Montessori at Hampstead Farmers: November 2013

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Water, Water Everywhere

Today we had a lesson on Chicken Care. I had a lesson on water. When you have the hose it should always be on shower. The big white one is for the big scrubber.

~Mansur, Lower Elementary

Today Farmer Mark taught a lesson in composting. As usual, the lesson was a hands-on work session. After turning the compost material by shoveling it from one bin to the next, the students then moved on to the beds to remove some spent plants. And they took most of those plants where? They carried them back across the farm to the compost bins the the compost cycle can begin again.

Class at the farm

First it was a dream, then it was a concept, now it’s a reality. The Montessori School at Hampstead has incorporated a farm-to-table class into their curriculum. Working with the Hampstead Institute under the leadership of Edwin Marty, the students at MSH meet once a week in the barn at the Hampstead community on the outskirts of Montgomery, AL. In typical Montessori fashion, they learn in a holistic fashion. Science, biology, chemistry, botany, among other subjects, all come together as they experiment with soil, plant seeds, clear beds of weeds, compost, harvest produce, and even cook at one of the community restaurants with the vegetables and herbs they harvest. Each week one of the students will talk about what they did and what he or she learned. Join us.

Montessori at Hampstead Farmers

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Water, Water Everywhere

Creating Compost

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Water, Water Everywhere

Creating Compost

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