Mr. Fruhling, (Lily's dad), came into school to show the children a BMW Hybrid Plug In i8. The children were fascinated with it and thought it looked like a Batmobile. They really enjoyed sitting in it. Many thanks to Mr. Fruhling for taking the time to share the car with us! #LandTransportation

The Kindergarten class began learning about Asia. The children were treated to two celebrations on South Korea. On Wednesday, Mrs. Myers (the toddler and PM K teacher) shared the family’s Korean heritage. Her son was born in Korea. He is the cutie in the center of the poster she is holding. Mrs. Han (Abby’s mom) and younger brother Andrew came to class and shared the family’s South Korean Heritage. Abby’s mom was born in Korea. Abby and her siblings were born in NY and NJ. Th

Our field trip to the Ridgewood Police Station was a success! Many thanks to Officer Christopher & Officer Amoruso for giving us a tour of the station. The children were shown how criminals are fingerprinted, the bench where they sit handcuffed and the jail they are kept in. We entered into the command center and some of the children were able to send messages through the microphone. The officers also showed the children the equipment they may use on a daily basis, including

The children had a lot of fun dressing up as pirates and princesses today! I have attached some pictures for you to enjoy! #PirateandPrincess

Sending you lots of love today! #ValentinesDay

We thank the Cvetanovic family for sharing their Serbian heritage. Vasilije's mom (Millie) came to class to talk about Serbia. Vasilije was born in the USA but, his grandparents are from Serbia. Vasilije is studying both the English and Serbian language. He shared his Serbian workbook with the class. We also saw how different the Cyrillic alphabet is. His Mom showed the Serbian flag and located the country on the map. Students saw pictures of a castle in the capitol (Belg

The Orchard Class ended the week of land transportation by making graham cracker traffic lights. The children have been learning to identify various street signs and what they mean. We hope they will start to recognize some of the street signs as they ride around with you in the car! #LandTransportation

This Ridgewood Emergency Services visited the Montessori Learning Center so that the children could learn about their ambulance. Mr. Jonathan Papietro and Mr. Michael Ramsay showed the children all the parts of the vehicle, and where they store the supplies that may be needed if someone were injured. The children were able to climb inside the ambulance and see all of the life- saving equipment that the men use. They even turned on the ambulance sirens at the end of the visit

As part of our study on land transportation, we designed a land transportation obstacle course in the gym for the children to enjoy. They raced against one another using cars and monster trucks as well as followed a course complete with street lights that they had to drive through. We ended our fun with the children pretending to be cars. Their favorite part seemed to be going through our pretend car wash, complete with water misting and fan drying. #LandTransportation

We thank the Gudmann family for sharing their Danish heritage. Karl’s mom (Pernille) and infant brother (Walter) came to class and talked about Denmark. Karl was born in China, yet has roots in Denmark. Soon Karl will attend a class to learn the language. The children located Denmark in the world and discovered that it has a monarchy, is part of Scandinavia and the land of the Vikings. Denmark is Europe's oldest kingdom and its flag is the oldest European flag. In a child fr