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birthday walk (the montessori way).

2nd June 2008 by Jax Blunt 6 Comments

First of all, gather your children into an ellipse, sitting on chairs in the children’s house. Then you can start ๐Ÿ™‚

The 29th May 2003 was a very special day – that was the day that Small was born! We’re going to do a birthday walk – what do we need?

A candle. What’s the candle for? it represents the sun. (We light the candle and place it in the middle of the ellipse.) What else do we need? A globe. What’s the globe for? it represents our world. Thank you, yes it does.

 

small as a baby Here is a picture of him as a baby (would you like to show it to all your friends?) Does it look like him? No? Does anyone know what he could do when he was a baby? drink milk. cry. sleep. he couldn’t go to the toilet, he had to wear a nappy. Thank you.

Then the days passed, the weeks passed, the months passed and a whole year went by. (Everyone joins in singing while Small walks around the ellipse carrying the globe.) Once around the sun, another year is done, another year is over and now you are one year old.

 

small at one Here is a picture of Small as a one year old (yes, you can show it to your friends). It’s starting to look a bit more like him isn’t it? What sort of thing could he do when he was one? Sit up. Eat. Walk. Could he walk? Let’s ask his mummy. No, he couldn’t walk when he was one. Some babies can, yes.

Then the days passed, the weeks passed, the months passed and a whole year went by. (More singing, more walking.) Once around the sun, another year is done, another year is over and now you are two years old.

 

small at two Small as a two year old. What is he doing? What do you think he could do then? Eat. Walk. Run. Talk. Did he talk? He didn’t talk with his voice, he talked with his hands, he used sign language.

Then the days passed, the weeks passed, the months passed and a whole year went by. (More singing, more walking.) Once around the sun, another year is done, another year is over and now you are fourthree years old.

Oops, got ahead of myself, this is three, not four! Look, he’s got a three badge on!

 

small is three (It’s upside down. Yes, thank you Big.)

What could he do when he was three? Could he talk? Oh yes. Did anyone know Small when he was three? Lots of hands go up, yes we did didn’t we. I wonder what his first word was – I think it might have been banana ๐Ÿ™‚ He could run and play. He could ride a tricycle and draw.

Then the days passed, the weeks passed, the months passed and a whole year went by. (Yes, you’re getting the hang of it now.) Once around the sun, another year is done, another year is over and now you are four years old.

 

small at four Did anyone know Small when he was four? Yes, we all did (apart from our new member of staff ๐Ÿ˜‰ ), he was four last time we came to school. What could he do when he was four? All sorts of things. Walk and talk, play and work, draw and count.

Then the days passed, the weeks passed, the months passed and a whole year went by. (One more time.) Once around the sun, another year is done, another year is over and now you are five years old. We don’t have a picture of Small when he was five, we have Small. He is five now. Happy birthday. How many claps shall we give him? Five. That’s right. One, two, three, four, five. And now there’s another special song that we sing – happy birthday to you!

And then we had cake. And it was good.

 
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Filed Under: It's where it is, Montessori minded, Small steps Tagged With: birthday celebrations, Montessori, Once around the sun.

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Comments

  1. Merry says

    2nd June 2008 at 10:28 pm

    Awwwww…. i do like that ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. t-bird anni says

    3rd June 2008 at 7:22 am

    You know, I really do love the birthday walk! I think it’s such a special way of celebrating how time passes.

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  3. Bob says

    5th June 2008 at 9:40 pm

    That sounds like a lovely way to mark a birthday, although by the time you get to my age it might get a little repetitive. A very belated Happy Birthday Small.
    Ellipse? Kepler would be pleased.

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  4. Bob says

    5th June 2008 at 9:46 pm

    Sorry – there is a better link to the relevant Kepler stuff.

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  5. Tim says

    5th June 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Better Link? ? That would be Homer Kepler, would it Bob? Doh!

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  6. Bob says

    6th June 2008 at 7:13 am

    Oops, how very Zen / Talking Heads, the link to nowhere. Sorry. I hope the new and improved link to the relevant Kepler stuff works.
    For more astronomical accuracy, put the candle at one of the foci of the ellipse, and (if my sums are correct, which they probably aren’t, and assuming your globe is 10 cm across) you need a candle 10 metres across but you’ll all be safe as the shortest distance from the edge of the ellipse to the candle needs to be 1 km.
    Belated Happy Birthday again, Small. I’m glad you celebrated it with your friends in such a nice way.

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