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Cay Gibson
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This is soooo not us today  :
The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." ~ Quote by Maria Montessori
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This is beautiful, Cay. I think I'll carry that idea with me as I'm off to Atrium.
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Nancy
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But Cay, there is big difference between the teacher and the mother relationship (except when the teacher is the mother). Of course we are training them towards independence, but it is a given that they will need us far more intensely than they will need a teacher.
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Notice she said "now" working. NOT "always." Unless your kids are robots, they will need you on occasion!
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I love it, Cay! I've come to realize that very often my presence--or rather, the children's awareness of my presence--is an interruption.
I think success a la Montessori is having the children completely absorbed in their work and the learning they are deriving from it. Of course they can't get there by themselves: there's intense preparation on the part of the teacher/mommy (personal formation, materials, environment, modeling the lessons, suggesting extensions)--but the learning takes place when the child is allowed to discover what the materials etc. have to teach.
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Bridget wrote:
| But Cay, there is big difference between the teacher and the mother relationship (except when the teacher is the mother). Of course we are training them towards independence, but it is a given that they will need us far more intensely than they will need a teacher. |
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This is soooo true. And the dynamics are different when you are both teacher and mommy and the "school" is located in your house. I think that children lean on their mothers (and interact with them) more than on their teachers. And since you are both mommy and teacher, they will lean on you more than they might on "just a teacher."
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Cay, I got so caught up in the quote I missed your  ! I'm sorry. Some days kids are just needier, and it says nothing about you as a teacher. The director of dds' (age 4&6) Montessori school has a theory that February and March are particularly trying times of the year. He's been teaching for over 40 years, and he says every year is the same--awful. Children that have been "normalized" suddenly become savages. And so forth.
So now when my kids are running on the walls and ceiling, I remind myself that it's February. Or March. (I'm waiting for reassuring theories about all the months of the year.)
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Celeste wrote:
So now when my kids are running on the walls and ceiling, I remind myself that it's February. Or March. (I'm waiting for reassuring theories about all the months of the year.)
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Oh, thats easy.
April is Easter and spring fever.
May is sacrament month.
June we all want to be done.
July is outdoor fun.
August is hot and dusty and we're all tired of being hot and dusty.
September is the excitement of new books and routines.
October, well there is no good excuse for slacking in October.
November begins with All Saints and moves into Thanksgiving.
December is hopeless.
January, we are all recovering from Christmas.
Bringing us back to February and March.
There you have it, schooling happens well only in October. we better make it count! 
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Bridget wrote:
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This is great, Bridget. 
So I guess that makes us all great teachers. 
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Our job is to just keep plugging away through it all. Some days we will throw up our hands in despair. Some days we'll be glad that a few things got checked off the list. Other days we will be so impressed with our children's brilliance and ourselves as teachers.
i guess it's like the stock market. Except the stakes are so much higher. If we're in it for the long haul, it will all even out and we will profit as a family.
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Cay Gibson wrote:
| [QUOTE=Bridget] There you have it, schooling happens well only in October. we better make it count! |
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So what happens when October is your absolute favorite month of the year to be outside ??? Annie
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wifemommy wrote:
Cay Gibson wrote:
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So what happens when October is your absolute favorite month of the year to be outside ??? Annie |
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duh! you do school outside -- the nature studies are fantastic and memorable, climbing ruins or excavations or rebuilt living museums takes care of history, on the way to and from you have CDs/Tapes in the car to learn languages or fun songs ..... practice math facts while playing basketball or other sports (they're great for multiplication -- how many touchdowns if the score is 42 to 7?) etc......
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Bridget wrote:
April is Easter and spring fever.
May is sacrament month.
June we all want to be done.
July is outdoor fun.
August is hot and dusty and we're all tired of being hot and dusty.
September is the excitement of new books and routines.
October, well there is no good excuse for slacking in October.
November begins with All Saints and moves into Thanksgiving.
December is hopeless.
January, we are all recovering from Christmas.
Bringing us back to February and March.
There you have it, schooling happens well only in October. we better make it count! |
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Bridget, that is great!
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lapazfarm wrote:
Bridget wrote:
April is Easter and spring fever.
May is sacrament month.
June we all want to be done.
July is outdoor fun.
August is hot and dusty and we're all tired of being hot and dusty.
September is the excitement of new books and routines.
October, well there is no good excuse for slacking in October.
November begins with All Saints and moves into Thanksgiving.
December is hopeless.
January, we are all recovering from Christmas.
Bringing us back to February and March.
There you have it, schooling happens well only in October. we better make it count! |
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Bridget, that is great! |
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I agree! Fabulous! 
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Bridget wrote:
i guess it's like the stock market. Except the stakes are so much higher. If we're in it for the long haul, it will all even out and we will profit as a family. |
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And that is a fabulous metaphor! Oh, I can't wait to use it one day!
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