A Little Tour

We celebrated the grand opening of the Studio this past Saturday! It was so much fun meeting new people, I especially loved seeing the smiles on the children's faces as they familiarized themselves with the activities offered.  

Today I would like to share a tour of the Studio in hopes to inspire you to come on in!

                                                         

As you enter ahead you will see the coat rack, and to the left of you is our area where I have dedicated to Cultural materials.

A closer view of some of the shelves that house the art materials.

                         

                                                The Science area.

                                                     Our Nature Corner.

                                                                   

The Monarch and Lady Painted Caterpillars have been getting a lot of attention in this area.

                                                                 

                         

The Lego Room which also houses Montessori Sensorial and Math Materials. The Project Based Studio is greatly influenced by the Montessori Method! 

                       

The Laptop and I Pads' are also available for use and I encourage the children to use them for researching, photography, video editing and music making.

                                                                 

                               

                         
                         

                                                   The Music Room.

Around the corner is the language related activities as well as leading into our Practical Life shelves.

                                                                     

                               Story telling and Puppet Theater.

                                                                          

                                                      Photography.

                                                                         

                                                   Cosmetology/ Face painting.

There are a lot more Language materials that I didn't take a picture of. As you leave the area you will enter the Sewing and Woodworking area.

                                                                 

We also have a snack area available that will also have more practical life activities available, like baking with the convection oven, and a place for the children to keep the supplies clean after use.

                                                                       

Oh I can't forget to share our ever growing library! We are slowly adding books in so that we can keep this area as organized as possible. The printer and laminator are also available for a small fee.

                       

I hope you enjoyed the tour!

I am linking this post to Montessori Monday hosted by Living Montessori Now.

The Big Question

DJ is very passionate about animals and plans to be a veterinarian one day. His latest question in his studies is " How many human body parts are just like a pig's body part?" Once the question rolled off his tongue he was ready to start on his latest project in the subject of biology. DJ is fond of reading which makes his research fascinating, and he always welcomes his new discoveries by digging deeper. I had purchased some animal dissection kits from Home Science Tools, which are also available for purchase in the Studio. The more real life experiences DJ gets while exploring The Big Question is what keeps him wanting to know more, so I offered an invitation to him to have a go at dissecting the fetal pig.

                                                                               

The kit came along with an awesome guide full of wonderful illustrations and step by step directions of how to correctly dissect the fetal pig.

DJ's  first discovery was finding out how to determine the sex of the pig.
                                                                             

Next he learned how to properly prepare the pig for further dissection. He loved this part so much! DJ said  " I really feel like I am a Vet right now!" I bet he did, especially since he had on his Scrubs.

While he was dissecting he read the guide and identified the pig's body parts.

DJ was able to answer The Big Question, and has come up with other questions while completing this activity.

                                         The power of a child led project can't be beat! 

To read a background of other works DJ has done that has led to this pig dissection work pop over  and visit our homeschool blog.

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