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MKU School Blog – Here are a series of blog posts associated with our Montessori schools, daycare, preschool, childcare, kindergarten.

10 Activities to Keep your Preschooler Calm and Busy

10 Activities to Keep your Preschooler Calm and Busy Life as we know it has been turned upside down by the coronavirus and your preschooler feels it too. A sense of fear is looming over us throughout the day while our routines are out of whack. Many parents are working from home while simultaneously...

Why Don’t Montessori Preschools have Fantasy Books

Why Don't Montessori Preschools have Fantasy Books Montessori educators are often questioned about the lack of fantasy books or cartoon characters in the Montessori early education classroom. Are Reggio and Montessori philosophies stifling children’s imaginations or just plain boring? It’s quite the opposite. Real-life concepts are just what toddlers need to nurture a sense of...

7 Montessori Valentine’s Day Crafts

7 Montessori Valentine's Day Crafts Montessori Valentine’s Day crafts are a fun way to celebrate the days leading up to Valentine’s Day. In the Montessori classroom, this is a great opportunity to integrate art, early language, and fine motor skills into the day’s activities. Mixing up activities that kids are already familiar with adds novelty...

Montessori School Brown Stair

The Montessori School Brown Stair, or the Broad Stair, is meant to develop the child’s awareness of size difference. All ten blocks are the same length, but they vary in both length and depth. This material trains both the eye and the hand to discriminate and compare between wide and narrow. What is the...

Positive Discipline Montessori Cheat Sheet

Positive Discipline Montessori classrooms use the Positive Discipline approach created by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. This approach assumes the best of children, collaborates with them, and empowers them to develop self-discipline and problem-solving skills. Positive Discipline is easy to read about, but it can be challenging to put into practice. This philosophy requires a paradigm...

Teaching Children to Appreciate Diversity

Teaching Children to Appreciate Diversity The Montessori teacher’s task is to facilitate her children’s development into world-minded individuals. Back at the dawn of the 20th century, Maria Montessori knew that world peace started with educating children. In today’s world, this concept is as relevant as ever and teaching children to appreciate diversity is of extreme...

Winter Holidays Around the World

Winter Holidays Around the World The beginning of Winter marks a time of celebration for many religions and cultures which means many winter holidays are celebrated. In general, these traditions fall close to the Winter solstice and involve a festival of lights. They originated before electrical power when Winter was dark and gloomy. Food...

Fun Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving with your Preschooler!

Fun Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving with your Preschooler! There are lots of fun ways to celebrate the spirit of Thanksgiving with your preschooler. Thanksgiving will be on November 28 this year, and believe it or not, that’s right around the corner. Holiday-themed activities are not only fun but they also create special memories for our...

Montessori Geometric Cabinet

Montessori Geometric Cabinet Can a three-year-old really learn geometry? Absolutely--in fact, the early years are the perfect time for it. We have a special tool we use in teaching! We use the Montessori Geometric Cabinet to teach our students! Preschool children are in a sensitive period for language and for order. They crave...

COVID-19 Update

Important information in regard to the ongoing Covid-19 Situation:

Our top priority is the health and wellbeing of our Montessori Kids Universe families, children and staff. We follow guidance from the CDC, as well as state and local officials and health authorities. We strive to maintain our safe and healthy school environment and have implemented new or enhanced health protocols at this time. This includes:

· Staying Home When Appropriate: Both staff and families are required to stay home when not feeling well and follow protocols on returning to school.

· Taking Temperatures: We are screening everyone (staff, children, parents, visitors, etc.) upon arrival.

· Limited Classroom Access: To curb the spread of germs, we are not allowing parents and visitors from to enter the classrooms.

· Masks: Face coverings are required for any adult entering the building and children over the age of 5.

· Greater Health Protocols: We’ve strengthened our existing cleanliness protocols (more frequent hand washing; providing accessible soap, paper towels, hand sanitizer, wipes and masks; and increased cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting of surfaces and items in classrooms).