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Quest Montessori Middle School Estuary Field Studies
23 April

Middle School Estuary Field Studies

  • Posted by Middle School
  • Categories Montessori, Middle School

Quest Middle School students completed their estuary field studies last week. Students learned about anadromous fish runs, salt marshes, rocky shores, and sandy beaches in the field, and we had great weather for it! Student-led discussions centered around the importance […]

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Reading Books - Caldecott Winners - Quest Montessori School
09 February

Ten Years of Caldecott Award Winners

  • Posted by Quest Montessori School
  • Categories Books

Each year the Association for Library Services to Children awards a special honor, the Caldecott Award, to the illustrator of one picture book. This coveted award has recognized some amazing works over the years and is a great way to […]

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1 Primary Mixed Age Thread Needle
28 January

Montessori Mixed-Age Classrooms

  • Posted by Katherine Bowen
  • Categories Montessori, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Primary, Toddler, Upper Elementary

There are many elements that make Montessori education stand apart from more conventional methods. One of the most obvious is our mixed-age classrooms. Rather than grouping children by a single chronological age, our classroom environments encompass children spanning across several […]

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Learning In Person in the Upper Elementary Classroom
14 January

Learning In-Person in the Upper Elementary Montessori Classroom

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  • Categories School News, Upper Elementary

UE had an exceptional first term and took full advantage of being at school in-person for all but one week of the semester. We were busy! The children came back in September, ready to work and eager to jump back […]

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A Few Words About Harmony in Montessori Art and Music 2
16 December

A Few Words About Harmony in Montessori Art and Music

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  • Categories Art, Montessori, Music

The word harmony is an important one for both the artist and the musician. In music, harmony is whenever two or more sounds happen at the same time. In art, it is when two or more colors or shapes exist […]

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Toddler Toileting - Quest Montessori School Private School RI
03 December

Toddler Toileting

  • Posted by Toddler Classroom
  • Categories Toddler

Reproduced with permission from Molly Schaot’s At Home With Toddlers, Waypoint Montessori
In Montessori pedagogy, we use a child-led approach to toileting. We do not use rewards, nor do we attempt to completely upend a child’s daily life by

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Montessori Great Work The TiMontessori Great Work The Timeline of Lifemeline of Life
18 November

Middle School Seminar

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Seminar in Middle School creates opportunities for students to extend their understanding and interpretation of a text by intertwining social interaction, communication, and the growing power of the adolescent intellect. Students prepare for seminar discussions by closely reading and annotating […]

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06 November

Inspiration for Montessori Great Work

  • Posted by Quest Montessori School
  • Categories Lower Elementary

Great work is one characteristic of the Second Plane Child. What was once repetition, completing the same work over and over in the Primary classrooms, becomes repetition through elaboration in the Elementary classrooms. In this plane, children have a new […]

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22 October

Primary Practical Life

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Practical Life is the foundation for building independence, concentration, refining movement and sense of order and responsibility. Grace and Courtesy are lessons that we give to small groups of children that teach them how to be and act in the […]

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Donating books to Willett Library - Quest Updates School Library
08 October

An Updated School Library

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  • Categories School News, Books, Montessori

by Ella Procaccinti 
In September of 2020, the sixth years took on an ambitious project to maintain the Quest community library. The goal was to create a library full of books that were up to date and diverse.
When the

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