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The Joy of Heartland Montessori School

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There are so many days like today where I am so thankful for the wonderful school Caleb attends (Heartland Montessori School). This month the kids are learning about American history and today they took a time out to learn about Election Day. Mrs. Charlotte told me the kids received a ballot and had the opportunity to vote for their favorite color; since voting is their given right as an American. Not bad for a room full of 3-5 year olds! I think it is great that she uses current events to inform students on what is happening around them.

Here’s a brief recap of Caleb’s day:
»Line leader – lead the kids outside to the playground and told others what the weather forecast was for today.

»Voted for his favorite color in honor of election day. Told me he wanted to go vote with me when I picked him up.

»Showed me where Kentucky is on the map and he knows where daddy is from. He also knows that Maine has lobsters and Maryland had crabs.

»Learning letters and how they sound. Today’s homework is to practice the sounds for A, B, & C.

Thanks to Mrs. Charlotte and her staff for all the hard work they invest in my child every day.

Halloween 2012

Halloween has come to a close for the Medders Nation. We successfully battled the upper 40 degree weather and made the trek through the neighborhood near our home. Caleb brought mommy and daddy home some serious loot!

The day started off with Caleb dressing as a monkey for Storyland Day at Heartland Montessori School. He brought his book, 5 Little Monkeys in for the teacher to read to the other children and they shared goodies with the rest of the class.

Check out the slideshow below of shots from today and see our post from Bernheim Forest, Trunk or Treat @ Heartland, and last Halloween.

Field Trips and Trunks Full of Treats

This week has been full throttle to say the least. I guess the busy weekend carried over into this week. On Saturday, we went to the Glendale Crossing Festival, a one day event with a parade and around 500 booths of homemade crafts and excellent, festival food. Sunday afternoon, Caleb and I visited the Bernheim Forest for their annual event called Color Fest. The event has lots of cool things to do for little ones like; a hay ride, pumpkin painting, animals to look at, insects to look at, live music, and best of all a giant maze of hay. Pictures of both of these events have been taken, but have not been processed by the MeddersNation Labs at this point (well Bernheim is now uploading so I can include them in this post).

Fast forward to yesterday (Tuesday), and I took the day off of work to attend the Heartland Montessori School’s Field Trip to Lincoln’s Birthplace followed by a picnic and then a trip to the Crawford Farm’s Pumpkin Patch with Caleb. We had a great time! Most of the kids from the 2 classes at his school were present and we watched a movie about Abraham Lincoln before heading to the beautiful structure housing the log cabin he lived in once upon a time. We then spent some free time running around outside and then made our way back to the visitor center to complete our Junior Ranger packets. The kids took their oaths to protect the wilderness and received their official Junior Ranger badges. After our picnic in the same area, we went to the farm for adventures in a corn maze, hay maze, a tunnel of doom, livestock, and giant slide big enough for daddy to use. Caleb had a wonderful time spending the day with his classmates and learning about Abraham Lincoln.

Tonight, Caleb dressed up as Bob the Builder and we drove a few miles to Grace Heartland Church for their annual Trunk or Treat event. There were lots of trunks and a huge crowd of people dressed up and ready for candy! They had a DJ with fun music, a dance floor, and free food and games inside the gym as well. Caleb didn’t have any problems wiggling his way in and out of the candy hungry traffic and he was polite to everyone he said, “Trick or Treat” to.

Enjoy the slideshows below!


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