Last week the Montessori Kindergarteners (MKers) at my kids’ school did research projects on the animals of the Amazon. They all did such a fantastic job and my kids were blown away. They look up to the MKers in the class and really wanted to do a research project. I, on the other hand, told them “It’s Spring Break. Let’s relax.” And somehow we ended up making our relaxing into a research project anyway. Hey, Spring Break is all about fun your way, right? So how did relaxing turn into research? I suggested that the girls and I lay on the deck and enjoy the fresh air. While outside, I closed my eyes. The kids were stunned. Mommy never closes her eyes (of course not – I have preschoolers! J ) I told them that I was listening to the birds chirp. They couldn’t see the birds but we could hear them. Briana ran in to get her binoculars. Then we found a pair for Abby and started looking for those chirping birds. Bree wanted to draw her birds ...
I am teaching my kids everything from math to reading to manners, and blogging about our weekly thinking cap adventures.