Proud

Last Friday when I picked Sophia up from School her teacher (Miss Helen) stopped me to let me know how well she felt Sophia was doing. She said that she was going to observe her for about an other month but that she felt like Sophia was cognitively ready for the Primary room. This room for you non-Montessori followers will comprise of about 30 kids from 3-6 years old. These kids interact all day in a group coming and going working on different skills. Some may be learning sounds and letters or learning to read with the movable alphabet while others may learning about math,science,geography,or botany and still others may be learning life skills such as grooming, setting the table, preparing food, washing the table, sweeping, ironing, pouring, polishing etc. The focus of this room is to foster independence and self reliance along with teaching the children "Grace and Courtesy" . This class room has easy access to the outdoor environment where there is so much for the children to experience, flowers,animals, nature, crafts etc.... We are very proud and excited for Sophia to move into this room and even a bit sad because she really LOVES Miss Helen and has made friendships in the classroom with the other children. We know this will happen again in the primary room so we are not worried really. This past weekend we did a "Journey to Discovery" at Sophia's school. It was very interesting to be inside the children's space and to see what they see every day. It just affirmed in our minds that we are doing the right thing for Sophia and her education. Every day she comes home with new excitement about something she has done at school.