Today we studied our home continent, North America and our own country, the United States of America. We started the day singing the continent song again (see previous post for lyrics and tune) and looking at Ms. Claire's geography folders. Geography folders are a Montessori material each Guide makes in training. We make one folder for each continent, with sub-folders for people, food, animals, plants, homes, etc. Along with each picture is a story which we call 'cultural stories.'
We talked about several cultural stories today - ask your child about making a flag, the chicken, iguanas, and houses. It is fascinating what they remember, even if they didn't seem to be paying attention at the time.
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| Today was C's first day at COLCM. After many days of seeing her big brother and sister come to school here, she was so excited to join them! |
For our snack we made 'American Flag' bagels, with cream cheese and strawberries and blueberries.
Our game was a good old egg race. Amazingly only one egg broke.
For our art project we make 'fireworks' by watering down paint and putting it in spray bottles. For the finishing touch, we added glitter. They all turned out very festive, but soaked in paint. So they will be a late Fourth of July decoration :)
Of course, we also had water play. For some reason the water pressure was a little low today, but the children quickly figured out they could increase the pressure by standing on various parts of the tube that sprays out water.
Today was also a special day because we celebrated Ms. Claire and her baby (due in about 2 months). Many of the moms, and 2 of our older girls, got together for games, cake, snacks and presents! A great time was had by all, thank you to all our volunteers who made this possible. We can't wait to meet 'Baby Paglia'!
