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Somdatta and Felicia of the Canoe Birch Class and Cathy and Mary of the All-Day Program invited the children to tell who and what they are thankful for and then wrote their answers on leaves. Each class has a paper tree by the door displaying the children's gratitude. As this Thanksgiving Day draws to a close I thought it would be nice to share the gratitude of these 3, 4, and 5-year-olds with all of you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy your holiday weekend!

 

 

 

Today's Wayback Wednesday comes from March, 2000. The children in Room B were treated to a science presentation by a group of MSGL parents.

 

 

 

 

These parents must have been SO COOL! We are thankful for all of the Montessori parents and grandparents who have shared their interests and their time with our children over the past 41 years. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

MSGL now has a Book Reviews page. 

Click here to visit the Book Reviews Blog. We welcome reviews of recommended books from staff, parents, and children. 

Contact me at: heather@msgl.org if you would like to submit a book review to our site.

 

 

 

We're keeping things simple on Wayback Wednesday this week with a short and sweet little collection of photos from October, 2002. Teacher Judy West took the children of the Red Oak class on a nature hike to Purdue's Horticulture Park to enjoy the crisp morning, collect leaves, and hug some very deserving trees. 

Berries for collecting, not for eating.

Making a bark rubbing.

 

 

Waiting for the chipmunk to make an appearance.

 

 

 

Do you have favorite photos you would like to share on Wayback Wednesday? Please contact me at heather@msgl.org. Have an outstanding Wednesday!

Today is school picture day! 

Harriet tries to convince Ian to blow that silly ducky off her head.

When Harriet and "the ducky" show up to take our pictures, you can bet that the children are well-dressed, the snack is no-mess, and the staff is slightly stressed - for two whole days. Sometimes there are tears and pouty faces, but never in front of the children :)

These teachers from 2004 look pretty happy. Enjoy this week's Wayback Wednesday photos from 2004.  

Spruce Toddler class 3-day and 5-day  Teachers Cheryl Whiteman, Lena Schurr, Karen Bernier,

Spruce Toddler Class 2-day and 5-day Teachers Jennifer Tyrell, Cheryl Whiteman, Lena Schurr, Karen Bernier.

Red Oak Preprimary Class Teachers: Erica Wallskog and Judy West.

Willow Preprimary Class Teachers Ana Orizondo, and Jessica Burdge,

Catalpa Preprimary Class Teachers Ginny Meyer and Revati Nemani.

White Oak Preprimary 2-day and 5-day Class Teachers Judy West and Janice Schuster,

White Oak Preprimary 3-day and 5-day Class Teachers Judy West and Janice Schuster.

Globe Willow Bilingual Preprimary Class Teachers Ana Orizondo and Veda Chandrasekar,

Catalpa Pods Kindergarten Teachers Ginny Meyer, Angie Shamo, and Heather Harvey.

Hickory Elementary Class Teachers Linda Bolam, Linda Teller, and Kelly Haley,

Smile, silly ducky! And have a terrific Wednesday.

The MSGL photo archives are a bit disorganized and I usually have to sift through them to come up with a Wayback Wednesday post, but this week the work was already done. After leading the toddler families on this field trip to Lafayette's Columbian Park Zoo in the Spring of 1998, teacher Suman Harshvardhan put together this little photo album for the children. 

Look who's ready for a ride on the Columbian Park Express!

 

Suman makes sure everyone has a snack. The old Big Dipper slide can be seen in the background. The slide was dismantled when the park was renovated in the early 00's. Here's a photo of the slide in it's glory days...

 

 

These kiddos are college freshmen (or nearly) now. Thanks for reading and have a great Wednesday!