Over the past few weeks the students of the Lighthouse School have been studying how plants grow and the relationships between plants and the environment. This week, the students visited Jon Ellis, Garden Specialist at the Montessori School of Ojai, to learn more about how to care for different kinds of plants. The students learned [Read More]
The Lighthouse School Trip to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
This week, the students of the Lighthouse School visited the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to get an in-person look at many of the things that they have been studying this school year. The students visited different exhibits including the Geology & Paleontology Hall, the Hall of Mammals, the Marine Hall, and the Hall [Read More]
The Lighthouse Students Visit Taft Gardens in Ojai
The students of The Lighthouse School returned from winter vacation rested and ready to learn this week! The students continued their study of the classification of living things, focusing on the structure and components of both plant and animal cells. Before the winter break we were able to visit the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens and [Read More]
The Lighthouse School Field Trip to the Channel Islands Visitor Center!
The students of the Lighthouse School of Ojai enjoyed the last week of their hiking unit. We spent this week learning about the geology of the California coastline and the Channel Islands. Today, the students took a field trip to the Channel Islands Visitor Center in Ventura to get an in-depth look at the history of [Read More]
Motivating Students
Recently, as part of our Lighthouse Educator Workshop Series, we have focused on the key components of successful educational therapy. After determining what “success” looks like in our students, we generated the key components that the student and the therapist bring to the process of educational therapy that are the best predictors of a [Read More]
