Tis the Season for Holiday Giving! This year the Toddler & Early Childhood
Classes at TMA will be collecting items for the children in our Montessori
Classroom at The South Bend Center for the Homeless.
A total of 20
children were transformed by the Montessori Classroom at the South Bend Center
for the Homeless during the 2012-2013 school year. While not all of the 20 children attended at
the same time nor did all of them complete the Montessori cycle, they were all
loved, honored and cared for within the Montessori community. Some of the children attended school for a
few days, others a few weeks, some a few months and one completed the third
year of the Montessori curriculum. While
the classroom at the center does oftentimes seem like a revolving door, we at The
Montessori Academy believe that no matter what the length of attendance is, if
we can offer a safe and secure environment for these young children and allow
them to have a peaceful environment to learn in and to be successful.
We will be assembling 8 gift bags to be delivered to
the classroom on December 19. Please
take this time to allow your child to enjoy the gift of giving. Take a moment to reflect with your child on
what it means to give and we ask you to allow your child to choose an item
below to bring in to school in the next 2 weeks in order to create these gift
bags. We are trying to make sure all
items are below $5 to ensure that all families can participate.
The items desired are listed below—we are not
looking for large ticket items or lots of toys due to the transient lifestyle
many of these children live.
4 8 Winter Hats 8 blank
pads of paper
8 coloring books 7
bottles of Children’s Shampoo/Body Wash
8 packs of Crayola crayons 7 8 pairs of
children’s slippers
8 packs of Crayola washable markers 8 Chapstick
No comments:
Post a Comment