Friday, May 23, 2014

Last Day of School and Birthday Celebrations

It's hard to believe the last day of school is already here!  The girls have all had a great year!  Hilltop has been a blessing to us this year.  The girls have learned so much and it has been amazing to watch their minds expanding day by day.  It has been an incredible year of growth!


Myla Grant loved her sweet teachers!  Miss Stephanie and Mrs. C.  She learned to count and recognize numbers, letter sounds and to recognize many letters, she is great at distinguishing size and stacking/nesting things.



Adair and Emalyn's lead teacher, Ms. Marcia, is retiring this year after teaching for many, many years.  She has been such a blessing to the girls.  

Adair has learned to read, write, add, subtract, multiply and divide, among so many other things! 

Emalyn has learned to pour, spoon, trace metal insets and cut them out, recognize many letters, order numbers, among so many other things!


We also love Miss Roopa!  She has been such a sweet spirit in Adair and Emalyn's classroom!


One of the neatest things about Montessori is the way they celebrate birthdays.  Since Adair and Emalyn have summer birthdays, they got to celebrate on the last day of school.  The birthday celebrations at Hilltop are a true celebration of life.  Both girls were celebrated separately.  Each of them was seated in the middle of the circle of children and invited to share pictures of and answer questions about their lives.  Then their class sang to them as they held the globe and walked around the "sun" to signify the number of times the earth has circled the sun since they were born.  Each celebration is individual to that child and such a neat experience!

Adair circled the sun six times...


and Emalyn circled the sun four times.


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