Shamrock Montessori

My daughter has been in Shamrock Montessori for 3 weeks. In the first week, I expected her to be very resistant to go to the school compared with her previous experiences, but she only cried at the fist day when we dropped her. It really surprised me. In the third day of the fist week, when she came home, she started to say " I want...." " I will... " (in Chinese) for almost everything she was doing. She started to express herself!! With the time going, there are more and more changes. I found that she started to put books back after reading, sort things by color or size, strong minded to help with whatever we are doing (like washing dishes, cleaning floors etc.) I am really happy to see these changes on my daughter, even sometimes her help brought more work to me, haha! I saw a lot of loves and patient behind all these changes. Otherwise, it won't happen in such a short time. I also want to talk about my observation about teachers. Every time when I pick up my daughter, i can see the same person that I meet in the morning - patient, gentle, and kind, no matter if they are talking to my daughter or me - after a whole day work!! I never see any tiredness or impatience on the teachers' face, I even didn't feel it. Also, another small thing I want to mention is when I brought some grapes, the teacher said " let's make a work for the children", then I saw the picture that my two and half years old daughter used the scissors to cut the grapes.... It probably not a big deal. But let's imagine if you are rush to finish your work, will you stop and think of some innovation? At least I won't. Besides all these, the teachers also organized a lot of activities. From the work that my daughter brought to home, I can see that they are very creative in teaching. Unless you really love what you are doing, you won't be so tireless, patient and creative. I am very happy to see my daughter to learn and grow there.