Lauren's Montessori Birthday

On Monday I went to Lauren's school to spend the day with her because it was her birthday. That classroom is organized chaos. Almost every child came and asked me who I was and why I was there. And they had to tell me how old they were and about every scrape they had on their body. I tried to take picture of everything that Lauren tells me about school. Miss Audrey helped her trace her hand so she could make a crown to wear for the day.



A couple of her friends helped her color her crown. She was very proud to wear her crown and be the queen for the day.



She had to show me all of her favorite work including the hundred board. Since it was her birthday she was able to ring the bell that tells everyone to "freeze" and begin cleaning up. They all sit around a red line during "line time". Lauren walked around the circle while her friends sang Happy Birthday. She chose the special song to sing and she was the weather person for the day.



The weather person decides what the weather is like outside and then walks around the circle holding the sign that he or she chose. We had to bring 1 picture from every year of her life to show her friends. Lauren walked around the circle with a small tray of 4 candles while her friends sang. She was also the line leader while walking to the playground. Her special snack for the class was pudding cups and she chose two friends to help her pass out the food. This birthday thing is a huge deal in the classroom.

Oh the trills of being weather girl and line leader!