With the changing of the seasons, Echinacea is thriving with fall walks and exciting work in the classroom! 

Walking the Baker neighborhood to see the fall colors, playing at the park, or waving to neighbors has been a weekly routine for our students.   We love spending as much time outside as possible!   We are almost at enrollment capacity with one spot open for a kindergarten student.   If you know of a family seeking in-person learning for their kindergarten child, please refer them to our application below.  A $50 tuition credit will be applied for any referrals! 

Echinacea's daily work cycle typically begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends around 11:30.  We also have an additional 2 hours for the older children in the afternoon.  In these photos from Kay Beaton Photography (password: echinacea2020) you can see children engaging in practical life, sensorial, mathematics, and language.  To understand the work cycle in more depth, check out this post.

During the work cycle, we are starting to see signs of normalization.  In a biography of Maria Montessori, E.M. Standing writes, "The process of normalization is always the same...It does not matter with what deviation a child may start... But as each child- individually and in his own time and place- achieves this experience of spontaneous concentration, until it has become a habit."  As guides of the classroom, we look for a love of work and order, profound concentration, an attachment to reality, ability to share with others, and an understanding of freedom of choice yet discipline to complete chosen tasks in the classroom.   As we progress into late fall, we are starting to see our little classroom start to normalize.  

As we face the reality that COVID-19 is here for a full school year, we are running low on masks for both adults/children, gloves, bleach, and tissues.   We are accepting both items and monetary donations to purchase more PPE.  

Thank you for your help!