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| A Christmas tree made of Long Red Rods and Knobless Cylinders |
I hadn't planned anything special for our Montessori Morning today, even though it's the Feast of St. Nicholas. Still, looking back, we did a decent job celebrating the man. We made a Christmas tree out of the Long Red Rods and the Knobless Cylinders (3 people can do this work together).
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| A procession on the line |
We talked about the Advent season, sang the "Liturgical Colors" song, and had a simple procession on the line. Each child carried one thing to be placed on our prayer table (purple prayer table tablecloth, candle, icon of Mary, angel and cross). We sang
"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" and sat down for a short book together. (Note: I should have made sure I knew all of the words before we started! Ooops...)
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| Reading from the Bible |
As a group we read
"A is for Altar, B is for Bible," and I re-introduced a unique work
written about here (with all of the talk this season about "gifts" I thought the little presents would be a good tie-in). Afterwards it was really nice--the children were calm and tended to choose works related to the Atrium materials. "Fuego" wanted to sit with her mom and read from
The Golden Children's Bible, which has great illustrations. Another girl chose the Altar I work and said a short prayer with her mom. Our newest member, a two-and-one-half-year-old boy, chose Flower Arranging.
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| Altar I work |
All in all, a great morning! I think St. Nicholas would have approved.
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| Flower Arranging |
Any ideas for next year? I think maybe next year I'll print out a
coloring page.
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