2 Tickets to "An Evening with John Legend" on June 21, 2024 at the Borgata Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, along with an overnight stay there.

24" x 48" Collage Assemblage by the Azure Classroom Toddlers

"Laugh With My Friends and Play" is a compilation of candid moments of your children at play. We wanted to capture different styles of play and the overall joyful energy that comes to life during the recess cycle. The children began by treating the work surface with a layer of green paint. As a group they blended an array of brown tones of paint and applied this to paper that was then cut into strips. These strips were collaged together in plank-like fashion to simulate hardwood flooring. A gray baseboard was added to ground the foundation. The components of this background are directly inspired by our indoor movement space. Each child was given a multi-part template created directly from their photographs. These included their hair, clothing and shoes. Carefully blended paint was provided according to the children's hair color and skin tone clearly displaying our diversity. Art techniques that the children have been practicing throughout the school year were utilized. Patterns and prints on their clothing were achieved through the use of stenciling, painter's tape and dot painting. Finally, the painted individual parts were collaged together and placed in the composition. The many processes of this lively collaboration resulted in this stunning work of art.

BRUNCH AND A TRIP TO THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES WITH MS. CHERISE, MS. ALEXIS AND MS. LIZ!

Enjoy an outing with Ms. Cherise, Ms. Alexis and Ms. Liz. We will have brunch and take a walk to the Academy of Natural Sciences. Your child may choose to invite one GTMS friend along for the fun.

Buckeye Class: Our art is inspired by the children's love for the song, "What a Wonderful World," which happens to also have been made into a book by Bob Thiele and Tim Hopgood. The children always request this book during stories and love to point out the different scenes that they love, "Look! It's a horse!" "Look! It's a mountain!" You put all of their favorite scenes into one picture, and you have our art piece! The children used paint brushes, sponges, q-tips, and handmade foam stamps to add acrylic paint to various shaped templates. To piece everything together, the children helped to glue on the pieces of paper using a glue smear stick.

"...yes I think to myself, what a wonderful world!"

Pizza Party with the Buckeyes!

Your child will be able to bring along 3 friends for this fun experience! We will make our own pizzas with the children, eat and party on the playdeck with music and bubbles, and read the children's current favorite book "Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party."

Crescent Class:

"Goodnight Little Whale, Goodnight" is inspired by a classroom favorite, Baby Beluga! Baby Beluga is a song book by Raffi and has earned the hearts of the children. Our painting was inspired by one of the book pages where baby beluga is snuggled up with his mama in the ocean. Each child painted and marbled a star using watercolor paint and shaving cream. They also used chalk pastel to create the Northern Lights. Students used acrylic paint to make the whales, sky, and ocean.

watercolor, acrylic paint, chalk pastel, paper collage

Monarch Class: Our Very Hungry Caterpillar" is a compilation of the children's paintings throughout the school year used to recreate a classic children's story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle.

Medium: Acrylic, painted paper, and collage

Your child will enjoy painting and a picnic in the park with Ms. Michelle, Teacher Marissa, and Ms. Sara one day after school from 3:15 pm - 5:30 pm.

The Swallowtail Class"

Inspired by one of the children's favorite books, "It Looked Like Spilled Milk," the children were encouraged to use their imaginations and think about what clouds can look like. Dinosaurs, cars, and trucks were a common theme. The children painted the sky using different shades of blue. We then mixed green paint and added black and white to create the different shades of green for the mountains. They also painted the clouds by using white paint on top of some of their favorite colors to give some depth to the characters. All the children's paintings were then collaged to create this beautiful masterpiece.

Acrylic/ Collaging

Your child and one friend or sibling will get to head to the Philadelphia Zoo with Ms. Desiree and the Swallowtail team! This trip also includes lunch.

The Birch Class:

This piece is inspired by Clementine Hunter's work of the same name. Students started by painting the background a combination of dark blues, purples, and black, and the vase and flower stems blues and greens. Each kindergartner painted a flower to create a beautiful bouquet.

