School: Prep Academy Schools, Dublin

Student: Jnana Kaapuraala

Teacher: Miss Elizabeth

Grade: 1st

Subject: Art

Description: Thankful

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Student: Zoe Morgan

Teacher: Ms. Denobrega

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Science

Description: I learned about flight by building a rocket launcher and two kites.

School: Atlanta Montessori International School

Student: Wade and Colin Sanders

Teacher: Ms. Nathalie for Wade and Ms. Lisa for Colin

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Writing/Literacy

Description: Emory had a contest to write a book to help other children dealing with all the changes from coronavirus. We didn't win, but this is our book. Colin is a second year (lower elementary, Nova Seekers, Ms. Lisa) and Wade is a sixth year (upper elementary, Peace Travelers, Ms. Nathalie). Ms. Lisa and Ms. Nathalie let us share the book with our friends on Google Classroom, and we read it to Colin's class on Zoom.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Arevik Collins

Teacher: Beth and Claire

Grade: 1st

Subject: Writing

Description: Writing letters to friends and family. At the beginning of the break, I started writing letters to my family members that are not nearby. Then, I wrote my teachers. Next, I added friends and classmates to my letter writing list. I write three to five letters a week.

School: Parker-Chase Preschool, Carrollton

Student: Kara Wahlquist

Teacher: Mrs. Adina Puryear

Grade: 18 Months

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Kara working on Hand Eye Coordination using our home made sensory bottle.

School: Oak Grove Academy

Student: Vivaan Jha

Teacher: Ms. Linda Sauzier

Grade: 1st

Subject: Writing

Description: It’s book cover , title and wrote about himself

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Yuvv Syam

Teacher: Andi Sferra

Age: 3

Subject: Science

Description: For the Love of science experiments - Stay Curious All!

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Arjan Bagga

Teacher: Mrs. Hughes

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Art

Description: I have made pencil sketches. I was very inspired by a pencil sketch of my Aunt and tried doing something similar. I enjoyed doing pencil sketches so much now that i have started doing imaginary sketches also now. My first sketch here shows a beach side view since i love beaches and im missing going to the beach this summer beacause of Coronavirus. Also, i love Ninjas, so my second sketch is of a Ninja.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Keegan Boyle

Teacher: Leah and Anne

Grade: 6th

Subject: Woodworking

Description: I created a red and white shield out of wood and cardboard. I have been watching some youtube videos lately and I saw someone who made Captain America’s Wakandan Shield and that is what gave me the inspiration for making this. I made a shield that was the shape of the Wakandan Shield, but was not the same color or the same details. I started off with drawing the shape on a poster. After that, I traced it onto wood and we cut it out. Then I sanded it and painted it. I painted it red and white, with white being the main color. It took me three days to make it. 

School: Parker Chase Preschool, Carrollton

Student: Jayden Grogan

Teacher: Marissa Kurrin

Grade: 5th

Subject: Science

Description: We did an experiment on germs and handwashing. We were talking about germs because of COVID 19 and Coronavirus. We know that dirty stuff makes your hands dirty. But how dirty? So we did an experiment. The first group of kids had dirty hands. The second group had clean hands. The first group touched a slice of bread and put it in a baggie. The second group touched another piece of bread and put it in another baggie. And one piece of bread was the control. We waited and the dirty hands bread got really disgusting and black because our hands weren’t clean. The clean hands bread had nothing growing on it. The control bread didn’t either. This showed us what could happen to your hands if you don’t wash them. Also that we spread germs from our hands to other things. And this is why we should wash our hands! (Also we had fun!) (Written by the students of Extended Care)

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Danny Orozco

Teacher: Ms. Beth Taylor and Ms. Claire Dickmann

Grade: 1st

Subject: Science

Description: I was testing how if plants really need water, air, and sun to grow. I planted some lettuce in planters inside that sprouted before the lettuce outside, though they died first because they did not get enough sun and water.

School: Cranium Academy

Student: Jack Holbrook

Teacher: Ms. Brittany

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Science

Description: I made a homemade lava lamp. I thought this was super cool! I just put oil, water and 20 drops of food coloring in a clear container and then dropped in Alka Seltzer tablets and voila! Lava lamp!

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Celia Boyle

Teacher: Claire Dickmann and Beth Taylor

Grade: 3rd

Subject: Upcycling

Description: I made a desk organizer. I got all my materials out of our recycling bin. Some of the materials I used were a granola bar box, part of a phone case box, a tea bag box, an egg carton, a cherry container and colored duct tape. I used the tea box for a pencil, crayon and marker holder. I used part of the phone case box to hold my stickers. I used a part of the egg carton as an eraser holder. The bar box is for small notebooks. The cherry container is for the phone holder. You can also put bookmarks there if you don’t have a phone. The tape makes it colorful and holds it together. I used all the items I was going to store in the organizer to measure and make sure everything fit. Once I measured everything I started shaping them and cutting them to the right height. I chose to do this project because it helps keep everything sorted on my desk. It makes it easier so that when I’m looking for something on my desk I know where to find it and I’m not looking around for it. I originally only had a place for books and markers but then wanted to keep adding space for my other things. I had fun because I thought about the idea and then made it into a real thing. Upcycling is fun because you can take multiple things and make it into one big thing.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Anay Sharma

Teacher: Mrs M. Hughes

Grade: Kindergarten

Subject: Art

Description: This is one of the pictures I drew all by myself in my sketchbook. My sketchbook has many sketches that I draw from my imagination. This is a picture of a farm.The sun is rising and the farmer wakes up. Do you see him “yawn”? I drew a big red barn. On both sides of the barn, there are grassy fields. There are many small animals inside the barn (I just know it). The farmer has two cows and two horses. I made two mommy cows. I also drew a baby horse and its mommy. I sketched using a pencil and then used marker pens to color them. I love to color using markers as they are much brighter than crayons and color pencils. I also feel they are smoother than others and are not much messy like paint. I had super tip markers that I used to outline my sketch. I drew this because I love petting zoos in the farms. I like to watch the animals and also pet them.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Liz Orozco

Teacher: Ms. Mina Patel and Ms. Brandy Sovak

Age: 5

Subject: Gardening

Description: I learned about plants. Plants need sun, water, and air. I grew snow peas. I planted them. I watered them. I took them out to give a little sun. I decided when to move them. Most of them grew - 3 did not grow.

School: Parker-Chase Preschool, Carrollton

Student: Hunter Grigsby and Madeline Clowers

Teacher: Brittney Demarest and Gabby Ramirez

Subject: Art

Description: Our babies felt the cool, wet, texture of paint on their hands and feet. The faces the babies make while feeling the paint is adorable-for some it is a great feeling, for others...their hands or toes curl up quickly. We use language and vocabulary when we are reading books to our babies and the animal sounds in Old McDonald are a wonderful reinforcement of rhythm tone, and repetition.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Will Pitre

Teacher: Mrs. Khan

Age: 5

Subject: Art and Science

Description: I’m most proud of how my son adapted to the challenges of remote learning. In partnership with his teachers, I helped to teach him (and myself) what a proboscis is, that ladybugs have elytra as well as wings for flight, how to read long vowels, and how to learn in new and different ways. In the process, I learned as much or more than he did, and we are both the better for it. For one show and share his teachers did every Friday, we worked together to display the life cycle of a ladybug in Play-Doh (mine top and his the bottom row) - displaying once again the spirit of hands-on learning so helpful during this school year. Children this age are sponges, and it was so rewarding to get to see him learn in real-time.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Eshwar Bhandaru

Teacher: Ms. Hughes and Ms. Eline

Grade: 1st

Subject: Baking

Description: Egg pastry

School: Cranium Academy

Student: Esabella Holbrook

Teacher: Ms. Kaitlin

Grade: 4th

Subject: Upcycling

Description: My showcase submission is an example of upcycling materials to make a bracelet. We took cardboard boxes from my favorite snacks and turned the strips of cardboard into beads. Then we took the paper beads and strung them on strings along with plastic beads to create these beautiful bracelets. We learned this from school, women in Haiti do this to support their families.

School: Cranium Academy

Student: Emiliana Holbrook

Teacher: Ms. Mercedes and Ms. Bethany

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: These are Emiliana's homemade toucan friends

School: Parker-Chase Preschool, Carrollton

Student: Kylie Mace

Teacher: Ms. Jayne, Jacy & Megan

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Our school has provided some fun activities for my child to make while we are working/learning from home. One of them was making a pig using a coffee filter and she LOVED making it! After making/coloring a pig, she wanted to make more, so we made a dog and then two cats that look like a family member's cats.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Aadhav Madhavan

Teacher: Mrs. Khan

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Aadhav ‘s paintings

School: Silverline Montessori, Towne Lake Cypress

Student: Olivia Ward

Teacher: Mrs. Andres, Mrs. Rosa & Miss Camie

Age: 13 Months

Subject: Writing

Description: Written Piece

School: Starmaker School

Student: Gabe Grube

Teacher: Ms. Emma Brown

Age: 3

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Window Sprouts

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Shreyas Marisetty

Teacher: Ms. Asani and Ms. Nicole

Age: 35 Months

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Puzzle solving and Dinosaur species knowledge. With the remote learning Shreyas had a chance to explore himself and found interest in solving various(many) puzzles independently in considerably a short time. Additionally he has found interest in learning about different dinosaur species and pronouncing their names appropriately.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Mukilan Sankaran

Teacher: Mrs. Ismat Khan

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Lifecycle of a Ladybug - This is a small Craft work on the lesson about the lifecycle of a ladybug. This includes a ladybug made out of chart paper and colored. The lifecycle is presented under the wings. Note: All the coloring, drawing and writings done by Mukilan

School: Parker-Chase Preschool

Student: Harris Baig

Teacher: Jayne, Jacie, Meghan

Age: 3

Subject: Math

Description: This is a math activity that helps learn sorting, colors, counting and writing using froot loops.

School: Starmaker School

Student: Nora Chirichella

Teacher: Ms. Kathy Donerson

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Both my husband and I are working from home, taking care of our 7 month old, and homeschooling a 6 year old part time (shared custody). Ms Kathy gave us the idea to make handprint art. We did not have paint, so We traced Nora’s hand during nap. A good nap is a win in itself most days. And her big brother colored the hands and helped glue. When Nora woke up she was in charge of measuring and hanging the picture, with help of her daddy. Since being home we have seen our daughter become interested in everything that we do. We try to involve her whenever possible in all of our everyday tasks. We miss her teachers and classroom dearly and we hope to be back soon.

