2011 - 2012 School Year
Carmel Montessori Academy and Children's House plans, implements, and evaluates its programming utilizing the traditional Montessori three year cycle. School themes in the major content areas - science and social science including art, music, and world languages and cultures - facilitate "cosmic view" for the child and his/her family. That is, the themes offer a structure to ensure the presentation of a wholistic curriculum and the understanding of individual concepts within the whole and include all broader curriculum areas, e.g., Spiritual Development, Practical Life, Sensorial Education, Home Economics, Indoor and Outdoor Animal Curriculum, Community Education, etc. Skills areas - mathematics and languages - offer the "tools" through which the child internalizes and expresses his/her appreication, knowledge,and application of educational and life concepts.
Themes throughout the school year are assigned monthly and focus, but do not limit, the child, the teacher, and the family for purposes of individual and group concentration and the school-as-a-community activities. Summer themes, assigned weekly, bring together many facets of the curriculum and are determined by the faculty and students once the composition of the summer enrollment is set. The information below offers some general programming and activities for Fall 2011, Winter 2011 - 2012, Spring 2012 & Summer Sample Programming.
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
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During the morning, in addition to brief "Classroom Lines" (Montessori whole group activity), the child receives individual (and small group, where appropriate) presentations from certified Montessori Directors/esses and works individually or in small groups with Montessori and Montessori-related materials in his/her uninterrupted, prepared environments. The major curriculum areas are: Practical Life (which includes Home Economics), Spiritual Development, Sensorial Education, Physical Education, Science, Social Science, World Languages and Cultures, Art, Music, Mathematics, and Language. Themes are incorporated in an interdisciplinary manner, as appropriate. Midday, all children of the Academy (ages 2 - 18 years) meet at Community Line for presentations by children, ammouncements, song, and often CMA community celebrations. Interclass lunch, usually prepared in the Home Economcis Program by 3 - 12 year olds, follows Community Line with older mentors joining younger children at community tables. All children then have an opportunity to interact on the outdoor campus and in the barn area after they have readied the kitchen and classroom environments for afternoon activities. In the afternoon, regular classes resume with individual and small group activity, with additional time to engage in larger, more inclusive work which may require more social-academic interaction, e.g., world language conversational work, music ensembles, art murals and large group projects, drama, group science experimentation, etc. Monthly School Themes are presented below, accompanied by special events, meetings and activities for the month. To honor individual family beliefs and traditions and the thus our diverse student body as well as to broaden the cognitive and affective horizons of all of our children, CMA celebrates five religious holidays from each of five major religions of the world each year. Celebrations often occur within the classrooms, on Community Line, or on an impromptu field excursion.
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Community Education activities usually involve the entire student body and are usually on Fridays. A typical Community Education experience includes three distinct parts:
Some trips are limtied by duration; young chidlren rarely attend overnight excursions without parental attendance as well. Limited seating or ticket availability or destination requirements limit attendance for some students for some activities. The "least restrictive" policy of attendance and participation is followed. Parental (sometimes "grandparental") participation is encouraged throughout the Community Education Program. By virtue of their improvised nature, impromptu field trips (e.g. hardware store for unplanned "construction" needs on campus; temple or church as suggested by students' activities and interests; a trip to the prairie or woods to "experience" Thoreau) are not listed below. However, this type of field experience is common throughout the three levels of the Academy. |
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September |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year Mathematics Cycle: Education, Liberty, Duty, Citizen
This year we will be visiting five/six "houses of prayer / worship" of five major worl religions, the first, HINDUISM, in September. Parents are encouraged to speak to their child's Director/ess or the Director who plans and implements this program prior to the trip if they have any concerns regarding attendance or participation. These experences are often actively participatory in nature; however, if the individual child (or parent) are more comfortable just observing, their wishes, whether communicated prior to the trip or at the destination itself, are respected.
