St. Mark Christian School

Graphing with M&Ms? Yes, please! Our students practiced organizing data and building bar graphs in a colorful (and tasty!) way. 📊✨

Word building comes to life in our preschool classroom with the Montessori Movable Alphabet! It’s a wonderful way for children to explore sounds, practice spelling, and develop early literacy skills!

From studying how volcanoes form to constructing one as a class, our students got a fun, hands-on look at Earth science in action. 🌋✨

Getting into the Christmas spirit as we prepare to welcome Jesus to the manger. 🎄✨

In Montessori, language learning begins through touch and movement — children trace sandpaper letters, then practice writing Bible verses and letters on paper to bring sound and symbol to life.

As they grow, they build words with the movable alphabet, match objects to names, and explore stories using phonetic cards, grammar symbols, and reading materials that make language joyful and meaningful.

Step by step, they move from concrete to abstract, developing literacy skills that grow stronger and deeper because they’re built through hands-on discovery.

"What the hand does, the mind remembers.” — Dr. Maria Montessori

The Hundred Board is one of those Montessori materials that makes math click! Children start by placing numbers in order from 1 to 100, noticing patterns and how numbers build one another.

What begins as hands-on counting soon turns into real understanding — skip counting, place value, and even early multiplication start to make sense naturally.

It’s amazing to watch their confidence grow as they master a new math skill each time.

In Montessori, even the smallest lessons help children grow in big ways. The buckle and tie frames are a favorite — they let children practice skills they see every day, like buckling shoes, fastening belts, and tying bows.

At first, it takes focus and patience, but before long, those little fingers move with confidence! Each new frame mastered builds independence — and a sense of “I can do it!” that carries into everything they do.

As Dr. Montessori said, “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”

Our students have been diving deep into Charlotte's Web. After reading, analyzing, and discussing the novel, they explored its themes and even connected the lessons to Christianity—especially friendship, sacrifice, and unconditional love.

To bring the story to life, students designed creative frames showing what Wilbur sees from his point of view as he looks out of his barn—of course, Charlotte in her web is a beautiful part of his world. Many of them said that just as Charlotte watches over Wilbur, God watches over us too ❤️

They also built detailed dioramas of scenes from the story, showing their understanding, creativity, and love for this classic novel.