Friday January 27, 2012

We did alot of singing in the rain at the bus stop today! :-)
It was fun though, damp, but fun.

The brass vase got a polish today

"I can see myself"

The girls decided Charli needed a skirt

Watercolors

Charli, Lelia, Addison, and Brendan

This was nice

Charli decided Brendan's were more interesting :-)

Thursday January 26, 2012

Today the girls polished up a silverplate tea set. The polishing cloth turned black with tarnish- they really made the pieces shine!

We have been play-acting pick up time and today's play was on "Greetings"
It was fun to do, and was very rewarding to see such loving and courteous greetings today- and your noticing was an added bonus :-)

You could see how proud the children were of themselves as well!!
Win-win-win :-)  Of course, we are all a work in progress and there will be plenty more opportunities for growth in this area- and many others!

Maria Montessori developed what she called Grace and Courtesy lessons and these plays fall into that category.

It is so much better and so much easier to set aside a time to practice appropriate behavior, when we are not in the moment and trying to correct it then. I forget this myself sometimes, so it always feels good to come back to it and see the children do so well. It really feels good! :-)

Toothpaste is a remarkable polisher- I am always impressed!

Charli and the gears, Lelia offered them to her :-)

Alanah has a bottle of cut up pipe cleaners...

And a magnet wand

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On the train to Boston. Then Phaedra was taking a ship to England and flying to Florida

Addison's turn to polish

The princess hammering

I love a princess who knows how to use tools :-)

Phaedra is fancy today- just like Fancy Nancy

After school and snack, Alanah resumes her polishing :-)

So shiny!

Now we can pour some tea [water]

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Charli with the magnet wand and pipe cleaner bottle- an activity for all ages :-)

Wednesday January 25, 2012

Today we read The Way I Act. It has great vocabulary such as Responsible, Cooperative, Imaginative and Active. We had a great discussion of the meanings of these words and the ways we do them.

We also put on a play of "How to cooperate at pick up time"  :-) It was alot of fun and they really got into it. We took turns playing Mom and "the child"   We sat in the kitchen and used the toys, coats and shoes as our "props"  It was good practice :-)

The girls painted on real water color paper this morning, and Addison and Lelia helped mix corn muffins for afternoon snack.

Look who's coming to breakfast

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Lelia with the knobbed cylinders

Some of the cylinders were sticking so we rubbed the sides with a candle

I love when they grab a book on their own :-)

Tuesday January 24, 2012

It was such an amazingly warm day! We got outside 2 different times! This was the most we've played outdoors in a while! :-)
Here are photos from indoors:

Charli spins the globe.

Addison has the cube puzzle, it is challenging, it makes 6 different pictures

Lelia decided to use the hex nut set right on the shelf :-)

I love when everyone is here!