Primary II April Blogpost

Hello Primary II Families!

The children returned from Spring Break excited to share what they did during their time off and eager to challenge themselves with new work.  Our first week back kept us extremely busy preparing our classroom for the annual Multi-Cultural Festival, which turned out to be such a fun afternoon!  Thank you to all of the parents who donated items for our Antarctica sensory experience, brought food, and came out to enjoy the day with us.  We think the Multi-Cultural Festival (which had the children traveling the world!) was a direct catapult in sparking the children’s interests about the world we all live in.  Since the festival, our floor has been covered in maps!  It never gets tiresome watching as a child progresses in showing interest in continent work to being able to identify countries, states, and bodies of water.

Last month we attended the American Montessori Conference in Dallas, Texas and we would love to take this opportunity to share a few tidbits about our trip.  The entire experience proved to be uniquely amazing and provided us with so many new ideas and connections.  Our time together offered great bonding time for us teachers, and we left with a renewed enthusiasm and passion to further the Montessori Movement.

In addition to attending full days of workshops, we were very fortunate to hear the words of some incredible keynote speakers, such as Temple Grandin and Andrew Solomon.  The latter, who recently wrote the book, Far From the Tree, was such an inspiration to listen to and became a personal highlight to us both.  His book is all about children, parents, and the search for our own identity.  We wholeheartedly believe it is a must read for all parents.  It will impact you in a way that will encourage you to be not only a more thoughtful parent but also a more compassionate human being.  We think this is something valued tremendously amongst our MSH family.  Check it out. You won’t be able to put it down!

As always, thank you for all of your support.

Happy Spring!

Sarah and Monica