Room 6 - Week of September 22

We had a really great week, last week, getting to see everyone's stars and hearing the children tell about themselves through their stars.However, we would like to take a minute to address a couple of things. Our Super Stars are the first of many take home projects we will do this year. While we appreciate the time each of you spent working on the stars, it was quite disappointing to hear from several children that they were not included in the project. We know that some three year olds would need help cutting and some guidance arranging things, but the majority of the work should have been the child's. All three year olds can glue and stick down stickers. The children who are four or five should have been able to do the project themselves - after the parents helped gather materials. We must remember that a child can only learn by doing. It may take more time but the end result will be worth it. Speaking of end results, our goal is for the end result to always be something the child is proud of. It isn't ever about perfection or even about an adult's idea of beautiful. A child will find beauty simply because he has done it himself. We want to nurture this feeling of accomplishment not squash it by taking over the work. It seems that, in an effort, to make the stars elaborate and exciting and what an adult would call attractive - some lost sight of the objective. The objective was for the children to get to work on a creative project about themselves to share with their friends. It was really sad when some of them couldn't really tell us much about their stars because they hadn't gotten to contribute to it. Please let your child grow by letting them be independent.And remember, that a child's best is always good enough!!
This week, we have been learning about our Five Senses. The children are really getting into the Montessori Sensorial works. We will continue our five senses work next week with some fun tasting and smelling activites.