Ava Wanas Montessori

September 29, 2010

number bars

poking holes around the shape of a continent

crushing chamomile flowers

preparing a leaf for our tree

spelling words with the moveable alphabet

transferring liquid from one bowl to another

tasting exercise

the color of the week is a glittery orange

smelling exercise

“We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. It is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.”

Maria Montessori