Patterns

Its been a while since I wrote a few lines about the class. While there have been some new admissions, the fact that the older children specially in the morning Montessori class for the little ones, seems to have a calming effect on the class in general.

And the kids have all grown up during the long summer break. A case in point is the fact that the children settle down with their favourite activities and start the work cycles even before I set foot in the class. This is a proof of the absorbent mind, so described by Maria Montessori. The didactic material with the exploration and observation that it yields for the children makes the directress rather redundant.

The children who use to cry before the class now come up to me with "Yamini Auntie, lets work". So much so that some of the children have started calling their toys and any new ones bought by their parents as new work! I am in Montessori heaven at the moment.

Yesterday was my birthday and as I was explaining to the children that I have gone around the Sun 37 times(can you believe it) Ariv comes back with the observation that I must have a heat stroke! Bless them.

Also now some clear patterns are emerging....like Rishit's love for numbers, Adhvik's abslute attachment to puzzles and animals, Ariv's fascination with the cylinder blocks and Advay's love for pounding (he just likes the drum like motion I think). Also, Naira's passion for the egg puzzle and the dry transferring, not to mention going barefoot and pretending she runs the class by repeating all my instructions. Parthvi's hunger for praise and reassurance and yet at the same time retention of the cultural subjects is all but a peek into what their minds can achieve if only we go beyond the textbook and rote way of learning.