The work we've been doing in our afternoon science and cultural has involved hearing and discussing the Montessori great lessons. Last week we heard the first great lesson and this week we are doing a short reader's theater, The Drama of the Archeozoic Ocean, as we discuss the evolution of our planet.
Please read the following article, The Five Great Lessons of the Elementary Curriculum. I believe there is some variation in what we Montessorians do as our second great lesson. In my opinion this has a lot to do with our training center's instruction. I usually move from the second great lesson to discussing Earth's early history and from there move to the story of man, of writing, and of math.
When we complete the Great Lessons students will begin our physical science unit, the Properties of Matter. At the same time they will have the opportunity to dig deeper into the Earth's history and research a topic of their choice.
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