My principal was very foresighted not to
let me institute this from the beginning of the year. Montessori means creating
a student-sized little learning environment and I would have gotten the
exercises all wrong had I not had these few months to get to know the students before
transplanting them; I never taught these grades before.
The first day they took it in with the oh-no-something-new
grumbles and set to work, if not exactly “with a right good will,” then with a
fine imitation of it.
The next day, today, they came in and fell
to in a scene that could have been created by Disney animators, learning Navi
with all the rabbits and bluebirds gamboling and singing along. The one who
recently said, “Instead of doing creative activities, can I just sit and
translate 15 pesukim?” got to do just that; the one I have been challenging to
challenge herself challenged herself; the quiet one gathered a group and
started a discussion; the grumblers burst into song; and they all lived happily
ever after; thank you G-d; we’ll see what happens tomorrow.
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