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
PEACE Rededication Program
“School Year Overview and Q & A”
Theme: "Native Americans & the Morality Question"
CMA Picture Day
(Hindu Holiday)
4:30 til dark
(Jewish Holiday)
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September Theme: PEACE!
regional Montessori schools for SQUARE DANCING
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October |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year Mathematics Cycle: Desire, Democracy, Government, Revolution, War & Peace
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
(Islamic Observance)
(Hindu Holiday)
(Jewish Holiday)
Theme: Moral Issues as presented in the operetta "1776"
(Hindu Observance)
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October Theme: Halloween
BOSTON FREEDOM TRAIL Week-long Erdkinder (ages 12-18) United States History Trip
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November |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year Mathematics Cycle: Constitution, World, Temperance, History
This year we will be visiting five/six "houses of prayer / worship" of five major world religions, the second, CHRISTIANITY, in December. Parents are encouraged to speak to their child's Director/ess or the Director who plans and implements this program, prior to the trip if they have any concerns regarding attendance or participation. These experiences are often actively participatory in nature; however, if the individual child (or parent) are more comfortable just observing, their wishes, whether communicated prior to the trip or at the destination itself, are respected.
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
FOR NEEDY CHILDREN during November & December
(Christian Holidays)
(Islamic Observance)
Theme: Moral Issues in Early America - "John Adams"
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November Theme: Veterans
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
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During the morning, in addition to brief "Classroom Lines" (Montessori whole group activity), the child receives individual (and small group, where appropriate) presentations from certified Montessori Directors/esses and works individually or in small groups with Montessori and Montessori-related materials in his/her uninterrupted, prepared environments. The major curriculum areas are: Practical Life (which includes Home Economics), Spiritual Development, Sensorial Education, Physical Education, Science, Social Science, World Languages and Cultures, Art, Music, Mathematics, and Language. Themes are incorporated in an interdisciplinary manner, as appropriate. Midday, all children of the Academy (ages 2 - 18 years) meet at Community Line for presentations by children, ammouncements, song, and often CMA community celebrations. Interclass lunch, usually prepared in the Home Economcis Program by 3 - 12 year olds, follows Community Line with older mentors joining younger children at community tables. All children then have an opportunity to interact on the outdoor campus and in the barn area after they have readied the kitchen and classroom environments for afternoon activities. In the afternoon, regular classes resume with individual and small group activity, with additional time to engage in larger, more inclusive work which may require more social-academic interaction, e.g., world language conversational work, music ensembles, art murals and large group projects, drama, group science experimentation, etc. Monthly School Themes are presented below, accompanied by special events, meetings and activities for the month. To honor individual family beliefs and traditions and the thus our diverse student body as well as to broaden the cognitive and affective horizons of all of our children, CMA celebrates five religious holidays from each of five major religions of the world each year. Celebrations often occur within the classrooms, on Community Line, or on an impromptu field excursion.
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Community Education activities usually involve the entire student body and are usually on Fridays. A typical Community Education experience includes three distinct parts:
Some trips are limtied by duration; young chidlren rarely attend overnight excursions without parental attendance as well. Limited seating or ticket availability or destination requirements limit attendance for some students for some activities. The "least restrictive" policy of attendance and participation is followed. Parental (sometimes "grandparental") participation is encouraged throughout the Community Education Program. By virtue of their improvised nature, impromptu field trips (e.g. hardware store for unplanned "construction" needs on campus; temple or church as suggested by students' activities and interests; a trip to the prairie or woods to "experience" Thoreau) are not listed below. However, this type of field experience is common throughout the three levels of the Academy. |
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December |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year of Mathematics Cycle: Angel, Happiness, Family,
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
FOR NEEDY CHILDREN during November & December
“The Ethics of Giving and Gratitude” & Christmas Party
(Jewish Holiday)
A campus/barn “living play”
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Last week before Holiday Vacation
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY Christmas Trees & Physics
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January |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year of Mathemtics Cycle: Physics, Fate, Change, Beauty
This year we will be visiting five/six "houses of prayer / worship" of five major world relilgions, the third, BUDDHISM, in February. Parents are encouraged to speak to their child's Director/ess or the Director who plans and implements this program, prior to the trip if they have any concerns regarding attendance or participation. These expereinces are often acively participatory in nature; however, if the individual child (or parent) are more comfortable just observing, their wishes, whether communicated prior to the trip or at the destination itself, are respected.
