Power of One

    "To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world."

Montessori has been immersed in candy!

The children first decided on categories and then began to sort all the candy they collected for House of Peace. It was sweet work!

                                                   Let the counting begin!

                              What has been sorted and counted can be graphed!

Following the "Golden Rule" the children made sure that each bag they packed would be one they would like as a gift themselves.

                                              From candy to colored pencils???

 "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
                                                                                             --Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

Mr. Powers read Galimoto to all three Montessori classes to help us launch our next service project-- supplying backpacks and pencils to the children of Nyumbani Village in Kenya. Our gifts will make it possible for them to attend school.  Did you know that all children in Kenya are required to have a uniform, backpack, and pencils in order to attend school? Unfortunately, that cost is prohibitive for many families!

We are also reading Wangari's Trees of Peace, One, and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind to learn how one person CAN make a difference.

" You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."                                                                                               --John Wooden