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Adolescent Studies of Food, Identity, and Access
This year the Adolescent Community is exploring complex topics around food. They started with food systems and the biochemistry of food, and they are now beginning to study food as part of culture and issues of food accessibility in Baltimore. Students began the year...
Montessori Brings Grammar to Life in the Classroom
Many of us do not have fond memories of our grammar studies. But Montessori grammar is different. Instead of being presented as a boring set of rules, Montessori students are first introduced to “The Story of Language,” which tells the story of the evolution of...
Honoring Cultural Celebrations Supports Children’s Sense of Belonging
This year we as a School community are talking through ways to bring cultural celebrations and holidays into the classroom in an authentic and meaningful way. Celebrations and traditions are an important part of personal identity, and as a School, we find this to be a...
October 2021 Capital Project Update
As those who have been at Greenspring for the last several years know, our school is transforming. In 2017 we launched a Capital Project - Great Foundation, Great Future - to address the needs of our aging buildings and to provide our children with new, beautiful,...
Vestibular System and Proprioception: The Two Unknown Senses
Written by Margaret Jarrell “Movement, or physical activity, is an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement we come in contact with external reality, and it is through these contacts that we...
Learning in the Outdoor Montessori Classroom
“The child has a different relation to his environment from ours… the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul.” - Dr. Maria Montessori Dr. Montessori saw the outdoor environment as a natural extension of the classroom....
Before and After Video of our Capital Project
The Capital Project for Greenspring Montessori School has been a campus-wide renovation, including the building of our Emerson Village in 2017 and the restoration of the Main Building, our 100 year old dairy barn, in 2018. As we look toward future improvements, we...
Encouraging Conversations for Belonging
This year, the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Committee had an ambitious goal of creating lessons and resources for global holidays and cultural celebrations. The Committee strives to create thoughtful and authentic resources for our Guides without...