Our class had a very exciting week and we would like to share some of the happenings in our Montessori class community. We are grateful to you, our parents for entrusting your students to us. We are a team - parent, child, teacher. Our goal as Montessori educators is ever before us: to aid each student to rise to their potential and find his path to contribute to society in his own unique way. This is our overarching vision as we have the joy of presenting our lessons in a way that appeals to the human tendencies and the superior reasoning mind of the elementary child. Part of this process is learning how to negotiate and how to get along with each other in our class community.
This week we presented the Fourth Great Lesson entitled "Communication in Signs" which is a history of how letters came about. We are grateful to the Phoenicians who took the cue from the Egyptian hieroglyphics. As famous traders, the Phoenicians, whose name means "dealers in purple" learned about writing symbols for sounds from the Egyptians and took it a step further to look like the letters we have in our alphabet today. The students are glad we have these letters too so that Ms. Siciliano can continue to read our latest book in class "Little House on the Prairie".
You can reach us at Rosalinda.Siciliano@phxschools.org Happy Thanksgiving!
P.S. We found a wonderful series on Holiday Histories from the Heinemann Library. We read "Thanksgiving Day" isbn number 1-58810-224-6.
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