Holidays

It seems that the holidays start earlier each year. In our Lower Elementary classrooms, celebrating the holidays and festivals is an important and exciting study for the students that focuses on the tradition and rituals of celebrations.

Our goal is to provide our students with long lasting lessons that reinforce the idea that people around the world have distinctive yet similar celebrations. Students retain the joy of holiday celebrations as they learn about a variety of cultural observances. Learning about the holidays of different cultures embraces the Montessori principals of inclusion and peace and helps students understand that celebrations have had a great significance to people throughout time and across all cultures. Holidays are a way that people come together to worship that which they hold dear, to rejoice, and usually to feast with their community and families. The message is clear: it is wonderful to be different and honor what is unique about each culture and person. Let us celebrate living peacefully together.