A Montessori Toddler Classroom

It has been a school year full of so much joy. {Sorrows too - big and small moments of pain and struggle and challenge.} But mostly, there was giggling and singing, hugging and dancing, jumping, climbing, balancing, painting and playing, spinning, hand-holding, running, tumbling, falling, bumping, crying, ice pack applying and injury report signing, sand, sweat, snow pants, "stop!", pee, poop, water bottles, and lots and lots of sunscreen! We've had bubble building and bubble pop pop popping! We've had so many hours of sweet deep sleep. We've seen innumerable bouts of beautiful concentration... Children practicing until they fit all the red nesting dolls into the biggest nesting doll. Children practicing until they string 10 tiny beads into a necklace. Children working a key, a latch, a hammer, a pair of scissors, and a screwdriver. Children naming and matching small objects to corresponding photographs. We have heard, "I did it!" so many times. We have said, "You did it!" so many times. We have witnessed babble become word, diaper become underwear, and foe become friend. Hundreds of hellos and so many waves goodbye. It has been a school year full of so much joy.