School: Kiddie Country Learning Center

Student: Abigail Gordon

Teacher: Amelia Poll

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: The art pieces I have submitted are my small art gallery I have created during these last two months. I call it the Abigail Art Collection. These pieces were my inspiration that started with dots just like Vhasti, a character from one of my favorite books. The book is called The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. This book inspired me to make dots on an art canvas. This became one of my favorite things to do. I started with dots like Vhasti and have grown my art collection to a variety of different kinds. There are some with circles, a lot of colors, and even glitter! I share my favorite pieces with my friends and relatives and it makes me happy, kind of like the rainbow fish in the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. Especially now during COVID-19 since painting is a way to keep busy and creative, and then share to make others feel happy.

School: Prep Academy Schools

Student: Ojas Ramtekkar

Teacher: Grace Mulvihill

Age: 3

Subject: Science

Description: Science projects

School: The Children's Garden, Field Office

Student: Jack Sobotka

Teacher: Nailah

Age: 2.5

Subject: Fine Motor Skills

Description: Water touch tub, working on fine motor skills

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Vivaan Bhansali

Teacher: Michelle Blake & Regina Froehle

Grade: 1st

Subject: Art and Science

Description: A Museum building carved out of a cardboard box with all the exhibits. Vivaan created this Museum building for displaying his exhibits which contain Fossils (Dino Fossils) and semi precious stones/ Gems. It has been carved out of a cardboard box . He did all of it by himself. It took him 3 days to build it with all the measuring and cutting of card board peace’s. He chose to share this entry because he loves collecting fossils, semi precious stones / gems in his free time. He aspires to be a Paleontologist when he grows up.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Maddox Casatelli

Teacher: Meghean Hughes

Grade: 1st

Subject: Art

Description: My entry is Art, the medium is a digital photograph. My grandma gave me a book about birds and I love watching them all day long and putting stickers on the pages of the ones that we have seen. I asked my dad if I could borrow his camera to take pictures. The first bird that started coming to our house is a Goldfinch, but I call them Golden Snitches like in Harry Potter. My favorite bird is a Red-bellied Woodpecker that I have named Crawford. He comes to visit our feeders every day with his family.

School: Cranium Academy, Winter Garden

Student: Jeremy Blockson

Teacher: Miss Brittany

Grade: 3rd

Subject: Writing and Literacy

Description: I wrote a fictional story as a class assignment. I had to use my imagination to create an adventure story. My dad helped edit my work. This is the longest story I've ever written and I am proud of it.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Gabrielle Montes

Teacher: Ms. Maria Pate

Grade: 3rd

Subject: Upcycling

Description: I created a robot using loose items in the garage. This was a fun project that I did with my dad.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Advay Sharma

Teacher: Mrs M. Hughes

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Baking

Description: I made Dark Chocolate Nutty Bites. I love baking and trying different baking recipes. I read different recipes and try to make something with ingredients that are available at home and also find substitutes at home for ingredients that are not available to create a dessert. This teaches me measurements as well as to do experiment (with safe ingredients). I chose this recipe as I love dark chocolates (they have more health benefits than milk chocolates) and I also love almonds. In this recipe I have tried to mix my two favorites and bake them with the other ingredients to get the delicious chocolatey taste and crunchy nuts in my soft cookies.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Annabel Montes

Teacher: Ms. Amy Nhasi

Grade: 6th

Subject: Research Project

Description: I did a Volcano project using google slides. I wanted to share it with people.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Maxwell Montes

Teacher: Erica Sherlock

Grade: 8th

Subject: Writing and Literacy

Description: It was an assignment about the Holocaust, I was told it was very good and that is why I am submitting it.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Isabella McCloy

Teacher: Liz Walsh and Amy Weller

Grade: 5th

Subject: Math and Art

Description: I created a tessellation. A tessellation is a math and art work made from repeating shapes that are fitted close together with no overlaps or gaps. I created my tessellation by making a stencil and tracing it multiple times on a piece of paper. I chose to share this work because it’s a combination of two school subjects that I like.

School: Prep Academy Schools

Student: Anika Sonti

Teacher: Karen McGrover

Age: 4

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Anika started solving sudoku puzzles when Ms. Karen introduced this as part of Math class. She was very curious about it and started solving 3 x 3 sudoku puzzles very quickly. Then we introduced 4 x 4, without any help she was able to finish within 2 mins. Then we challenged her with 6 x 6 tricky puzzles. She takes few breaks in between...but she is finishing in 10 mins. We are extremely happy that Ms. Karen is doing great job in introducing different ways to solve the problems. With this inspiration, we introduced her "Challenging Puzzle Speed Cube Ball, Matching Colors Game", she solves the puzzle in less than 1.30 minutes in whatever the order you shuffle the colors. Ms. Karen is teaching them reading and writing skills. So we introduced Anika with level books to read. She is able to read all by herself Level A and B books. All kudos to Ms. Karen and the staff. We really appreciate your help and support!

School: Cranfield Academy

Student: Peyton Pardue

Teacher: Erika

Age: 11 Months

Subject: Physical Activity

Description: We have been working on pulling up and standing

School: Step By Step Montessori Schools, Plymouth

Student: John Harding

Teacher: Ms. Amber

Age: 5

Subject: Science

Description: John and his sister, Ellie, watched butterfly metamorphosis at home. On April 18th, we received two cups of tiny baby caterpillars. We watched daily as they ate and grew and eventually became chrysalides. We moved the chrysalides to a butterfly habitat and waited and waited and waited until one day, they emerged as butterflies!! All 10 of our baby caterpillars became butterflies! We fed them sugar water, oranges and watermelon until the daytime temps were above 55 degrees. Then, we watched as we set our butterflies free! Out of 10 butterflies, 7 flew away, Mother Nature had other plans for 2 and 1 is still hanging out with us for another day or two.

School: Step By Step Montessori Schools, Chaska

Student: Stephanie Griesinger

Teacher: Nilanga Ericsson

Age: 4

Subject: Gardening

Description: Our son, Jake, and his class have spent the last few weeks learning about the parts of trees, plants and flowers, as well as what plants need to grow. These lessons on plants and the growing cycle are coming at a perfect time, as we just planted our vegetable garden and flowers. Jake helped us plant seeds and mark the rows for the vegetables. He continues to help water the garden and will also get to harvest later in the year. His favorite vegetable is carrots.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Atharv Muttangi

Teacher: Ms. Asani Mohamed

Age: 3

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Distant coaching a 3 year old is not an easy task but Ms. Asani did a very great job and made sure that Atharv was focussed during his 1-1 sessions as well as learnt during group sessions. The hard work and efforts put in are evident through some of the work Atharv did. Really proud of the kiddo.

School: Silverline Montessori, Cypress

Student: Navy Schlain

Teacher: Andrea/Rosa

Age: 11 Months

Subject: Art

Description: Navy doing one of her activities with putting things through the tube!

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Fiona Hruschak

Teacher: Andi Sferra

Age: 4

Subject: Gardening

Description: Fiona loves to garden! She helped to decide what we were going to grow in our vegetable garden (tomatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash, peppers, eggplant, cabbage, and kale), and she helped to plant the veggies and marigolds (to keep the bugs away). She loves to water the plants so they get enough to drink! She also chose the flowers for our pots of annual plants and put the plants in the containers all by herself. She couldn't even wait to change out of her princess dress and tap shoes to start gardening! We are so impressed with how much she knows about gardening. She can identify lambs ear, lilies, peonies, and irises just from their leaves. We are so happy she is learning to care for plants and to take care of the world around her.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Pravarsh Thudi

Teacher: Mrs. Ismat Khan

Age: 4.5

Subject: Art

Description: Australia map pushpinning

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Zane Rabi

Teacher: Amy Weller and Liz Walsh

Grade: 4th

Subject: Art

Description: I created a Tessalations and then looked at it as a fish type monster.

 

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Ayva Kassam

Teacher: Mrs. Narayan and Mrs. Cox

Grade: 5th

Subject: Music

Description: I have submitted my own piano composition called "The Leaf who had 4 lives". At the beginning of the year, I created and wrote the lyrics. Then I gave music to it and music notes based on the words and mood of the song. Finally, I started practicing it for my end of year recital and judging. I chose this piece because I created it and I have worked very hard on it. I would like to share and showcase it. I love piano and have been playing since I was 3 years old .

 

School: Prep Academy Schools

Student: Bennett Goodwin

Teacher: Miss Aish and Miss Kristin

Age: 2

Subject: Art

Description: Paint and crayon art

School: The Children's Garden, Field Office

Student: Evelyn Potter

Teacher: Jen, Nakia

Age: 2.5

Subject: Baking

Description: Teacher Jen did a fun Zoom call where everyone made these three-ingredient cookies at home. The kids were the most engaged they've been on a Zoom call (because of their age). It was really fun and the cookies were actually really good!

School: Children's Discovery Center, Venning

Student: David Rumph

Teacher: Kay and Florence

Age: 1.5

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: We miss our teachers and friends at school but are trying our best to create a fun, creative learning environment at home. Most importantly, David has had time to bond with his new sister, Elizabeth. He loves to hold her, kiss her and share with her. Our family feels very fortunate to have this time together but we are looking forward to seeing our friends again!

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Pravarsh Thudi

Teacher: Mrs. Ismat Khan

Age: 5

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Eiffel Tower with magnets, tree coloring with flowers

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Laasya Jillella

Teacher: Amy Hruschak

Age: 4

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Teacher’s visit to our home: Laasya was so excited to have her teacher visit her at our home while the school has been closed. She and her brother Rishik ( who has also been in Amy’s class couple of years back) took a picture which will be part of their corona diaries

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Sofia Koroneos

Teacher: Anu Dhoot

Age: 4

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: I'd like to share my child learning experience true remote learning. She improved so much for the last few months doing remote learning. She learned all the plants, she learned the continents, she did gardening, growing grass, flower and even garlic, she made a boat, learned many new shapes, she learned how to count to 50, she learned how to write the numbers from 1 to 10, she learned many sounds, staring to get ready to read :), and also she learn sign language. And that all thanks to her amazing teacher and school! She is very exited and happy to share her work with you! I hope you enjoy it!

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool, Southlake

Student: Sydney Lazarus

Teacher: Miasha

Age: 1

Subject: Art

Description: Sydney got a big wheel and she is learning about bike safety with wearing a helmet and learning how to pedal and ride her new toy.

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool, Southlake

Student: Emery Lazarus

Teacher: Tanisha

Age: 4

Subject: Baking

Description: We baked a chocolate cake for Emery's Nana and Papa to surprise them with a yummy dessert!

