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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The children at ACG eagerly anticipate each holiday!  On Tuesday, February 14, the school will celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day with classroom parties.  The children will exchange valentines, enjoy a holiday snack, and prepare their special valentine for their parent(s).    In our Montessori classrooms, Valentine&#8217;s Day is about friendship, about the love we share with those around us. There are many benefits from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent Series Workshop &#8211; Math</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us on Saturday, February 11 from 10:00 AM until Noon for the 3rd in our series of Parent Workshops for the 2011-12 school year.  The topic is the math curriculum and how it is formed within the Montessori environment.  We would love for all parents to attend this informative workshop.  Please see the attached [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acgmontessori.org/2012/02/parent-series-workshop-math/</link>
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		<title>Coppell Preschool Open House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Child&#8217;s Garden Montessori will participate in the annual Coppell Preschool Open House on Tuesday, January 17 from 10:30 to 12:30 at the WT Cozby Library in Coppell.  This initiates the enrollment process for new students and the re-enrollment process for returning students for the 2012-2013 school year.  Call the school office at 972-446-2663 to schedule a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acgmontessori.org/2012/01/coppell-preschool-open-house/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations to the Beginner Graduates!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week several children from the Beginner classroom who have been identified as ready to &#8220;move up&#8221; to the next level will begin visiting their new Pre-Primary (3 to 6 year old) classroom.  The transition occurs over a two week period,  with the children spending an increasing amount of time each day in their new classroom. Readiness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Amazing Beginner Class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; During the month of December, our amazing Beginner class will: Make snow globes, make presents for parents, put up and decorate our Christmas tree, and enjoy visits from Thomas the Train. We will focus on walking up and down the stairs, walking in a line, and identifying colors, shapes, and body [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acgmontessori.org/2011/12/our-amazing-beginner-class/</link>
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		<title>Parent Workshop Series &#8211; II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At A Child’s Garden Montessori we hold Free Parent Workshops to educate  parents about the importance of different aspects of the Montessori environment.  In our workshops parents will have the opportunity to observe  how various Montessori lessons are applied in your child’s classroom.  We will explain the long-term skills your child will develop from working [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acgmontessori.org/2011/12/parent-workshop-series-ii/</link>
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		<title>Parenting Tip &#8211; &#8220;Moving Up&#8221; from Beginner to Pre-Primary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Montessori Beginner classroom (ages 18 months to 3 years) is an active, vital environment where early learning leads to increased independence, self-control and social development.  Once the child shows age-appropriate mastery of these elements, he will be invited to visit the Pre-Primary classroom (ages 3 to 6 years.)  In January of each year, some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acgmontessori.org/2011/11/parenting-tip-moving-up-from-beginner-to-pre-primary/</link>
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		<title>Montessori Tip &#8211; Prepared Environment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A typical Montessori classroom is also referred to as the “prepared environment” – a carefully designed environment for the children prepared by the teacher with the intention of reinforcing independence, cognitive and social development, and hands-on learning. Each area of the classroom is arranged into separate curriculum areas (Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Math, Geography and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acgmontessori.org/2011/11/montessori-tip-prepared-environment/</link>
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		<title>2011 Fall Festival a success!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We want to thank all the families, vendors, teachers and staff who made this event possible; but most of all, we want to give a special thanks to the Parent Association headed by Lakshmi, who organized, coordinated and raised all the wonderful donations given to ACG from local businesses. The following businesses played a key role in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.acgmontessori.org/2011/11/2011-fall-festival-a-success/</link>
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		<title>Parenting Tip &#8211; Emotional Intelligence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents recognize that it is the intention of schools to cultivate cognitive development in children, measured by grades, standardized tests, and I.Q. assessments.  Equally important in child development, however, is their emotional development, commonly called emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to read social cues &#8211; to intuit what another person is feeling, and [...]]]></description>
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