Spring has Arrived

Maybe due to our long, wet winter but for some reason, the children were more excited than ever, when we turned the page on the calendar last Thursday and February appeared! Spring had arrived and joy and expectation were obvious in all the little faces!! Suddenly,the silence of nature in winter has lifted and the air is full of birdsong.

Robin isn’t the only singer but has been joined by great tit, chaffinch, blackbird, sparrow and thrush. We listened to our singing birds in school and all enjoyed trying to identify the song using the way I teach it with Montessori 3-period lesson. Every morning, on our pathway to school, we watch the birds feed and listen to the songs…a great way to practice our Silence Game! The children enjoy watching the emergence of our early Spring flowers and eagerly look for buds on the trees. Exciting times ahead as Nature unfolds her treasures and gifts.

Once again the children listen with awe as we tell the stories about the awakenings in our natural world. I think that this weekend, all eyes will be searching for frogspawn as the story of the frog and his life cycle was a favourite this week!