 

School: Prep Academy Schools

Student: Emma Lin

Teacher: Karen McGrover

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: "A grey bunny plays in the yard with some birds, sun, and clouds. I made some design on it with crystal hearts. The bunny is a girl with long eye lashes and pretty eyes." from Emma.

 

School: Prep Academy Schools, Dublin

Student: Saneev Kanumilli

Teacher: Ms. Elizabeth Armstrong

Grade: 1st

Subject: Upcycling and Art

Description: We made a class art project from all recycled materials and Saneev named him Robo. He had fun making this.

 

School: Starmaker School

Student: Everett Keith

Teacher: Ms. Natalya and Ms. Heather

Age: 4

Subject: Gardening

Description: Everett Keith contributing to the care of his family's garden.

 

School: Creative Child Learning Center

Student: Lucca Lima

Teacher: Mrs. Joanne

Age: 4

Subject: Writing

Description: Letters

 

School: Montessori At Vickery

Student: William Jimenez

Teacher: Mrs. Khan

Age: 5

Subject: Geography

Description: Map Of the Earth-Pushed Pin

 

School: Silverline Montessori

Student: Akshara Madhireddy

Teacher: Ms. Yvette Myles, Ms. Roxana Medina

Age: 2

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Few Activity photos of Akshara

 

School: Cranium Academy, Winter Garden

Student: Lauren Matias

Teacher: Ms. Kimberly

Age: 5

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Lauren is having a great time doing the remote learning

 

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Kellan Dunagan

Teacher: April Dane

Grade: 3rd

Subject: Upcycling

Description: Kellan spent a week planning his upcycled robot and collecting items from the recycling bin. He had so much fun figuring out what parts a robot would need and what item from the bin would work. He enjoyed making this so much that after he was finished he placed it on his trophy shelf. He now looks at things we might throw away with new eyes, to see if they can be used for something else rather than just placing it in the trash.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Cian Dunagan

Teacher: Any Nhasi

Grade: 5th

Subject: Research Project

Description: Cian was so excited to research his historical figure, Leif Erikson. He learned so many interesting facts, incorporated research skills, writing, art and then planned his costume using items we had on-hand or could get while being isolated during this virus. It made me so happy to see him still excited about learning and engaged in this process.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Brennan Nunley

Teacher: Amy Weller

Grade: 5th

Subject: Writing/Literacy

Description: I wrote a shape poem about volcanoes. I decided it would be fun to use a volcano shape because the word "volcano" originated from the Greek god of fire, Vulcan, and I enjoy studying Greek mythology. I formed the shape as I wrote the poem and changed some of the word choices so that it created the shape I wanted. After I finished the shape, I was trying to think of a way to improve it and decided to use the highlighting option to make the shape reddish-brown like the color of a volcano. Once I finished that, I thought that it would look cool to have lava, so I changed some of the highlights to red. My teacher really liked it and suggested that I submit it for the contest.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Arihan Katkuri

Teacher: Anupama Dhoot

Age: 3

Subject: Science

Description: RainCloud Experiment - Fill your jar about three quarters full with water from the tap. Use the shaving foam to create a cloud on top of the water. Let the foam settle a bit. Now drop food coloring into the 'cloud'. As your cloud fills up, the food coloring will fall down into the water creating a rain-like effect. It is concept to explain toddlers how rain droplets drop from clouds. Arihan thoroughly enjoyed watching color drops dripping from clouds

School: Starmaker School

Student: Beau Leavitt

Teacher: Cassidy

Age: 2.5

Subject: Science

Description: We hunted outside for pinecones, then watched and listened as Miss Cassidy showed us how to spread peanut butter on the pinecone and cover it in bird seed. We had fun finding a place outside to hang it and then watch as the squirrel came to steal it! Beau still looks at the tree and says, "No squirrel go away! Birdie pinecone!"

School: Starmaker School

Student: Benton Leavitt

Teacher: Cassidy

Age: 2.5

Subject: Science

Description: By far, the most fun activity has been Sink or Float. We ventured outside to choose our material, then watched and listened as Miss Cassidy told us what material to put in our water to find out if it sinks or floats.

School: Kiddie Country Learning Center

Student: Everett Cantone

Teacher: Ms. Amelia

Age: 3

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Everett has LOVED spending virtual time with Ms. Amelia! Our entire household sings the songs she shares! we have put the scissors in the care packet to good use cutting EVERY piece of paper mom can’t get out of his hands.

School: Kiddie Country Learning Center

Student: Audrey Mensching

Teacher: Laura Finucan & Samantha King

Age: 3

Subject: Science

Description: (Transcribed by Audrey’s mom) I made fossils. First, we made special dough (mom note - we made salt dough out of 2c flour, 1c salt, and 1c cold water) and mixed the ingredients in the bowl. It felt squishy like Play-Doh. Then, we rolled it flat with a rolling pin, and I made fossils with my dinosaurs and my ponies and my cars. And we made fossils with nature things too. Then, my mommy put my fossils in the oven (mom note - 250 for 2 hours, or until hard and white). My fossils felt really hard! We had to wait for them to cool down. I painted my fossils with my paints until I was all done! I love my fossils.

School: Kiddie Country Learning Center

Student: Evelyn Krebbs

Teacher: Ms. Dana, Ms. Kim, Ms. Nikki

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: A drawing of two planets “ Best Friends”

School: Kiddie Country Learning Center

Student: Ezra Gettler

Teacher: Miss Laura and Miss Julie

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: Octopus with paint.

School: The Children's Garden

Student: Adeline Leonard

Teacher: Jenny Melchoir

Age: 2

Subject: Art

Description: Ice cube painting. We had been painting a lot outside using regular paint, so we thought we would try using
something different. We found a “recipe” for ice cube painting and we thought we would give it a try. It turned out to be a really fun activity – even if we had to wait a bit for the ice cubes to freeze. It was fun to mix up the water and food coloring, pop them into the freezer, check in on them every few hours, and finally get to take them outside to paint once they were frozen and ready!

Supplies:
- Ice cube tray
- Popsicle sticks
- Food coloring/paint
- Water

Instructions: 
- Fill up the ice cube tray with water
- Add a few drops of food coloring or paint to each ice cube opening. We had 2 trays so we made 4 ice
cubes of each color.
- Put a popsicle stick in each cube
- Place ice cube trays in the freezer and let them freeze
- Once frozen, pop the ice cubes out and hold them using the popsicle sticks to paint!

School: The Children's Garden

Student: Mackenzie Leonard

Teacher: China Woodard

Age: 4

Subject: Gardening

Description: Bird/Squirrel Feeder Ornaments. Each morning, as we are eating breakfast, we always keep an eye out for squirrels running around in our backyard. They’re always digging holes in our mulch and hiding their nuts and goodies! One day, we decided to start leaving nuts and seeds out for the birds and animals. Then we decided to step up our game and make ornaments to hang up!

Supplies:
- 3/4 to 1 cup birdseed
- 1 packet of gelatin (unflavored - we used Knox)
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- Cookie cutters, lightly greased*
- Twine and/or ribbon
- Parchment or waxed paper

Instructions:
- Combine the gelatin and the water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly. Keep
stirring until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Remove the pan from heat and allow the mixture to cool for one minute.
- Stir in 3/4 cup birdseed, adding extra as needed until all the liquid is absorbed. (You won’t want to add
much more than 1 cup, otherwise there won’t be enough “glue” to bind the birdseed once dried.)
- Place the cookie cutters on a parchment or waxed paper on a baking sheet.
- Fill each ornament halfway with the birdseed mixture. Lay a piece of twine down the length of the
cookie cutter.
- Fill the cookie cutter to the top with remaining birdseed mixture, making sure to pack it down firmly.
- Allow the ornaments to dry for several hours or overnight.
- Once completely dried, gently press the ornaments out of the cookie cutters.
- Hang up and keep an eye out for birds and animals snacking!

School: Children’s Discovery Center, Venning

Student: Hannah Caston

Teacher: Ms. Sarah, Ms. Alita, Ms. Maleka

Age: 15 Months

Subject: Science

Description: Hannah has always enjoyed exploring natural sensory materials at CDC Venning, so we explore these every day, inside and out. She has learned so much this spring about nature, from the sound of leaves and birds to feeling flowers and soil.

School: Oak Grove Academy

Student: Marissa Hui

Teacher: Linda Sauzier and Melissa Kreutzman

Age: 5

Subject: Art and Writing

Description: Drawing and Writing about Favorite Insects!

School: Parker-Chase Preschool, Carrollton

Student: Emilia Demarest

Teacher: Gaby Gomez

Age: 2.7

Subject: Art

Description: We love doing collaborative work at our school. It is a great way to engage multiple children at the same time or to allow individual freedom on a larger "canvas". Painting engages children in many ways- color, contrast, fading; while also developing fine motor skills and social interaction. My kids loved contributing to a new art installation in our classroom. Emilia worked longer than her co-workers because she really wanted the picture to be "so pretty".

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Kiyan Gheewala

Teacher: Mrs. Soor

Age: 3

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: Helped create lessons with limited resources at home.

