Thursday, September 11, 2008

school just paid for itself

One of the most appealing draws for me to the Montessori program is that children are taught to be self sufficient, contributing members of a household. They are encouraged to participate in various activities, but they are equally encouraged to take responsibility and tidy up after themselves.

Last night, after their bath, the children were playing with their alphabet blocks. They were constructing towers and knocking them down, clacking the blocks together, sounding out the various letters, throwing them at each other ... that sort of fun stuff.

When I told them it was time for their bedtime story, William grabbed the bag that the blocks are stored in, and without any prompting from me first, called out to his sisters said "Come on goyls, let's clean up!"

And they did.

They cleaned up after themselves while Charlie and I hugged each other and wept with joy.

10 comments:

  1. *does the happy dance*

    this is a red-letter moment. treasure it!!!!!

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  2. Wow! Yeah, preschool would definitely be worth it if it would teach my 4yr old to clean up!

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  3. WOW, impressive. See all that money really was worth it.

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  4. yeah i'd say that is worth a small (or large) fortune!

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  5. There is nothing like seeing your child learn to do manuel labor. Your time on the couch, eating m&m's, will slowly start to increase now.

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  6. I almost wept virtual tears for you. I bet you are patting your own back about now for making the decision to send them. I am high-fiving you from here!

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  7. Yay for school and it only cost you a few thousand a month! lol

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  8. Wow, that would almost be worth the grand a month Montessori costs around here.

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  9. I'm glad that school is going so well! And that story is pretty awesome.

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  10. HOLY MACKERAL~!! those montessori people are AMAZING!! I need to get my little one enrolled in that program! :)

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