Job Opening: Assistant Guide, Primary Classroom
Hilltop Children’s House is seeking an Assistant Guide for a full-time position in the children’s house (Primary classroom) for the 2022-23 school year.
Our Board of Trustees, Updated!
This update is somewhat belated because the event happened many months ago. We have a mostly new board of trustees to help further the mission of affordable Montessori in Steubenville, Ohio! All bios are up on the site. Check out the new bios here. The seven members of the board include three returners: Rob Corzine,…
A New Children’s House Configuration
A new school year means new beginnings. Due to new materials and new works and a new floor, we needed a new children’s house configuration.
A New Floor for Practical Life
We installed a new floor in the practical life portion of the Montessori children’s house to help with the works, and especially with cleanup!
Advanced Montessori Training Completed
Noelle completed her advanced Montessori training at the Southwest Montessori Institute, an AMI training center, in June.
Applications Open for Limited Spots in 2021-22!
Applications are Open for Limited Spots in 2021-22 We are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year, which will begin on Monday, September 13, 2021 and will conclude just before Memorial Day Weekend, on Friday, May 27, 2022. See the full calendar for next year on the calendar page.…
Christmas Card Photo Shoot
The mother of one of our children, Laura Schaefer, is a photographer (check out her excellent work here) and she came to the Children’s House for a Christmas Card Photo shoot. Unfortunately, due to illness and travel, five of our twelve children weren’t able to be there that day. Here’s a selection of the day’s…
An Unexpected (and sad!) Ending to the Year
Our in-person sessions ended early due to the pandemic this year, but we did what we could to help the children and their parents have plenty of Montessori-based exercises and experiences to do at home.
Learning Multiplication and Division
While using actual Montessori materials is best sometimes that’s just not possible such as now when we’re all staying home during this COVID-19 pandemic. These printable resources can help you mimic the wooden materials we use in our classroom so that hands-on learning can more easily be achieved at home with nothing more than a…
Going On A Bear Hunt
People in our neighborhood are putting bears in their windows for families to “hunt” while out walking. Based on the popular book We’re Going On A Bear Hunt it’s a fun way to keep the community engaged and give the kids something new to do, while still keeping your “social distance.” We’ve made a do-it-yourself…