School: Prep Academy Schools

Student: Adwita Reddy Kontham

Teacher: Ms. Elizabeth

Age: 5

Subject: Science

Description: I have made a project on Solar System. I was inspired to do this after Ms.Elizabeth has taught us solar system and the planets in it. I have used appropriate color papers for each planet and cut them and glued them. Making a ring for Saturn Planet was fun. I have described the size, color and temperature of each planet. I tried to write the best handwriting I could.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Shradhini Vijayanand

Teacher: Mrs. Anupama Dhoot

Grade: Kindergarten

Subject: Upcycling

Description: I selected Upcycling and I did Headband Stand . I used kitchen paper towel roll & paper plate to make this project . By recycling we can save Earth. This is my own project & happy to share.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: William Hamner

Teacher: Ms. Danna

Grade: 4th

Subject: Writing/Literacy

Description: I asked my students to create a blackout poem reflecting on what was happening in the world today. I was overwhelmed by their beautiful and thoughtful responses. William's simply took my breath away. I am so very proud of him.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Arturas Vegelevicius

Teacher: Mrs. Hughes

Grade: 1st

Subject: Gardening

Description: I always wanted to have my one garden and grow my own vegetables. Last year I tried growing sunflowers in a pot. This year mom allowed me to have part of our garden. On March, me and dad dig dirt. So i also added compost and plant food to the soil. Few days later, I planted green beans and green peas seeds. Covered seeds with soil and watered garden. It took more than a week for seeds to sprout. I been checking on my garden few times per week. It was raining a lot, i did not have to water my garden. Finally, end of April green peace had white flowers. This weekend, me and my sister picked first two green peas. Green beans just started flowers.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Jake Allen

Teacher: Leah Suer and Anne Slamkowski

Grade: 6th

Subject: Biology

Description: I decided to do a biology project because ever since I was little I loved life and science. I looked at three organisms or parts of organisms and made a diagram, a key, and wrote their scientific name and some facts about them. I made sketches of these organisms to improve my art skills. This took a long time, so I hope all of my hard work pays off. I first looked at onion skin, which is something a beginner should look at through their microscope. They have large cells, so they are easy to notice and classify. Next, I looked at a worker bee leg, which I would recommend to someone who is experienced with microscopes and biology. Finally, I looked at water mold through my microscope which I gathered from my fish tank. Water mold is a microscopic protist, so you can only see it using a microscope. This is something I would recommend to the professionals, because water mold is very small and difficult to classify. Overall, I think this was a great project, and I hope it inspires other kids in the future, whether I win this contest or not.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Tristan Addington

Teacher: Erica Sherlock

Grade: 8th

Subject: Community Service

Description: For this contest, I helped out with the hospital with three things. The first thing I created was a sticker. At Desert Springs Hospital, they had a problem where they needed something to give their medical staff to show they had permission to wear masks and something to show that even if they wore a mask, they did not have COVID-19. I designed this sticker. I designed this sticker with a positive mood to show that we’ve overcome many things, and can overcome this. I had a time limit too because this sticker needed to be done as soon as possible to be used by the hospital. It is currently in use and has been used since the day after I designed it. The second thing I designed were posters to thank the medical staff. My mom, the director of radiology who’s also on the front lines, came home and brought up that they were making posters to thank the nurses. I wanted to help, and decided to make posters for every department in the hospital, because, in my opinion, everyone should be thanked. Just like they say in acting, without the ensemble, the main characters are just actors. I feel that way with the hospital. Everyone is an important gear in this machine, and if one gear doesn’t work, the entire thing doesn’t work. To make these posters, I got a list of the departments, and drew a background digitally. I then put text over the backgrounds and printed them out. My posters will be held up next week Wednesday to greet medical staff as the enter the building. I completed 39, and am still working on and improving them. The third thing I completed was a label for a care package that was handed out to medical staff to thank them.

School: Laguna Niguel Montessori Center

Student: Ellena Stucke

Teacher: Ms. Jennifer

Grade: Kindergarten

Subject: Art

Description: I made a picture of a unicorn. I drew a unicorn because they are my favorite animal in the world. I drew an amulet on the unicorn to decorate her. She is a hero and typically saves people who are in need.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Chloe Yamaguchi

Teacher: Erica Sherlock

Grade: 7th

Subject: Art

Description: I have created a dahlia out of polymer clay. Dahlias are my favorite flower and I have been doing polymer clay for over a year. So i thought that i could combine these two things and this is what I made! Im very proud of it!

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Grace Hansen

Teacher: Ms. Erica Sherlock

Grade: 7th

Subject: Charity

Description: My Entry is a pitch for my school's charity parking lot sale. This pitch is for an organization called Save the Children. I chose this organization because I am very passionate about the children in Ethiopia. Not only is my mom from there but I think that being able to go there has humbled me in a way that has forever changed me. It was that day in the capital of Ethiopia where I saw that mother and her infant on the street begging for anything. That was the day that I knew that I was on a mission, and that mission was to help anyone I could even if it meant giving a few dollars to that woman I saw on the street

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Srimai Nakka

Teacher: Ms. Liana

Grade: 1st

Subject: Art

Description: I like doing Art. This three pictures are made with pastels.I love doing this kind of art. In this kind we can blend colors according to our imagination and get it done beautifully. The pictures are Lord Ganesha, Rainbow portal to enter my imaginary world, Deer overlooking the colourful sunset. I love art because it makes me creative and expands my creativity.

School: Foothills Montessori

Student: Olivia Swadkins

Teacher: Erica Sherlock

Grade: 8th

Subject: Upcycling

Description: For my project, I decided to make recycled shoes out of cans and bottle tabs. I had an old pair of shoes that were completely ruined with gold and maroon paint all over and were scuffed up. The first step I did to make these shoes were painted with black t-shirt paint. I decided to use a t-shirt printing ink because it is flexible and won't crack. The next step is I went around looking for cans and I washed them out and cut them up and used E6000 glue and epoxy and glued them all over the shoes. I had to use rubber bands and paper clips to give the cans the shape of the shoe when the epoxy was drying. After that, I saved all the tabs and used them as eyelets and then laced with a ribbon from an old dress. I chose to share this project because the fashion industry as a whole is causing a lot of damage to climate change. 21 billion pounds of textiles and fabric goes to waste and put in landforms each year, and 10-15% of clothes go to second-hand stores and I want to get that percentage higher. I think this is a very important cause because if we keep up how much waste there are more fossil fumes that break down the ozone layer and will cause more cancers without that layer. The fashion industry is so diverse but recreating and restructuring old items of clothing can make that 21 billion pounds go down at least a bit.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Zara Gandhi

Teacher: Amy Weller & Liz Walsh

Grade: 4th

Subject: Writing/Literacy

Description: Concrete Shape Poem.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Anna Wiley

Teacher: Leah Suer

Grade: 6th

Subject: Art

Description: Anna loves to express herself in the form of realistic, stunt-style makeup application. She uses professional-grade stage and film makeup to create different looks that would be staged in movies or print. She is self-taught, and devotes her free time to exploring technique and best practices for realistic stage/stunt makeup application. In the attached submission photos, Anna created a “mugshot” stunt application. Those bruises and the bloody wounds were created using makeup and are just an illusion! This look was created to mimic an escapade gone-wrong. For Anna, the limitless possibilities of the imagination form the backstory of the looks she carefully designs.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Sarah Wiley

Teacher: Amy Weller

Grade: 4th

Subject: Baking

Description: Healthy living has always been important to Sarah. She has viewed our time in self-quarantine as an opportunity to focus on healthy eating. Pictured is an artistic display in the form of fruit that Sarah made her Mom for an afternoon snack. Fruit is delicious, but it’s even better when it is served in a beautiful, artistic fashion! We are very proud of Sarah for finding positive uses of her time during quarantine, and are especially proud that she has chosen to focus on the positive aspects of spending time at home: creating beautiful food!

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Cheyenne Liu

Teacher: Amy Weller

Grade: 5th

Subject: Art

Description: I made a shape poem about ice cream. The process is: pick a shape or thing you like, write some facts, and finally use the words to make the shape. I chose to share my project because when my language teacher saw it she was like wow! you should enter this competition.

School: Cranium Academy, East Orlando

Student: Kennedy McCline

Teacher: Ms. Idalys and Ms. Aimee

Grade: Kindergarten

Subject: Research Project

Description: (Transcribe by Kennedy’s mom) I researched information about why it is good to have family pets. After I found videos and articles, I wrote a few sentences explaining why it is important to have pets in the family. Then, I decorated a poster board and made a video with pictures of happy animals that are apart of our family. I also interviewed a family member so that she can tell us about her own pets.

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Will Sidwell

Teacher: Uma Narayan

Grade: 4th

Subject: Baking

Description: We made pancakes 3 different ways. We decided it would be fun to find a great recipe for pancakes. I really like pancakes. Sometimes my dad makes pancakes on the weekend. We didn’t know if his recipe was the best. So, we found three different recipes online. Fluffy Pancakes, The Easiest Pancakes Ever and Science Sparks' Whisked Egg White Pancakes. First, we washed our hands. Then, for all the recipes, we whisked the ingredients together in a bowl, except for the whisked egg white pancakes. For them, we separated the egg yolks from the whites and whisked the egg whites into a meringue, and then folded them into the batter made from the other ingredients in the mixing bowl. We cooked all of the pancakes on a steel griddle on our stove. The fluffy pancakes were good but not my favorite. The whisked egg white pancakes were chewy. The easy pancakes were the best.

 

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Rohan Anthonydoss

Teacher: Liana McReynolds

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Art

Description: I like nature

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Haley Conway

Teacher: Ms. Maria Pate

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Art

Description: I created a picture of the sun, grass, and waves. I like to be outside, so that is why I drew this picture. How I thought to do this was I like nature and I like to draw with oil pastels. With pastels, you can blend and smudge colors. I took a sponge and held it with my hand and I pressed hard on the paper and moved it side to side. I enjoyed drawing this picture because using pastels is very smooth. In my picture, I drew a sky and I drew leaves blowing in the wind. Towards the bottom of the picture, I had waves. In the waves, there were whale tails sticking out and slightly above the sun, I drew a few purple butterflies. My favorite part about this drawing is that I came up with drawing the grass in the front of the picture with all different shades of green. To the right of my picture, I had some green grass with roses scattered all around in it. On the side of my picture, I also drew two small trees. By the trees, I had some birds with very long feathers. I really enjoyed how I drew a thin stream sort of in the middle of my picture. I like how it looks so smooth and how I drew outlines around it so that I could really see where it is. To the right of the stream, I drew a few oranges. The oranges are falling from a tree. The tree reminds me of the orange tree in my backyard. The skins of oranges are always really thick, so I like to make the oranges look very round and thick, just like real oranges. I also had a bunny in my picture. It's one of the only animals I have in my picture, and I like it because it's eating a small carrot and has its eyes closed very tightly. I hope you like my picture.

School: Silverline Montessori

Student: Quinn Thomas

Teacher: Mrs. Heather and Miss Brenda

Age: 4

Subject: Baking

Description: Breakfast art has become a weekly routine! Quinn helps mix the colors, come up with and make designs. We try to include our weekly school topic, in these pictures snails were part of her lessons so we made a snail pancake! Flowers, rainbows, squirrels, school buses, you name it, we will try to make it!

School: Step by Step Montessori Schools, Plymouth

Student: Grayson Caris

Teacher: Ms. Amber

Age: 4

Subject: Math and Art

Description: 100 Board. Grayson was really working hard on his numbers, working up to getting a lesson on the hundred board in his classroom. Grayson hasn't been able to attend school for the past 2 months due to the coronavirus, and he kept talking about how he wanted to do the hundred board. With the help of his wonderful teacher, Ms. Amber, she sent us a template for one and we were able to make one at home (which was like an art project). Grayson knows all his numbers up to 100, and even beyond, really well now. He has been practicing on the hundred board sorting and organizing the numbers. He is especially fond of the spiral method!

