Lunch Is Served

The New School at Lunch

Like other school days, I had the pleasure of spending lunch with the 3-, 4-, and 5-year olds. What a joy.  It is truly a remarkable thing to see.

Since our beginning, TNSM has always prided itself on providing healthy, nutritious foods to the children and staff daily in order to feed the body.  What most people don’t know however, is that the food we prepare serves a much greater purpose than just necessary sustenance.

Our food provides opportunity.  While sharing the community plate, children and staff grow, they strengthen their relationships, they laugh together, they enjoy one another’s company, and they are empowered to explore new and old food favorites.

Not seen many places these days, our children and staff engage in the nourishment of their minds and spirits over a relaxed and well-used 45-minute lunch period.  It allows everyone to rest, recoup and ready themselves for an afternoon that is as atypical of other Montessori school programs.

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