It was a special school day on Thursday. We celebrated Collin & Jace's birthdays in Montessori fashion - the Celebration of Life. We made birthday crowns to wear next class. Kristie and Grandma L. came to celebrate with us.The boys had fun carrying our Earth (globe) around our sun (yellow circle with a lighted candle) 5 times, stopping every year of their life to listen to what they accomplished that year. Kristie and I made some very cute posters with pictures for every year of their life that we used as a visual. We sang Happy Birthday and then they blew out the candle.
I love the Celebration of Life because it really helps the kids remember how special every year has been, and at the same time learn a cosmic lesson. At the end of the lesson, the boys learned:
- the 12 months of the year
- that the Earth goes around the Sun
- that it takes 1 year for the Earth to circle the Sun
- that they get older as the Earth goes around the Sun
- how many times the Earth has gone around the Sun since they were born (5 times!)
Theme: Babies (Usborne Book - How are Babies Made?) - They were amazed that they were once as small as a little ant, and that fetuses don't even look like babies but pointed out the parts that would become their head, eyes, and arms.
Theme: Babies (Usborne Book - How are Babies Made?) - They were amazed that they were once as small as a little ant, and that fetuses don't even look like babies but pointed out the parts that would become their head, eyes, and arms.
Yoga Pose: Fetus
Individual Work:
Collin:Peg Board, lacing, triangle box
Jace: Screws (with pattern) - he loves this work and has been doing it all week!
Art: Birthday Crowns
Phonograms Review 1-28
2 comments:
That is too cool! I still haven't done this, but really want to. You do such awesome work in your Montessori school!
I remember doing this at your house with Jeremy in Utah, he did it in his Montessori class in California as well.I love it! It's really neat to see how much he has grown and it's neat for the child as well to realize how much they learn and grow each year. Thanks for posting every week.
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