School: Prep Academy Preschool

Student: Sanvi Shedekar

Teacher: Ms. Karen Peck

Age: 7 months

Subject: Other

Description: Just a Thank you Note on behalf of Sanvi!

 

School: Creative Child Learning Center, Davie-Plantation

Student: Skylar Brutton

Teacher: Mrs. Marisabel Amparam and Mrs. Cleo

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: Skylar created Picasso's Guitar with multiple mediums including paint, cloth, and string for her interpretation of Music Through Art. She visualized how the pieces moved together and specifically placed the music notes to show the rhythm of the guitar. Not only did Mrs. Marisabel expand her love for art, but this helped her develop her language with new vocabulary, writing of words that start with letter P like Picasso, and triggered her love for music. Since the pandemic has affected this entire world, Skylar has found an outlet to express herself with writing music and lyrics at home and channeling all the love she has through making more collages, painting, and singing. She is so incredibly proud of her art and was eager to continue the lessons she learned from this project beyond the day she created it into her developmental year. Thank you Creative Child Learning Center, Mrs. Marisabel, and Mrs. Cleo for helping Skylar grow!

School: Creative Child Learning Center

Student: Connor Harvey

Teacher: Ms. Romina Fernandez

Age: 4

Subject: Science

Description: Our Science project consisted of small objects and a water bucket. We tested out which items sank, and which items float. We then recorded our results onto paper. Connor chose this science experiment to share with his friends because it was a lot of fun!

School: Step by Step Montessori

Student: Afsah Khan

Teacher: Miss Nilanga Parera

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: I made a Ramadan banner. i used yellow cardstock and becuase i didnt have yellow i used green paper disposable mats, black cardstock, I used scissors and gold paint pen, i used some golden paper to make crescent moons. I also used a punching machine, glue, strings, tape and string lights which my mom put up because i cant reach the blinds. This is a ramadan banner, i help cut yellow card stock and green paper mats because we didn't have green cardstock and I wanted to make the mosques a green color and then i glued the green paper onto the yellow. i made the domes of the mosques separately by cutting out semi circles and pasting the same green paper onto the cardstock. I then cut of the golden crescent and stuck onto the yellow cardstock to make the moons. punched holes in the green mosques and then wrote R, A, M, A, D, A, N on them with golden paint pen. after it dried we strung them onto the string and tied them to the blinds and taped the moons and put string lights around our window. Ramadan is my favourite month and my parents fast and i wake up very early with them to mark the 30 days with them and i go to the mosque with them and i love making the house look so special for this special month and because we cannot go to the mosques these days I wanted to make this for my mama and daddy.

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool - Frisco

Student: Zadene Boyd

Teacher: Ms. Popi and Ms. Patricia

Age: 3

Subject: Baking

Description:Baking/Cooking meatballs!

Zadie: I loved making meatballs with Mommy. I got to help measure all the ingredients out and then
mush it all up! It was cold on my hands and felt weird. I then rolled it all into balls. We put them in the
refrigerator and later I got to set them down in the pan and let them cook in the oil. After they were
cooked, we put them in red sauce which I normally don’t like, but it was yummy with the meatballs. I
didn’t even want any noodles with them they were so yummy!

Red Sauce

3 lbs pork spare ribs browned
6 ibs 11 oz (107 oz) tomato puree
Water (same parts as puree)
5 basil leaves (remove after cooking)
6 cloves garlic diced
3 onions pureed
1 cup parsley chopped
¼ cup Italian seasoning
Instructions: Salt and pepper to taste In large sauce pan brown garlic and spare ribs in olive oil, add tomato puree, water, basil leaves, parsley, Italian
seasoning and pureed onion. Bring to boil and reduce heat - Cook UNCOVERED on LOW LOW LOW 5 hours stirring often so bottom doesn't burn. Freezes great.

Meatballs

l lb ground sirloin l lb ground veal l lb ground pork
2 cups (approx) italian bread crumbs 6 eggs (2 per lb of meat)
1 lb grated pecorino romano l large white onion pureed
1 cup parsley chopped
1/4 cup chopped basil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions: Add all ingredients and mix with your hands. Still using your hands, Gently roll 2 inch meatballs and put on cookie sheet in single layer. Cook on 350 for 20 minutes. Add to your sauce and finish cooking for about 1 hour on low low low

School: Cranfield Academy - Providence

Student: Cooper Nardozzi

Teacher: Miss Meg and Miss Cindy

Age: 4

Subject: Gardening

Description: Save The Earthworms! Cooper and I take a walk every morning to exercise our dog. Cooper started noticing the worms that were often wiggling around in the road and on the sidewalk in the early morning. He also noticed the worms that no longer wiggled. He became very interested in learning about earthworms. We watched videos to learn what they ate, how they lived, and what made them come out of the dirt. Cooper learned that worms were very helpful to keeping plants healthy and helping plants grow. He wanted to
help the worms that became “stranded” and “in danger” by putting them back in soil where they live best. He started by placing worms that we would encounter into the nearest patch of dirt or grass. However, after learning how helpful they were, he has since started taking a cup of soil with him whenever he walks so that he can bring the worms back to our gardens. After relocating the worms in the garden, he goes back to check on them to ensure they have “inched back in the dirt” and are happy again. Cooper has created a “worm friend” habitat in three locations in our yard. We keep the habitat worm friendly by placing apple cores in the soil, keeping the soil moist, and layering on fresh soil frequently. Cooper wanted to spread the word that “earthworms are our friends” and they are not just something that is “slimy and gross”. He wants all of his friends to help earthworms when they see them out on the sidewalk by putting them back on or near soil so they don’t dry out or get stepped on. As he says, “you put them in a cup, then you put them in the plants, because they’re good for plants!”

School: Silverline Montesorri

Student: Penélope Pelaez

Teacher: Britn’y Siverand

Age: 14 months

Subject: Art

Description: These little piggies stayed home

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: June Bickley

Teacher: Rebecca

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: Shape categorizing activity.

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool, Richardson

Student: Emerson Smith

Teacher: Ms. Raysa/Ms. Sunny

Age: 3

Subject: Baking

Description: Emerson is learning how to cook and made banana nut bread with her mom.

 

School: The Children's Garden, Downtown

Student: Oskar Bansen

Teacher: Angela and Kaylan

Age: 2

Subject: Science

Description: We created mini volcanoes in a muffin tin and used food coloring to make them different colors! We put a few drops of food coloring in each muffin hole, then covered the food coloring with baking soda. We then used a squirt bottle full of vinegar to watch the 'mini volcanoes' explode! Oskar also had a lot of fun telling me the different colors of the volcanoes.

 

School: Palm Harbor Montessori Academy

Student: Adeline Hanna

Teacher: Mara Carrasquillo

Age: 3

Subject: Gardening

Description: Growing more than just plants.

 

School: Starmaker School

Student: Rhett Pilkerton

Teacher: Ms. Kathy

Age: 8 months

Subject: Other

Description: Since starting at Starmaker, Ms Kathy and the other teachers have been working hard to teach Rhett the important gross motor skills he needs to continue to grow! Even with the current situation we have been working together to teach these skills and at 8 months old Rhett is fully on the move! Here are some progressions, from sitting assisted at school, to practice his crawling position, and finally putting it all together to crawl towards his puppy!

School: Cranfield Academy

Student: Cortni Foster

Teacher: Ms. Ashley and Ms. Crystal

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: Art Project Transcribed for Cortni: I love to do art projects when I am home from my regular school, Cranfield Academy. I like to dress up and do "dramatic play" with my sister also. I dress up like my favorite superhero named "Ladybug" and I help my sister dress up as Ladybug's superhero friend, "Cat Noir." I decided to draw a picture of Ladybug and Cat Noir with my markers. I enjoy picking out the different colors to match their outfits.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Lincoln and Eve Cioffi

Teacher: Laura Shary and Souad Karaman

Age: 5 and 3

Subject: Art

Description: We have birds that sometimes fly into a large window so we research methods and decided to paint the window as a family to help the birds. We learned birds see trees reflection and get confused. But you can paint the window with washable paint to help them. The children learned how far apart the paint can be for the birds and how two windows were safe for the birds already because of the screens. Both Eve & Lincoln helped design the mural layout. Mom taped designs using a 'stained glass' method the children both could pick sections to paint as they desired. The project in all took two full weeks. When it dried we removed the tape to give the windows a stained glass look. The children wanted a spring theme with pugs since they have grown up with our two pugs. The empty spaces they filled in free hand with paintings of 'dog toys'.

School: Laguna Niguel Montessori Center

Student: Penelope Reibel

Teacher: Ms. Mairaj

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: Art Work

 

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: Lyla Evensen

Teacher: Stephanie

Age: 1

Subject: Art

Description: We have been following Stephanie's lessons at home! We did some paint on paper within a ziplock bag, we had our own indoor version of a water table using some household items to transfer water in the tub, and we also used our leftover Easter eggs and an old shoebox to work on "big" and "small" into the holes. This is all after we watch Stephanie sing songs on repeat about 8 million times each morning. :)

 

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: Vivian Evensen

Teacher: Padmini

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: Vivian made a diorama out of a shoebox, some outside nature materials, paint and mom helped glue it all together. She also has been doing a lot of drawing with markers & crayons. We also made a rainbow windmill out of a paper plate cut in half, colored to look like a rainbow and then used a hole punch and rainbow colored yarn tied so it would flow in the wind! These are just some of the arts/crafts we have been doing!

 

School: Starmaker School

Student: Josephine Hartwig

Teacher: Ms. Karen & Ms. Marie

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: We spent the month of April learning about different things such as colors, insects, the water cycle, zoo animals, and Earth Day. We read many books about each subject and created various crafts to go along with each topic. Josie worked hard to develop her fine motor skills, reasoning, and language while being creative. We made paint, played with shaving cream, and mixed colors to see the results. We've loved this extra time together and watching her develop has been an absolute joy.

 

School: Creative Child Learning Center

Student: Nash Meeks

Teacher: Sharonda, Sabrina

Age: 2

Subject: Art

Description: Rainbows have had a reoccurring appearance in our weekly distance learning packets and Nash can’t get enough. From rainbow streamers to rainbow coffee filters he loves all the colors, and looks forward to the rainbow in hopes to find one. But his favorite crafts of all are the ones he can eat.

