Events for the week of October 24-28th:

25th AM and PM Kids Sale on the FN Campus
25th Boys Basketball FN vs. Heard 6:00 at Herrera
26th International Children's Day Celebration
27th Boys Basketball FN vs. Edison 7:00 at Herrera
28th Picture Day!
28th 5:30-8:300 Fall Fun Fest at FN


Hello Faith North Community,
International Children's Day is approaching. This is a great opportunity for you to work with your children on the heritage of your family or one that is of interest to your child. The work of research and learning about cultures from around the world is just one small part of the day; the essence being toleance, honor and peace.
The Benefit of Multi-Age Classrooms in Encouraging Peace:
Observing that children learn best in environments likened to family and home, Montessori designed her classrooms to include children of three sequential ages. Her extensive studies of children and how they learn led her to divide children into four planes of development and sensitive periods of learning. The children are grouped together in multi-age classrooms to meet the needs of the child. In the Montessori classroom, the younger children feel encouraged and capable of achieving mastery of work when they see older students completing the lesson. These groupings benefit older students as well because older children will feel capable, confident, and competent serving as mentors and role models to the younger children. Ideally, the children spend three years in the same Montessori classroom with the same teacher who nurtures and educates the child with a continuum of development.
Practical Life Develops Self-Esteem and Empowers Children to Solve Their Own Problems:
Montessori also believed that children should be empowered to become independent, stating, “The essence of independence is learning to take of oneself.” Practical life activities, such as scooping, pouring, sweeping, sewing, gardening, and conflict resolution, encourage independence, responsibility, confidence, and competence. The children feel valuable, capable, and empowered. Such feelings cultivate a compassionate, secure child who feels no need to bully or degrade others.
Multi-Cultural Cosmic Curriculum Encourages Students to Be Respectful of all Human Beings:
With multi-cultural curriculum and classrooms, children learn to be respectful of all human beings from all corners of our Earth. Students learn the names of each continent’s countries, capitals, flags, and landforms, as well as examining customs and cultures of people throughout our globe. Montessori believed that children who know about the Earth and its inhabitants would be the peacekeepers of our world. With knowledge and understanding for other cultures, children develop feelings of compassion and cooperation as human beings. Thus, the Montessori method is perhaps even more relevant is today’s global village.
Lessons in Conflict Resolution are Prevalent in the Montessori Classroom for Creating Peace:
Finally, peace may prevail in the Montessori classroom because the children are instructed in conflict resolution with a talking stick, a peace table, and a multitude of lessons regarding how to speak with one another to share feelings and needs when a problem occurs. Maria Montessori was committed to creating peace in our world through the education of our children and developed lessons specifically for children to learn how to solve their own problems peacefully.
All the best,
Susan Engdall