Latkes with applesauce, and they enjoyed gingerbread cookies from Germany.…
St. Nicholas is referred to by many names throughout Europe such as Sinterklaas in the Netherlands or Nikolaus in Germany. In the days leading up to December 6, children throughout Europe put their shoes or a special St. Nicholas boot in front of the fireplace or the front door at night to find them filled…
Our traditional Thanksgiving Feast was a glorious day of giving thanks for everything we cherish at CountrySide: the children, parents, grandparents, room mom, special volunteers and our incredibly outstanding and fabulous team, Ms. Vivian and Ms. Victoria!The room was festively decorated with turkey centerpieces created by the children, but the food was absolutely amazing in…
What a wonderful way to help children understand the meaning of giving thanks, by having them participate in making care packages for our Marines overseas! Thank you to all who made this day of giving thanks possible!
One of CountrySide Montessori student father’s is currently serving in the Middle East with the Marine Corps. He will be overseas for both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year so we thought it would be nice to send him cards and a care package to share with his troops. The children made thumbprint cards at school…