 

School: Peaceful Valley Montessori, Golden Valley

Student: Simon Kemp

Teacher: Ms. Melissa - CH3

Age: 3

Subject: Upcycling

Description: I made 3 race cars out of toilet paper tubes, cardboard, packing foam and push pins. First, we used scissors to cut the seat out of the tubes and painted the outside. I mixed blue and red to make purple, my dads favorite color! We then cut 12 circles out of the cardboard and painted them. Next we cut foam to put in the front and back and poked push pins into the tube to attach the tires. I chose this project because I had so much fun making toys out of recycled materials and I love CARS!

 

School: Cranium Academy

Student: Grady Mislang

Teacher: Amanda and Amanda

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: Grady doing playdoh shape mats.

 

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: Brooks Francis

Teacher: Lizzie

Age: 3

Subject: Gardening

Description: Brooks wanted to help grow a garden from seeds. We planted lettuce, kale, green beans, carrots, cucumbers, and basil. Brooks planted a few pot inside while it was still cold and carefully watered and watched them grow. He checked them everyday and we’re happy to report they ALL grew! We transplanted the beans outside so they would have more room to climb. Not only is Brooks helpful at planting and watering but he’s an excellent weed finder and collector.

 

School: Starmaker School

Student: Alex Owens

Teacher: Miss Mia and Miss Kathy

Age: 10 Months

Subject: Outdoor Activity

Description: Learning through our environment

 

School: Starmaker School

Student: Levi Owens

Teacher: Miss Karen and Miss Marie

Age: 2.5

Subject: Art

Description: Learning through crafts and our environment

 

School: Creative Child Learning Center Davie

Student: Brooklyn Hawley

Teacher: Miss Elizabeth and Miss Meghan

Age: 5

Subject: Science

Description: We are raising Monarch butterflies at the comfort of our own home! One of mother nature's awesome creations! This has opened up so much conversations on the butterfly cycle.

School: Silverline Montessori, Silverlake

Student: Tesha Kishore Kumar

Teacher: Ms. Abdulla

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: My kid draw the current situation about COVID - 19 and family situation of First Responder who really helping world.

 

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: William Jackson

Teacher: Cecilia / Laura

Age: 23 Months

Subject: Art

Description: Painting the driveway! Fun to learn colors, be outdoors, create together & most important share joy as neighbors enjoy the art.

 

School: Parker-Chase Preschool Plano

Student: Oliver Piatt

Teacher: Ms. Nikki, Ms. Ashley, Ms. Molly

Age: 4

Subject: Writing

Description: A picture of Oliver working on tracing the letter Q in his workbook. He loves practicing tracing his letters because he can see his success.

 

School: Creative Child Learning Center

Student: Ava Lucas

Teacher: Ms. Shawnie

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: Ava loves the painting activities.

 

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: Amelia Buck

Teacher: Ms. Greta

Age: 2

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: The daily routine of connecting to the teachers via videos and using zoom chat to also connect to her class friends has been tremendously helpful especially in times when the kids can't actually see any friends any other way. The work has kept them on their toes and continued learning throughout this otherwise difficult period. I'm happy and proud to see progress in reading, drawing and other practical life activities even with home schooling. Thank you Montessori of Alameda!

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool

Student: Archer Roy

Teacher: Mrs. Tina

Age: 5

Subject: Science

Description: Hunting for dinosaur fossils.

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: Matthias Buck

Teacher: Ms. Jacelyn / Mr. Jackson

Age: 5

Subject: Remote Learning

Description: The daily routine of connecting to the teachers via videos and using zoom chat to also connect to his class friends has been tremendously helpful especially in times when the kids can't actually see any friends any other way. The work has kept them on their toes and continued learning throughout this otherwise difficult period. I'm happy and proud to see progress in reading, drawing and other practical life activities even with home schooling. Thank you Montessori of Alameda!

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool

Student: Knox Roy

Teacher: Mrs. Ortiz

Age: 3

Subject: Science

Description: Hunting for dinosaur fossils.

School: Parker Chase Preschool

Student: Noah Walsh

Teacher: Shannon and Sarah

Age: 2

Subject: Gardening

Description: During quarantine, Noah’s teachers created a project for learning about growth and spring. He “planted” several mystery seeds that we put in our dining room window. Each day as the plant developed roots and leaves, we talked about patience and what we need to grow. Noah would check on them several times a day and share his excitement with his grandparents over FaceTime explaining that they needed sunshine and water to grow. When the seedlings grew too big for their temporary home, we had fun planting them in the dirt and watching them grow in the backyard. Thank you, Ms. Shannon and Ms. Sarah for giving us the opportunity to learn many lessons with this one activity!

 

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Ren Tsutsumi

Teacher: Mrs. Kapadia & Mrs. Ramirez

Age: 4

Subject: Costume

Description: "Zoom meetings can get a little hairy."

 

School: Silverline Montessori, Towne Lake Cypress

Student: Alice Zhang

Teacher: Mrs. Lorenzo

Age: 4

Subject: Baking

Description: Every year my little sister and my birthday, mother will make a birthday cake for us, Mom uses many tools such as small spoons, cups, large bowls and electric egg beater. Mix and pour the flour, eggs and milk into the baking pan and place in the oven. Soon become a delicious cake. So I also want to use these things to make a cake for mom on her mother's day.

My family likes eating chocolate, so we decided to make a chocolate cake. Mom prepared a box of chocolate taste of cake mix for us, my little sister is my little assistant, I use scissors to open the box and the packing bag of cake mix, pour them all into the large bowl .

Then, for the first time, I cracked the eggs into the bowl by myself, cut a butter block with a knife, mix yogurt with milk, poured them into a large bowl, then began to beat them with the electric egg beater, and finally poured them into a baking pan, scraped them clean with a silicone spatula and sent them into the oven!

Recipe:

• Cake Mix
• 3/4 Cup Water/Milk+Yogurt
• 7 Tablespoons Softened Butter
• 3 Large Eggs
• Bake at 350°F. Two 8-Inch Pans 30min

Usually, it was like magic to watch my mother do it, but It's hard to do it by myself. Like I am barely hold electric egg beater because it is running so fast, it feels like if I can't just hold it, it's going to fly. But it was fun, we made two super delicious chocolate cakes. They are really good! This is the First Cake I made. I love to make cakes. Happy mother's day！

 

School: Step by Step Montessori Schools, Chaska

Student: Gunther Thomas

Teacher: Kristi

Age: 4

Subject: Community Service

Description:  (Transcribed by Gunther’s mom, Billie)

I helped clean up our earth. It was on the earth’s birthday (Earth Day) and Miss Kristi gave me a garbage bag and gloves so that my hands wouldn’t get dirty. I brought my baby, Bruno, but he didn’t help because he’s too small and he would probably eat the garbage if he picked it up.

To clean up, we did a super long walk by our house. We went up and down the big hills and looked for any litter. Sometimes I had to pull it really hard because it was stuck. We found so much litter that we filled our garbage bag and put some extra in our wagon.

I wanted to pick up garbage so that our earth would stay clean. It’s important to clean up the garbage on our earth because the earth is where we live. It is naughty to litter, but sometimes it’s an accident like when garbage flies out of a garbage truck. None of it was my garbage, but I still wanted to clean it up. I wanted to share this because it made me feel happy and because I was being a good example to other kids and grown ups, too.

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool

Student: Hunter Roy

Teacher: Mrs. Ortiz

Age: 3

Subject: Science

Description: Searching for insect specimens.

School: Starmaker School

Student: Kaladin Nicholas

Teacher: Natalya Cisneros

Age: 4

Subject: Bird Watching

Description: Kaladin has been very interested in gardening and recently helped set up some bird feeders in our back yard. We were watching all the different types of birds coming to feed and then saw a squirrel jump up and start eating, scaring all the birds away. Kaladin decided he needed to make a sign to let the squirrels know the birdseed was only for the birds.

 

School: Step by Step Montessori - Corcoran MN

Student: Olivia Zoller

Teacher: Ms. Chelsea Klipstein

Age: 3

Subject: Science

Description: We live in a neighborhood with LOTS of construction going on. In fact, Olivia says she wants to be able to drive and operate an excavator some day! One activity Olivia really enjoys is playing with shapes and building with her magnetic tiles and building blocks. This project allowed Olivia to learn more about construction of a home and construction vehicles while incorporating her love of shapes and the outdoors. This is an ongoing project as she continues to learn and discover shapes in three dimensions, including circle/sphere, square/cube and rectangle/rectangular prism. Olivia also enjoyed related YouTube videos and stories with the libraries being closed due to COVID 19.

School: Montessori of Alameda

Student: Mila Slicher

Teacher: Rebecca Clements

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: We call this the “collage wall”. The art that Mila has made since being home is showcased here. We’re hoping to fill the whole wall with beautiful, uplifting artwork and share it with visitors when safe to have friends and family over again.

 

School: Silverline Montessori

Student: Clara Jobe

Teacher: Ms. Roxana and Ms. Lorenzo

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: Rainbow Rice sensory bin. Hunt to find different colored object in the bin and place on matching colored rainbow.

 

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Shweta Riya Raja

Teacher: Lilliana Lemos, Angie Yonzon

Age: 2 years 10 months

Subject: Art

Description: Some of the projects that Riya and we did together the past few weeks. We did a lot more, but she also destroyed them before we could take pictures..toddler problems.

School: Silverline Montessori, Towne Lake Cypress

Student: Ammaar Zahiruddin

Teacher: Mr. Tito

Age: 4

Subject: Math

Description: Stack or Roll: Exploring 3D Shapes throughout the House (cone, cylinder, sphere, cylinder)

 

School: Parker Chase Preschool

Student: Mia Wilson

Teacher: Mrs. Celeste

Age: 2

Subject: Art

Description: I love art and building!

School: Step By Step Corcoran

Student: Sawyer Valerius

Teacher: Ms Nancy

Age: 1

Subject: Art

Description: Marble painting and Easter art!

School: Step By Step Corcoran

Student: Ivy Valerius

Teacher: Ms Chelsea

Age: 4

Subject: Writing

Description: Working on the sound of the week “E”

School: Laguna Niguel Montessori Center

Student: Lille Arnold

Teacher: Elena Robles

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: This week Lille has been working with her teacher Ms. Elena via Zoom to learn about the parts of the flower. Lille loves to work in the garden with her family and so she has really been enjoying these lessons and we even do them in our garden. Her favorite project that we have done through distance learning with Ms. Elena was making a flower painting using an empty water bottle. Ms. Elena worked with Lille through Zoom and showed her how to paint the stems, then the leaves and eventually using the base of the water bottle to stamp the petals of the flowers. Lille was very focused during the entire lesson and so proud of what she created and immediately asked to hang it on the refrigerator. I think the painting is lovely but I think what is most impressive about this project is that Ms. Elena and Lille who just turned 3 were able to do this project through Zoom. Life has changed so much in the last few months and all of us have had to adapt to new ways of doing things and I think this is an example of not only Ms. Elena and Lille adapting but thriving under challenging circumstances.

