Today we had the great joy of being present for the first communion of our very first student way back in 2018 and our oldest student currently.
Congratulations and may it be the first of many!
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Kids taking a look at a new material in the children’s house. This visually represents 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, and the largest green cube is 1,000,000.
No one has had a presentation on it just yet, but some are almost ready! #montessori #montessorischool #montesdorikids #montessorimaterials #montessorimath #hilltopchildrenshouse #steubenvilleohio #steubenville
One of the cool parts of Montessori is getting the kids to learn about the whole process of doing a work. Choosing, setup, accomplishment, cleanup, and putting it away.
This whole process doesn’t happen perfectly every time, but it is the goal, and we remind the children to think about the next step each time.
Generally, they do a pretty good job.
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Asia is one of the more difficult maps, even for an accomplished three year-old.
The Good Shepherd has become a popular work lately.
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All six candles for Lent are now lit. Easter is near.
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Palm Sunday is a sort of anniversary for Hilltop Children’s House.
On Palm Sunday 2017 a gang shooting left a 15 year-old dead. He was killed just two blocks from where Tom was living at the time, and one block from where HCH is presently located.
The shooting convinced Noelle and Tom that they had to do something with their time and talents to help the children of the neighborhood. In 2018, this conviction became Hilltop Children’s House.
So Palm Sunday is a great time to step back and look at where things are. And also, to share with you all some exciting news for the future.
Presently our Primary Classroom enjoys great success.
Our materials have expanded and grown. We have 14 children this year, all ages from two-and-a-half through six, coming and learning together five days each week.
One of our students who has been with us since we opened our doors in 2018 aged out of our regular program last year. If we had an Elementary classroom she would be in it.
And we hope to provide an Elementary Classroom for her next year.
The people from whom we bought our present building in 2018 still own the building next door to ours. Our neighbors no longer have need for the the other building, they believe in what we are doing, so they have offered to sell it to us for $10,000.
This building would be perfect for a new Elementary Program. And since the back yards connect, we would fence in the entire space to be a secure shared space. Children from the two programs would interact in outdoor works like gardening, animal husbandry (yes, we would have chickens), and other large outdoor works.
As for students, well, we have more than 10 children who are ready to start THIS FALL.
Your gift of $100, $500, $1,000, or more will help Hilltop Children’s House literally take our impact to the level.
You can give via Facebook (which takes no fee), PayPal (which takes a percentage), or send us a check.
But whichever way you give, you will be giving children in Steubenville a great opportunity for a truly life-changing education!
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Two three year-olds looking for some parts of the trinomial cube that went missing.
There is such a spirit of cooperation and helpfulness among the children. ❤️
Learning about fractions in a visual, concrete manner before introducing anything on paper or using symbols.
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One of our newer works, ironing, draws quite the audience. But from a distance, because it is HOT.
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A new striped rug gives the moveable alphabet a bit more structure. Now our children can compose stories straight across the page.
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Get your raffle tickets to win a FAMILY PASS to the @appaloosafest!
Appaloosa Festival is the best music festival in America. Organized by Scythian, it brings together the best roots music acts in America on Labor Day weekend, in an atmosphere of fun, family-friendly activities, vendors, great food, and so much more.
A family pass is a more than $300 value, and gives an entire family access to the festival for the three-day weekend.
Winner will be drawn on Friday, March 11 at the Ben-David Warner Trio concert at @sycamore.center
Get your tickets via our HCH website!
It’s #GivingTuesday 2020. Like so many other worthy charities we are seeking your support.
We began this year in spite of COVID with twelve children. Since we do not wish ability to pay to be a barrier, seven of those twelve have received some level of tuition reduction.
As you can see in the photos below from our Instagram feed, it has been a pleasing year thus far. We have added:
- a dishwashing stand where children can learn to wash and dry their own dishes after snack;
- a knobs and screws work for the children to learn how to use basic tools;
- aprons and oil cloth underlays to increase the number of children who can do pouring works;
- some outdoor tools for raking leaves;
- more books for our reading corner, among other things.
Our ask for #GivingTuesday is two-fold:
Large Needs
Heating and Ventilation: First, if you can give a large amount, it will help us shore up our aging heating and cooling system. Our furnace, air conditioning unit, and ductwork are very old and need to be serviced badly. Such work doesn’t fit into the regular budget, so an emergency could be catastrophic for us.
Outdoor Works: Second, we would love to provide an outdoor space where children could go to do outdoor works in a secure and well-designed yard. This requires a retaining wall and fence around the perimeter.
Larger gifts will help make these possible sooner rather than later.
Smaller Needs
For those who cannot give a large amount, would you consider becoming a monthly donor? Monthly donors are the lifeblood of our operations, allowing us to plan for the future. We are looking for 20 new donors at the $20 level by the end of the year. We have nine new monthly donors, could you help us close that gap with a first $20 monthly donation?
Whatever you give, we thank you from the bottoms of our hearts. God bless!