Spend the morning at Greene Towne with this yoga and brunch session, hosted by Ms. Anne and another GTMS faculty member!

You and two of your friends (up to three adults total) will enjoy an hour-long yoga class led by Ms. Anne, while your children make brunch with a GTMS faculty member. After class, all can enjoy the food your children have prepared!

To be completed on a weekend morning over the summer, date to be confirmed with Ms. Anne.

The Cherry Tree Class:

This piece is a recreation of Henri Matisse's work. Students placed contact paper on the areas that they wanted to remain white, and painted the background different shades of blue. The kindergarteners each painted a bird to complete the work of art.

Spend the day at the Franklin Institute with Mr. Patrick, Mrs. Buonadonna, and Ms. Feldman! Your child and a friend can explore exhibits, visit the Fels Planetarium, and even visit Benjamin Franklin!

The Magnolia Class:

his is a recreation of Yayoi Kusama's work of the same name. Students created stamps of different patterns to fill in each part of the piece. Then, they took turns stamping different sections to complete this work of art.

Your child, along with two friends they chose, will enjoy a trip to the Please Touch Museum with Teacher Bailey, Ms. J, and Ms. Maggie! We will explore the museum together and have lunch in Fairmount Park- lunch provided.

Your child and 2 GTMS friends of their choice will jump the day away at Sky Zone with Ms. Amanda, Ms. Shawn, and Teacher Milo!

A sleepover at school?!?!

Well, not really. Your child and 2 GTMS friends will get to eat pizza and ice cream and watch a movie at school with all the teachers from the Magnolia classroom. If you want to pool your money together, we are more than willing to have as many as 3 children with 2 GTMS friends each!

The Maple Tree Class:

This collage is a recreation of one of Lisa Congdon's folk art prints. All of the students painted paper to create fields and sky. Each kindergartner designed one of the farms to complete the piece.

Your child will get to lead the class in circle, plan activities, and join Mrs. Brown for a special lunch as the lead teacher for the day!

The Willow Tree Class:

This school of fish is inspired by the work of Tracey English. Each student designed their own fish on a piece of tracing paper, then transferred their design to Styrofoam to create a stamp. The younger children used a combination of blues and greys, while the kindergarteners chose different oranges and yellows to bring their fish to life.

Your child will get to lead the class in circle, plan activities, and join Ms. Jen for a special lunch as the lead teacher for the day!

The Elm Class:

This piece was inspired by Alexander Girard's silk screen print "Girls". Each student first mixed different paint colors together to create their own skin tones. They also painted paper for their clothing, and cut out the shapes of their skirts, dresses, shirts, arms, legs, etc. Even Hoagie joined in on the project! The students then assembled all the pieces together like a puzzle to complete their class portrait.

Your child will have the opportunity to visit FDR Park's new playground with Ms. Shelby and Mr. Och and enjoy a picnic lunch from the Southeast Asian Market afterwards.

Open to incoming Elm Class students as well!

The Kindergarten Class of 2024:

This piece is inspired by Rachel Westhead's work. Every kindergartener chose a different style of bird and color combination. Once all the students painted their birds, they glued them together to create this colorful piece.

All Greene Towne students; DEIB painting:

"In honoring the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging here at Greene Towne Montessori each student in the school came together to help create this vibrant piece of original communal art. Inspired by the students' interest in the murals around Philadelphia, each child decorated a tile to add to the abstract, colorful "mural" depicted here and each classroom helped create a piece of city scenery from the iconic skyscrapers, textured sidewalk, and beautiful fall trees. When asked what word they'd like to add to our mural and felt would best represent Philadelphia and GTMS the Lower Elementary students settled on "Freedom".

"Because everyone is free to come here at Greene Towne and be who they are. Anyone is welcome now." "

A sleepover at school?!?!

Well, not really. Your child and 2 GTMS friends will get to eat pizza and ice cream and watch a movie at school with all the teachers from the Magnolia classroom. If you want to pool your money together, we are more than willing to have as many as 3 children with 2 GTMS friends each!