School: Step by Step Montessori - Plymouth, MN

Student: Brayden Westhouse

Teacher: Madeline, Anne, Mai, Grace, Courtney

Age: 1

Subject: Art

Description: Brayden "painted" by smushing paint around in plastic bags with bubble wrap, then we stamped his artwork onto cards to send to friends and family who we couldn't see in person. He enjoyed playing with the different colors of paint and helping mom write notes to our loved ones.

School: Field of Dreams - Baxter

Student: Mira Damani

Teacher: Ms Bridget Moore

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Mira engaged herself in a variety of art and craft. She created a bird nest using twigs, leaves and branches from the yard. She did paper weaving and tried some origami. She made some nature inspired art paintings using materials like leaves, q tips, tissue roll. She has made art work by exploring lots of medium like crayons, markers, paint.

School: Creative Child Learning Center

Student: Branden Chrome Hannan

Teacher: Liz Fortune

Age: 5

Subject: Science

Description: Animals not affected by coronavirus.

School: Endeavor Montessori - Dunwoody

Student: Ana Queiros

Teacher: Rakhee Mundye

Age: 5

Subject: Science

Description: Science - perfume making

School: Endeavor Montessori - Dunwoody

Student: Olivia Queiros

Teacher: Maurya Mundye

Age: 2

Subject: Science & Art

Description: Constellation Embroidery One of the weekly themes of the online learning program was the solar system, after which we did some serious star gazing over the weekend and continued to learn at home about star constellations during the following week. Her zodiac sign is Gemini, so I explained that it meant twins and so the first thing she did was make a drawing of twins. Next, I showed her the embroidery materials and she got started. We tried to let her do as much as possible by herself and she didn't even prick herself with the pointy needle and used it carefully. She helped fit the fabric onto the embroidery hoop, then she drew Gemini with chalk onto the fabric and started stitching. She didn't follow the lines, but that's ok. The purpose was to introduce her to a new technique and she skillfully embroidered her first piece!

School: The Children's Garden

Student: Parker Walter

Teacher: China

Age: 4

Subject: Gardening

Description: Garden Gifts! My interview of Parker about his garden is below (inspired by teacher China’s lessons about growing plants, the water
cycle and taking care of our earth) I’ve tried to capture his enthusiasm and excitement with all caps and italics…and yes
he really talks this way, ha!

Mom: Parker, what do you want to tell people about our garden you planted (he planted the entire thing!).

Parker: Oh, that we are making parsley, basil and carrots…LOTS of carrots. And Strawberries – they are already growing;
and Hudson PICKED a FLOWER mom. Oh…no that is NOT good.

Mom: What are we going to make with all these things?

Parker: Oh, we’re going to eat them ALL up! They are going to be so good...or I have a GREAT idea, we can make a recipe
out of those vegetables and spices and it will be SO EXTRA DELICIOUS!

Mom: Sounds good, bud. How do we take care of our garden?

Parker: Oh mom, you know it. But I’ll tell ya – we say “Good morning garden. Grow, grow, grow!”, we have to talk to it
to help it grow. And we have to make sure Hudson doesn’t pick the flowers, oh gosh that’s just terrible! I’ll show him
how – I won’t pick your garden flowers anymore mama, promise. That will help him to know not to pick the flowers on
our strawberries…OH! and sun and water too mom, like teacher China taught us.

School: Laguna Niguel Montessori Center

Student: Matthew Kishida

Teacher: Ms. Jennifer and Ms. Katti

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: Matthew picked an online picture of baby Yoda to use as a guide. He was very focused and concentrated on making it exactly the way he wanted it to look. I helped him mix colors to get just the right green, orange, gray that he wanted for his painting. He had baby Yoda (with big hands) smiling, while standing on the dirt with a few mountains in background. Baby Yoda was looking up into outer space, which was filled with different colorful planets and stars. He was very happy creating his work, had a lot of fun, and he is extremely proud of his painting!

School: Endeavor Montessori

Student: Colin Passage

Teacher: Rakhee

Age: 3.5

Subject: Other

Description: Colin loves puzzles so much and it comes easily to him. At the age of 2, in his previous daycare, he was doing puzzles meant for 4-5 year olds. He can put the easy puzzles (6-10 pieces) together pretty quickly on his own. When he chose this globe puzzle, a 100 piece puzzle, I thought I would be helping him. All he said I could help with is turning the pieces over. From there Colin put all the straight edge pieces in one pile and all the non-straight edge pieces in another pile. Once he created his frame of the puzzle he started putting the same colored pieces together. Colin completed the puzzle in approximately 45 mins. In his classes, at the time, Colin was learning about the 7 continents. So the puzzle has been left out since as a learning tool..

School: Step by Step Montessori, Plymouth

Student: Avery Lambeth

Teacher: Ms. Amber

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: My name is Avery and I decided to draw my family under a rainbow. I love my family. I love my mommy because she gives nice kisses. I love my daddy because he gives me special hugs. Benji is my dog. I love Benji because of his stinky breath. I love to draw rainbows because they are pretty. My favorite color is blue. My mommy is very pretty like this rainbow. I hope I can go back to school soon because I miss all my friends.

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool, Richardson

Student: Adam Albakri

Teacher: Ms. Diana G. and Ms. O

Age: 4

Subject: Science

Description: Adam enjoyed learned about tornadoes so we decided to make one using a plastic water bottle with water soap and electric tape.

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool, Richardson

Student: Zayn Albakri

Teacher: Ms. Aynur

Age: 1

Subject: Gardening

Description: On earth day we honoured that day by planting flowers.

 

School: Creative Child Learning Center, Southwood-Tallahassee

Student: Eleanor McMullen

Teacher: Ms. Aidan / Ms. Yolanda

Age: 1

Subject: Gardening

Description: We have been taking full advantage of the distance learning bags while at home for the month of April. Mom isn't very crafty so the materials provided were much appreciated. El had a great time exploring and creating, and mom enjoys helping and watching! In addition to the art projects, we've had lots of nature walks, completed house chores, and cooked together.

 

School: Cranium Academy

Student: Penelope Del Pino

Teacher: Ms Amarilis

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: This is a castle that’s surrounded by water and lava so no bad guys can get in. There are flags and decorations.

School: Parker Chase

Student: Charlotte and Bobby Dawkins

Teacher: Ms.Amber, Ms.Shelby, Ms.Jos

Age: 4

Subject: Art & Science

Description: We learned about and re-created the life cycle of a butterfly. To make the caterpillar, we used a clothespin, green pom poms, glue and wiggle eyes. Next we painted a toilet paper roll with acrylics to make the chrysalis. Then we used dot markers to decorate coffee filters that we took outside and sprayed with a water bottle to make the wings. (Unknown to the littles, their beautiful creations flew far away so Mommy quickly made some more. Whoops!) Using tissue paper, we closed the caterpillar inside the chrysalis and hung them on a branch. Many days later, they came out of their chrysalis as butterflies! It was amazing! We wanted to share our art to show everyone that learning can be beautiful!

School: Step By Step Montessori School - Plymouth

Student: Frida Schmidt

Teacher: Children's House 5

Age: 2

Subject: Art

Description: Frida has a love for art! When Frida was physically attending SBS, she always enjoyed art projects with her teachers and would proudly bring the art home and hang it on the fridge herself! When we knew we would be staying home with Frida, we knew it would be important to incorporate art into our daily routine. For this flower project, we used washable paints and egg cartons! The painted end product resembles flowers. It was a great project and kept Frida busy for over an hour - which is a long time for a toddler!

School: Creative Child Learning Center

Student: Isabella Hoheb

Teacher: Ms. Diana and Ms. Blanca

Age: 5

Subject: Art

Description: Rainbow Sun-catchers! (transcribed by Isabella’s mom) I made a sun cacher. I used materials from our art supplies storage, things that we use to make our art activities and creations at home daily.

Some of the materials I used are:

• Tissue paper of different colors  that my mom recycles when we receive gifts from our family
• Contact paper
• Scissors
• Tape
• A small piece of rope to hang and
• A wooden hoop to secure the sun archer

First I tear off small pieces of the tissue paper in different colors, my little brother helped me. I had a lot of fun doing it. My Dad help me make a circle in the contact paper and put in the table with the sticky side up. I put some tape in the corners of the paper to hold in place. I start placing the tissue paper in a colorful rainbow pattern, making it look beautiful. My mom helped me cover it with another sheet of contact paper and also placed it in the wooden hoop. I trimmed the edges very carefully with my scissor and put a small piece of rope to hang my suncatcher. I chose to share this Rainbow Suncatcher because I enjoy making art pieces, and rainbow colors are my favorites, when I place the suncatcher in my window, I enjoy looking at the beautiful colors through my suncatcher inside and outside!. Everyday or every other day I get new ideas about projects I want to create. I am very proud that I did this project and the most important, I spent a wonderful time doing it with my family.

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Olivia Ivanou

Teacher: Azadeh Moonesan, Priya Shanmuga

Age: 4

Subject: Writing

Description: This is how our homeschooling days look like: doing vertebrate/invertebrate project, sight words test and Gardening project "Grow a sunflower with Olivia".

School: Laguna Niguel Montessori Center

Student: Padma Nowlin

Teacher: Ms. Mindy Nguyen

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: After reading a story entitled “Robo-Pete” in her Pete the Cat book that she received during last year’s Room 6 holiday book exchange, Padma decided she wanted to make her very own robot. This creation is made out of old amazon delivery boxes and toilet paper holders. Padma helped tape it together, wrap the boxes, and color the final product.

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool, Frisco

Student: Shivaan Narayanan

Teacher: Ms. Olivia Pelayo, Ms. Jenny Son

Age: 4

Subject: Writing & Art

Description: We are really proud of Shivaan that he is now able to write his name on his own, and for using his creativity in coloring!

School: The Children’s Garden, Field Office

Student: Weston Gruber

Teacher: Jen (Magnolia Class)

Age: 2.5

Subject: Outdoor Activities

Description: Weston has really enjoyed the curriculum that Teacher Jen puts together each day. It’s made things easier for us and we can also feel confident that he’s learning appropriately. We’ve had fun with scavenger hunts, water music, and Weston’s favorite - shaving cream activities!

 

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Pragnya Thudi

Teacher: Ms. Anu Dhoot

Age: 3.5

Subject: Upcycling

Description: Made Pyramid from disposable cups all by herself.

