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Nature Discovery is dedicated to enhancing awareness and sensitivity toward Michigan’s diverse living resources through natural science education. Students in the Elder and Elementary program have the unique and endlessly enriching experience of Nature Discovery with Mr. Jim McGrath every week at Stepping Stones. Mr. Jim not only brings anContinue Reading

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Art is one of the enrichment programs offered to students (Elder and older) at Stepping Stones Montessori. We have been lucky enough to have Ms. Wendy Sylvester-Rowan leading our art program for almost 20 years now! Wendy also works for the city of East Lansing in Arts Programming and Placemaking and has connected Stepping Stones toContinue Reading

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“Elemental music is never just music. It’s bound up with movement, dance and speech, and so it is a form of music in which one must participate, in which one is involved not as a listener but as a co-performer.”  Carl Orff The Orff- Schulwerk approach for music education forContinue Reading

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The elementary child enters a classroom where they will be for the next three years, lower elementary 1st – 3rd grade (6 – 9 yrs old), and upper elementary 4th – 6th grade (9 – 12 yrs old). There is continuity in these environments, which promotes creativity, builds self-esteem, andContinue Reading

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After the transition process from the toddler environment to the primary environment has been completed, the child will continue their independent educational journey in the new primary environment. By interacting with materials and lessons provided by the guide, children in this environment develop and grow through the practice of processes.Continue Reading

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Required Schedule for Each Program (Also called our base program) Toddler and Primary 8:30 am – 12 pm Elder and Elementary 8:30 am – 3:30 pm Additional Childcare Options Before care 7:40 am – 8:30 am Nap for toddler and primary programs 12 pm – 3:30 pm Children in theseContinue Reading

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Where are They Now? As Stepping Stones Montessori proceeds through its fourth decade, we would love to hear from our alumni.  Whether you spent your preschool years here, studied through sixth grade, or stand somewhere in between, let us know where you are and what you are doing now. IfContinue Reading

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Toddlers are aficionados of exploration. They are the most natural and pure scientists of our world, with innate and boundless curiosity (and energy!) Maria Montessori made an excellent point in declaring the First Plane (ages 0-6) as the period of most rapid growth in the human life span. Indeed, watchingContinue Reading