I am feeling thankful.  I’ve had so many of those moments recently – moments when I’ve thought, I REALLY need to write about this on the blog.  My time is limited, though.  The moment passes.  The day passes. 

But I’m going to take the time now, to express my thanks.

At the end of last week, as the elementary class finalized preparations for our grand Historical Dinner, the class showed such an incredible about of support and camaraderie.  As we create our timeline of famous people, the students share the birth and death date of their person and then place the person’s picture on the timeline.  Some of our youngest classmates hadn’t yet learned their famous person’s birth and death dates.  They tried and tried and tried again.  After several attempts to share the dates with the class, when the students correctly recited the dates, the rest of the class broke out in applause.  It was one of those spontaneous moments when you could practically feel a warm blanket of support and encouragement.

This morning I felt thankful again.   I had posted a sign at the classroom door asking students to clean the classroom shelves.  The students took to the task with vigor.  I braced myself for a noisy, chaotic classroom – imagine students taking all the lessons off the shelves, scrubbing the shelves and returning everything to its proper order.  But no!  The room was so quiet and calm and peaceful.  It was truly lovely.

My window of giving thanks is drawing to a close.  There are so many things these amazing Montessori children do.  I wish I could share them all!