 

School: Montessori at Vickery

Student: Arudh Sundar

Teacher: Ismat Khan and Sheena Bagga

Age: 4

Subject: Numbers

Description: Teen board recreation at home just like how he does in school.

 

School: Silverline Montessori, Silverlake

Student: Evan Cockerham

Teacher: Mrs. Read

Age: 4

Subject: Gardening

Description: Container Gardening

 

School: Step by Step Montessori Schools, Brooklyn Park

Student: Eloise Langer

Teacher: Kristen Guzzi

Age: 4

Subject: Outdoor Activity

Description: Eloise loved doing the spring scavenger hunt! She even brought some pretzels along to enjoy!

 

School: Carpe Diem Private Preschool

Student: Logan Harris

Teacher: Ms. Cheri

Age: 2

Subject: Art

Description: Paint on paper. (transcribed by Logan's mother) I made red, blue, yellow and green painting. Painting is my favorite, I ask to paint everyday. I try very hard to not get paint everywhere but sometimes I get very passionate about my paintings. I use a smock just like my teacher, Ms.Cheri has me use at school. I hope you like my painting.

 

School: Cranium Academy, East Orlando

Student: Olivia King

Teacher: Mrs. Heidi, Mrs. Genesis, Mrs. Amarylis

Age: 5

Subject: Upcycling

Description: Olivia used upcycled cardboard tubes to learn to create a path for Pom poms that would flow downward and collect in a bowl!

 

School: Cranium Academy, East Orlando

Student: Sebastian Asquith

Teacher: LaTranee, Ms. Addy, Ms. Lindsey

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Letter W Watercolors.

 

School: Step by Step Montessori Schools, Plymouth

Student: Duncan Fadell

Teacher: Ms. Yelena

Age: 3

Subject: Outdoor Activity

Description: Duncan has enjoyed connecting with his teachers and friends on Zoom and really enjoys his activities from Ms. Yelena. He did a great job outside on his scavenger hunt!

 

School: Silverline Montessori, Towne Lake Cypress

Student: Chloe Choi

Teacher: Ms. Amanda Solorzano

Age: 2

Subject: Baking

Description: Making banana bread muffins with her older brother (in the elementary classroom). Attaching photos & recipe!

 

School: Creative Child Learning Center, Weston

Student: Avisha Saraswat

Teacher: Liz, Tati

Age: 3

Subject: Art

Description: Thanks to our teachers and Staff at Weston CCLC! We miss you :)

 

School: Silverline Montessori

Student: Reyn Zapata

Teacher: Mrs. Read

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Reyn always loves to do art type activities, this picture is just one example of the fun he has being creative.

 

School: Silverline Montessori

Student: Avisha Saraswat

Teacher: Mrs. Iffat

Age: 1

Subject: Music

Description: During this time being at home, Astin really has shown his love for music. He plays with this guitar daily and sways to the beat.

 

School: Step by Step Montessori, Brooklyn Park

Student: Zane Collins Rutter

Teacher: Ms. Leandra

Age: 2

Subject: Music

Description: Zane virtually attending music class.

 

School: Palm Harbor Montessori Academy

Student: Phoebe Bird

Teacher: Ms. Ale

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Learning to read, planting seeds and learning parts of the leaf from cucumber seeds planted and sprouted.

 

School: Palm Harbor Montessori Academy

Student: Genevieve Bird

Teacher: Ms. Mara

Age: 2

Subject: Art

Description: Learning our shapes; making a Caterpillar with beads, and butterfly art work.

School: Creative Child Learning Center, Davie

Student: Witten Phillips

Teacher: Mayra, Marilu, and Ana Maria

Age: 1

Subject: Art

Description: This is my rendition of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. To the right, you see the painting by van Gogh for comparison with a picture of me creating my masterpiece below it. I was inspired by this painting because of the many starry nights I have seen in such my short life. You see, even when I was in my mommy’s belly, I didn’t like to sleep at night, tossing and turning while captivated by the bright stars in the night sky. If I was lucky, I would even get to see a shooting star and was told to make a wish. While I think my parents’ wish initially came true and involved me sleeping more at night, my wish came true when I turned three months old and started attending daycare at Creative Child Learning Center in Davie, FL. I soon made many friends and was placed in the infant room with a special group of teachers who understood you are never too young for artwork. I included a couple pictures from my earlier work so you can see how much my teachers taught me and helped me grow in my skills. Ms. Mayra, Marilu, and Ana Maria come to work every day with a smile on their face, are patient with me when I’m having a tough time, and always encourage me to try my best; the three ingredients that shaped me into the fun, silly, smart, strong, and cute little man I am today. Thank you to my teachers and Creative Child Learning Center for your dedication to my development even during this difficult time. May you all think of me the next time you look up into the night sky and all your wishes come true when you see that shooting star.

School: Creative Child Learning Center, Southwood - Tallahassee

Student: Hannah Pla

Teacher: Dedra McBride

Age: 4

Subject: Writing

Description: Working on our A, B, C's!

School: Palm Harbor Montessori Academy

Student: Frederick Ryczek

Teacher: Ms. Angie

Age: 16 Months

Subject: Science

Description: Colander and pipe cleaner activity.

School: Creative Child Learning Center

Student: Grey Morris

Teacher: Dedra McBride

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: Creatively making letters.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Avisha Saraswat

Teacher: Laura, Kathleen

Age: 4

Subject: Art

Description: A happy family.

School: The Children's Garden, Field Office

Student: RJ Toepfer

Teacher: Hailey, Maggie

Age: 2

Subject: Cooking

Description: During our time together at home, RJ has started to help cooking meals. This is one of his favorite activities. Here he is making strawberry french toast roll-ups with his grandma.

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Alice Polusmiak

Teacher: Claire Dickmann and Beth Taylor

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Upcycling

Description: One day, I danced and hurt my foot on the sharp corner of the bed. I was so scared and worried. My mom got my old socks I used when I was a baby to wrap the sharp corner. I wanted to keep one so I asked my mom. I used it to make a puppet.

First, I cut a small cardboard and folded in the middle. I put it inside the sock so my puppet can open its mouth. Then I cut a small pink paper and drew a purple line in the middle to make a tongue. I taped it in the puppet mouth.

Next I glued the googly eyes on her head. I used very big googly eyes because they looked cute. Then I started to make a bow for her. I cut it from a blue paper, but it looked bad. The 2nd bow was drawn on the paper before I cut it. I was medium bad. My third bow was very good after I drew it slowly and cut it slowly.

Last I named my puppet and her name is “Cutie Eye”. She likes to pretend she is old and young. When she is old, she is slow and quiet. When she is young, she makes a lot of exciting sounds.

I also made a show box for her. My mom helped me to cut the box. I decorated it with marker and blue paper tape. About the remote control, the on/off switch is on the top and the triangle sign on the bottom is for battery change.

I made a puppet friend for her to do a picnic. I drew spring flowers and a ladybug as the background. The friends like to have tea, mac and cheese, breadstick, cookie, and ice cream. I made the tea pot and tea cups from toilet paper rolls. I added the handles with the tape, but the tape was not recycle. The tea pot cap was difficult to find and I tried 4 caps and the 5th cap fit! Their food was cut from our empty food boxes.

I like to do puppet show for my mom and dad after dinner because I want to test to see how it works. It works great! Because of the virus, I can’t go to my friends’ house, or they can’t come to my house to play. So I called them instead from my iPad. I did the puppet show for them, and we had lots of fun. I started with a small sock, and after working for many days, I had a big show for my friends. I hope you like it!

Here is the recycled materials I used:

• A small sock
• Cardboards
• Blue packing foam
• Toilet paper rolls
• Gogo squeeze yogurt pouch
• Starbucks bottled coffee cap
• Plastic pull-ring
• Keurig tea k-cup
• Empty boxes from ice creams, Honey Maid, Nutella breadsticks, Kraft mac and cheese

School: Montessori Academy of Cincinnati

Student: Maks Wenda

Teacher: Amy Weller

Grade: 5th

Subject: Science

Description: My project was to build a trebuchet. I wanted to test how far it can shoot a golf sized ball. I started by watching several videos on YouTube to understand how trebuchet works. By the way, I found out a few exciting facts e.g., in the Middle Ages, catapults were not used to tear down castle walls but rather on against the knight on the battlefield. Building a catapult is not an easy matter. First, I prepared the design and calculated all the dimensions. The long arm needed to be 4x longer than the short one. The sling was about the long arm length. Next, I made a cardboard 1:2 scale prototype to check if all the dimensions match and whether the construction will be stable. I cut out trebuchet's template elements and traced them on a foam core board. I cut all the parts and glued the structure with a hot glue gun. I made sure that the construction is firm and stable. The ball weighed 6 grams, and I prepared a 900 grams counter-weight using a collection of my marbles. That's 150x more than the payload I wanted to launch. A pouch was made of black industrial tape. The longest shot was 20' 3".

We shot a video showing the whole project: https://youtu.be/NVuOxVEROaE

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Spring

Student: Lara Mane

Teacher: Mrs. Kaur

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Art

Description: I chose drawing and shading . It calms me down and help me mind of my distractions.

School: Foothills Montessori School

Student: Emma Berkovits

Teacher: Miss Erica Sherlock

Grade: 7th

Subject: Music

Description: For my entry, I sang Welcome to Wonderland by Anson Seabra. It's one of my favorite songs and I sang it with my favorite instrument the ukulele. In music class, I am able to chose and work on a song I like until I 'perfect' it. It makes me happy to sing and play a song :) also sorry the audios kind of bad, this is my first time recording myself singing and I kept looking to the side because I hadn't memorized the lyrics yet, hope you enjoy!

School: Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs

Student: Max Lilly

Teacher: Liana McReynolds

Grade: 1st

Subject: Art

Description: I created a nature mandala. I collected things from nature like leaves, sticks, pinestraw, and flowers, then I put all the supplies together. The mandala is symmetrical and it has patterns. I chose to share my mandala because I like it and it's made from nature. I think it looks nice.

School: Parker-Chase Preschool, Carrollton

Student: Jacob Duran

Teacher: Ms. Marissa Kurrin

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Writing/Literacy

Description: I wrote this book because I like the Creepy Carrots and the Creepy Underpants books. They were both written by the same person. I thought it would be cool to make one about a Creepy Christmas. I think it's cool that those books have cool and scary characters. I don't always do good in school but I like to draw pictures. I want people to see and hear my book so they can see how I draw and how I write. I also think my book will make people laugh. I was called an author and I like that too.