Around the United States, families and schools celebrated Montessori Education Week from February 23 through March 1. Perhaps you heard the Maine Montessori Association’s announcement on National Public Radio about this special week. This week is designed to get the word out about the learning and community that takes place at Montessori schools. It is a way to celebrate the work our schools are doing with the greater community....
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Interest is building in our new program for infants ages 6-16 months. The Bambini program for infants is offered for full and part-time enrollment. The classroom is carefully and beautifully designed to allow freedom of movement and respect for the child’s natural rhythms. The educators are nurturing and caring and hold certification as Montessori infant/toddler guides. For deeper insight into the Montessori infant and toddler...
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Teachers from Winfield Children’s House will represent our programs at this year’s Cumberland/North Yarmouth Family Network Preschool Fair. The Fair is Sunday, January 11, 2014 from 5 to 7pm. It takes places at the North Yarmouth Memorial School, 120 Memorial Hwy (Route 9), North Yarmouth, ME. We hope you will join us at the Preschool Fair to ask questions and learn more about our infant, toddler, preschool and Kindergarten...
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On Thursday, October 24, the children of Winfield Children’s House gathered to celebrate United Nations Day. Each year, we celebrate this important day with a peace ceremony. This year we held a peace ceremony at the Children’s House and another at the Toddler House for the infant and toddler children. Leading up to United Nations Day, the preschool and Kindergarten children were constructing classroom paper chains, with messages...
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We currently have openings in our Bambini program, which is designed for children aged 6 to 16 months. This program is designed around the belief that infants are born with tremendous potential eager to learn, explore, and try new things. The classroom, in light of the infant’s need for routine and consistency, allows for freedom of movement while gently stimulating the naturally curious infant. A flexible schedule allows each child to eat,...
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President Barack Obama visited an the College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center in Decatur, Georgia, in February. This school visit follwed his State of the Union Address, which included his intention to support public funding to make early childhood education more available to four-year-old children across the nation. While it is clear from the photograph that the College Heights Learning Center is not a traditional Montessori classroom,...
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