I call it Writer’s Workshop but reeally you can’t be a good writer without being a good reader. And in Montessori, writing comes first. For the emergent Literacy neophyte, It’s easier to reproduce the sounds and images from one’s own mind than to guess at what some author you never met was trying to say. More info from Maria here.
Sarah Kay says, ” I write poem to figure thing out.”
Kay Sarah Sera
“I am young enough to know about Magic Cats” and Fairies. Are you?
Poet, Sarah Kay, reading one of her poems:
Here’s another of her poems, that actually became a short picture book called
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“If I should have a daughter…”
(Teachers, Check out “Ten Things I Know to Be True”
at 10:00)
Why do you think she decided to call it that? Do you think she would say the same things to her son? Why or why not?
What verse will you add to the cosmic story ?
Sonnie McFarland, the AMS 2011 Living Legacy, has been a Montessori educator for over 40 years. She is an international speaker, consultant, and workshop leader on educating for peace, personal transformation, community building, and Montessori parenting. She has written Honoring the Light of the Child and Shining Through: A Teacher’s Handbook on Transformation. She and her husband, Jim McFarland, PhD, received the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Award for their co-authored book, Montessori Parenting: Unveiling the Authentic Self.
Amy Croel-Perrien, MEd, is a graduate student instructor at Michigan State University and a former Montessori elementary teacher in Holland, Michigan. AMS-credentialed (Elementary I – II).
Bright Words Montessori Sojourn, Eagle’s Nest! 