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
Theme: Moral Issues as Illustrated in "How the West Was Won"
(Christian Holiday)
(Hindu Holiday)
Thursday through Friday
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January Theme: New Beginnings
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February |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year of Mathematics Cycle: Habit, Animal, Form, Emotion
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
(Hindu Holliday)
(Islamic Holiday)
Theme: Ethics, Morality, and War: "The Red Badge of Courage"
(Buddhist Holiday)
MARDI GRAS TALENT SHOW
(Christian Holiday)
(Buddhist Holiday)
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February Theme: Valentine's Day
Civil War Studies
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During the morning, in addition to brief "Classroom Lines" (Montessori whole group activity), the child receives individual (and small group, where appropriate) presentations from certified Montessori Directors/esses and works individually or in small groups with Montessori and Montessori-related materials in his/her uninterrupted, prepared environments. The major curriculum areas are: Practical Life (which includes Home Economics), Spiritual Development, Sensorial Education, Physical Education, Science, Social Science, World Languages and Cultures, Art, Music, Mathematics, and Language. Themes are incorporated in an interdisciplinary manner, as appropriate. Midday, all children of the Academy (ages 2 - 18 years) meet at Community Line for presentations by children, ammouncements, song, and often CMA community celebrations. Interclass lunch, usually prepared in the Home Economcis Program by 3 - 12 year olds, follows Community Line with older mentors joining younger children at community tables. All children then have an opportunity to interact on the outdoor campus and in the barn area after they have readied the kitchen and classroom environments for afternoon activities. In the afternoon, regular classes resume with individual and small group activity, with additional time to engage in larger, more inclusive work which may require more social-academic interaction, e.g., world language conversational work, music ensembles, art murals and large group projects, drama, group science experimentation, etc. Monthly School Themes are presented below, accompanied by special events, meetings and activities for the month. To honor individual family beliefs and traditions and the thus our diverse student body as well as to broaden the cognitive and affective horizons of all of our children, CMA celebrates five religious holidays from each of five major religions of the world each year. Celebrations often occur within the classrooms, on Community Line, or on an impromptu field excursion.
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Community Education activities usually involve the entire student body and are usually on Fridays. A typical Community Education experience includes three distinct parts:
Some trips are limtied by duration; young chidlren rarely attend overnight excursions without parental attendance as well. Limited seating or ticket availability or destination requirements limit attendance for some students for some activities. The "least restrictive" policy of attendance and participation is followed. Parental (sometimes "grandparental") participation is encouraged throughout the Community Education Program. By virtue of their improvised nature, impromptu field trips (e.g. hardware store for unplanned "construction" needs on campus; temple or church as suggested by students' activities and interests; a trip to the prairie or woods to "experience" Thoreau) are not listed below. However, this type of field experience is common throughout the three levels of the Academy. |
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March |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year of Mathematics Cycle: Cause, Astronomy, God
This year we will be visiting five/six "houses of prayer / worship" of five major world religions, the fourth, JUDAISM, in April. An accompanying trip to the Holocaust Museum has appropriate materials for all ages; however, parents are urged to ask questions prior to the trip. Parents are encouraged to speak to their child's Director/ess or the Director who plans and implements this program prior to the trip if they have any concerns regarding attendance or participation. These experiences are often actively participatory in nature; however, if the individual child (or parent) are more comfortable just observing, their wishes, whether communicated prior to the trip or at the destination, are respected.
All School Play to be chosen by students and faculty.
