Ainsley at School

Ainsley's teacher is really good about staying in touch with us and letting us know what's going on in the classroom since we don't get to see her "in action" as much as we'd like. On Friday she sent me some pictures of Ainsley doing some of her work in class, and I thought the pictures were really cute, so I'm sharing them. Enjoy!


The apple doesn't fall far from the tree on this one. Ainsley's teacher says she really enjoys (and is good at) math. It's apparently one of her favorite activities during the school day. Here, Ainsley is learning her numbers.


A similar shot of Ainsley doing math. Montessori theory teaches math to children in a very visual way so they can understand at an early age how 10 looks different from 100 and how 100 literally feels different from 1,000. I wish I had learned math this way!


One the week of Valentines Day Ainsley's teacher got creative with some activities using candy hearts, which Ainsley loves. She even got excited when she saw this picture!


This is Ainsley and her good buddy Rudy after they built a tower together. You can see that they're both very proud of their work.


Each year the school schedules Parent Participation Night, where the children actually show you around the room instead of the teachers. So, Ainsley was showing us some of her work, and Addison was really getting into it, too. Perhaps she'll enjoy Montessori as much as Ainsley does!