Ending the Year in Ancient Greece!

Ending the Year in Ancient Greece!

by | Jun 25, 2014 | Classroom Work, Music

“We want to be Greek gods!” they exclaimed as the class discussed the final Journey Montessori School performance.   The children had been studying ancient Greece and reading Greek myths for the past month, so it was no surprise that this was the most...
Tremendous Tent Rocks!

Tremendous Tent Rocks!

by | Jun 2, 2014 | Adventure Day!

We journeyed back in time again to the formation of Tent Rocks National Monument.  Seven million years ago, a time of very active volcanism, about 20 small volcanoes erupted repeatedly to form sedimentary rock layers.  These were then subject to erosion by wind and...
January 2014: Four Unique Adventures!

January 2014: Four Unique Adventures!

by | Feb 5, 2014 | Adventure Day!

This month we have been on four very different adventures.  Our first adventure took us to The Jacobs’ 150 acre property on Glorieta Mesa.  It is a beautiful place with ruins from Spanish settlers as well as old Native American ruins that are unexcavated.  We...