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
(Jewish Holiday)
Theme: Ethics & Politics: "Mr. Smith Goes toWashington"
culminating in ALL SCHOOL PLAY
(Christian Holiday)
(Hindu & Buddhist Holiday)
AMERICAN MONTESSORI SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE San Francisco, California No School on Thursday & Friday
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March Theme: Music and Songs of the Season
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April |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year of Mathematics Cycle: Good & Evil, Art, Evolution, Dialectic, Love
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
Theme: The Great Depression & Financial Ethics - "Seabiscuit"
(Christian Holidays)
(Jewish Holiday)
(Buddhist Holiday)
(Buddhist Holiday)
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April Theme: Spring
(Lower Erdkinder - 12 - 15 year olds - only)
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May |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year of Mathematics Cycle: Element, Chance, Definition, Courage
This year will be visiting five/six "houses of prayer / owrship" of five major world religions, the fifth, ISLAM, is being scheduled for May. Parents are encouraged to speak to their child's Director/ess or the Director of this program prior to the trip if they have any concerns regarding attendance or particpation. These experiences are often actively participatory in nature; however, if the individual child (or parent) are more comfortable just observing, their wishes, whether communicated prior to the trip or at the destination itself, are respected.
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
(Buddhist Holiday)
(Christan Holiday)
No School
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Theme – Gardens
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June |
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SCHOOL, CLASSROOM, & FAMILY STUDIES of:
First Year of Mathematics Cycle: Infinity
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
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(including Summer Birthday Lunch)
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The listing below is representative of the CMA Summer Camp Program. CHILDREN help to plan and implement summer activities; changes are many and frequent. Montessori Directors/esses provide Montessori environments and materials to all children throughout the summer months
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
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During the morning, in addition to brief "Classroom Lines" (Montessori whole group activity), the child receives individual (and small group, where appropriate) presentations from certified Montessori Directors/esses and works individually or in small groups with Montessori and Montessori-related materials in his/her uninterrupted, prepared environments. The major curriculum areas are: Practical Life (which includes Home Economics), Spiritual Development, Sensorial Education, Physical Education, Science, Social Science, World Languages and Cultures, Art, Music, Mathematics, and Language. Themes are incorporated in an interdisciplinary manner, as appropriate. Midday, all children of the Academy (ages 2 - 18 years) meet at Community Line for presentations by children, ammouncements, song, and often CMA community celebrations. Interclass lunch, usually prepared in the Home Economcis Program by 3 - 12 year olds, follows Community Line with older mentors joining younger children at community tables. All children then have an opportunity to interact on the outdoor campus and in the barn area after they have readied the kitchen and classroom environments for afternoon activities. In the afternoon, regular classes resume with individual and small group activity, with additional time to engage in larger, more inclusive work which may require more social-academic interaction, e.g., world language conversational work, music ensembles, art murals and large group projects, drama, group science experimentation, etc. Monthly School Themes are presented below, accompanied by special events, meetings and activities for the month. To honor individual family beliefs and traditions and the thus our diverse student body as well as to broaden the cognitive and affective horizons of all of our children, CMA celebrates five religious holidays from each of five major religions of the world each year. Celebrations often occur within the classrooms, on Community Line, or on an impromptu field excursion. |
Community Education activities usually involve the entire student body and are usually on Fridays. A typical Community Education experience includes three distinct parts:
Some trips are limtied by duration; young chidlren rarely attend overnight excursions without parental attendance as well. Limited seating or ticket availability or destination requirements limit attendance for some students for some activities. The "least restrictive" policy of attendance and participation is followed. Parental (sometimes "grandparental") participation is encouraged throughout the Community Education Program. By virtue of their improvised nature, impromptu field trips (e.g. hardware store for unplanned "construction" needs on campus; temple or church as suggested by students' activities and interests; a trip to the prairie or woods to "experience" Thoreau) are not listed below. However, this type of field experience is common throughout the three levels of the Academy. |
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Classroom & Campus Activities |
Community Education Activities |
A Week in the Garden
The Farmer’s Market
Bird Watching
Crafts
Sports
Weird Science
Zoo Animals
The Beach
Camping
Dress Up
Theater Week
Sweet Summertime |
for a game of baseball
(tents in the backyard during the day)
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