Coucou!

I have not updated this blog for quiet a while now. The school has a facebook account and posting pictures there is very facilitating for me, that's why i preferred updating facebook account regularly. Trouble is i cannot really talk much about how things are in school in FB. Now this blog account is great for that purpose. Julien has been pushing me to write and update this site. So here i am now. Hopefully, i will not need him to push me to update regularly. If there is a midyear resolution...updating of this site will be mine.

It is summerbreak now. I can now sigh with relief. Though i miss the children and i miss teaching, my tummy is heavy now and i start to waddle like a duck. I am on my 8th month. I am looking forward to holding baby girl in my arms.

I am sharing with you what i have written in our third and final newsletter. I will have more to share soonest.

From Teacher Madie’s pen -

The year has gone by so quickly. But I guess that is a common perception when you live with young children. Time passes quickly. The years go by in a twinkling. And sooner than you would believe, we will soon welcome summer time. And in our classroom, a few of us will be saying good-bye. Most of the children and the teachers will stay.

We’ve done such an awful lot of work since July of last year. The children has learned a lot and have grown so much.
Personally, I did so many things for the first time this year. It was the first time for me to be back teaching in the Philippines after 5 years of teaching in France. Things felt new, but comfortably familiar at the same time.

I had a great support from Teacher Queennie and Teacher Wen - the support necessary (and the sense of humor necessary) to get through the not so good days. I want to express my deepest thanks to all the parents. Thank you for sharing your children with me.

When summer break will begin, I will take time, all by myself, to let go of what has been. Letting go today to make space for what is coming tomorrow.

I will see you all in June with a new baby girl in tow. Have a great Summer ahead.

Bisuos,
Teacher Madie

HALLOWEEN 2009

There were witches and draculas and ghosts too. But there were also princesses and superheroes..... and an angel came to save the day!

P.S: I put the rest of the pictures in our facebook account. Parents please add us up so you can view more. the facebook account is exclusive for parents and relatives of children only. In facebook, look for : abrahamschildrenmontessori Acms

Or click on this link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000468193082

Little Chefs

I taught the children a song about pizza and i promised them that the moment they memorized it, we are going to make a pizza in school. That motivated them to learn the song very very quickly.


So last Friday was pizza day in school. We put all the ingredients that we learned in our pizza song like cheese, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, oregano, etc.... It was great to see the children busy putting the toppings.


At the end of the cooking session, one of the kids told me: " Teacher Madie, i want to be a chef someday". WOW! that was a great reward after a hard day's work.

formal pose

wacky pose

washing up

watching a film while waiting for the pizza to cook

chow time

visite de la famille

My older brother from Australia , Maroine and his family, came to visit the school. As he plays the guitar very well, i asked him to do a little presentation for the children during Circle Time. My niece, Ivah Marie, who is into Origami, demonstrated to the kids how to make a frog and other Origami stuff. Everybody had FUN ! Proof? Just look at the photos below:

What do plants need?

The children in the extended day program had botany today. And today's lesson was the needs of a plant for it to grow. I decided to do the lesson outside in the garden to create the ambiance and to keep the classroom clean as we were working with water and compost. We did an experiment. We planted two similar plants ( a tambis teacher Wena said) in a pot. One pot we left in the garden exposed to the sun and air and we will water in the succeeding days. Another pot we put in the cubbyhole of the children, deprived of the sun, air and water. We will start our observation tomorrow and record them.

We talked about moss formation during Circle time yesterday. I then put the cement with moss in the nature table right after the discussion. I saw children queuing up to take a closer look. It is good to see the children taking interest in nature and in what is happening around them.

FIRST AID SEMINAR

SCENE: First Aid Seminar with Mr. BRIXTON REYES,RN

SEEN: