Family Day at Montessori

The Montessori school where our youngest grandson attends kindergarten had Family Day today. Parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters were invited to observe in the classroom, attend the Thanksgiving program, and nibble on snacks. What fun!

Miss Kathy, the teacher, helps M prepare to do some Mathematics. In the tray are ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. He was able to add four-place numbers and understands the placements.

Notice the fresh flower on his desk! Every week, a parent provides a bunch of fresh flowers for the classroom and the children care for them.

M reads a story to a proud Nana! The students learn to read and write at their own pace and M is pleased to be able to read now that he is in afternoon kindergarten!

Children choose their work and put it on mats on the floor or on a table. They learn to get out a project and put it away when finished and they don't go on to something else until they complete what they are doing. The classroom is very organized.

This Montessori school meets in a church so after observing in the classroom, we went into the church for the Thanksgiving program.

Here the toddlers joined the big kids to sing songs and the kindergartners said a Thanksgiving poem that they had written. Lots of proud parents and grandparents and many, many pictures!!!

Yummy snacks!

The children, parents and grandparents were happy and I am sure the teachers were relieved that it was all over!!

The Montessori school in Puerto Vallarta had a Thanksgiving program too. How nice it would be to see photos from their celebration!

Hasta luego.

Autumn in North Georgia

Autumn has been gorgeous in our neck of the woods. Even though we are in a severe drought, the trees have been beautiful. The colors of the leaves and the clear blue sky---sometimes with white fluffy clouds---have beckoned me to take more pictures than I know what to do with! Although the fall color in Georgia cannot compare with the color in the New England states (there the colors are sooo vivid!), the mountains are still glorious in their fall splendor.

Just look at the tree in our back yard!




The tree is full and vibrant with red, orange and yellow leaves even though there is a blanket of leaves below it already.





In our front yard, the Ginkgo tree, with its very yellow leaves, makes a nice contrast to the red oak next to it. When the Ginkgo loses its leaves, they all fall off quickly, in one day , leaving the bare branches with a carpet of yellow leaves beneath.

Just down the street in the yard of a friend stands this maple---one of my favorite trees.

Further down in our neighborhood, these trees were stunning! The small, burgundy red trees are dogwoods. Dogwoods line the street where we live and this fall their leaves were as pretty as their blossoms are in the spring.

These trees border the parking lot near our public library. The blue sky, red, yellow and green leaves---how pretty!

On two different Fridays in October, Mr. Neat and I took a ride to the mountains to see the fall color. The Appalachian Trail begins near our house so the Georgia mountain roads remind me of my West Virginia heritage!

Looking down the road....

Waves of mountains....

It reminds me of a patchwork quilt.

We enjoyed our sightseeing trips. One day we had lunch in Helen, a small town with Bavarian architecture and a wonderful German restaurant! On the next trip, after our drive, we stopped in Dahlonega, walked around the town square and lunched at a restaurant located in an old home with a front porch and rocking chairs. Quite a contrast!

After a couple of very windy days and some drizzling rain, the beautiful leaves are falling, leaving not-so-pretty piles to be raked! But they were nice while they lasted!

Although I am no longer in Mexico, writing about my local area allows my friends in Mexico to learn a bit about our beautiful country and its culture. But...I hope friends here are still reading my writings. I miss your comments! Please feel free to write a comment. It is good to know I have readers!

Hasta luego.