So this actually occurred yesterday but I got distracted by the chicken pox and forgot to write about it. Please note that I will only be using the first letter of the students name for confidentially, while still trying to keep the story a personal experience (aka. not just calling the girl, 'her' or 'she' through the whole story).
L made a book.
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Parts of a Horse puzzle from Montessori Services
(we use most of the same parts for making books) |
Yep, an actual book. Well, ok it was 6 or 7 pages of printer paper stapled together, but it's still a book. And she illustrated it herself. L is one of youngest students, this is her second year in the Children's house but she's still only three years old and hasn't started too much of the academic materials yet. So it was a big deal when the head teacher invited her to make a book on the parts of a horse. Boy was she excited. First they took out the laminated cards with the different parts of the horse colored on each one and went over the names. Then L got to pick her favorite one and color that part in on her own, blank copies of the horse. Horse, body, mane, tail, forelegs, hind legs, neck, forehead, ears, she colored them all.
Next came the exciting part--stapling! With her book bound she 'read' it to me, stumbling over just a few of those parts. Hey, it's hard to remember which of the legs are which! And I think L carried that book around the rest of the afternoon she was so excited. She finally moved on to a new work when I promised that I would help her remember to get it into her blue bag on Friday to go home and show mom.
Today I caught her checking on it still in her bin, and showing it off to a few friends. I'd have to say that she's still pretty proud of herself for completing such a big kid work.
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