A Trip Around The Sun: A Montessori Birthday Celebration
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A Trip Around The Sun: A Montessori Birthday Celebration
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Lesson Details: A candle, representing the Sun, is lit in the middle of the room. The children (and teachers or family members) sit in a wide circle around the Sun while the birthday child stands next to it holding a globe to represent the Earth. The child then walks around the Sun as many times needed to reach his age. As the child walks, the teacher and children sing “The Earth goes around the Sun, the Earth goes around the Sun, the Earth goes around the Sun and “name of the child” is turning 1 (then 2, 3 and 4 according to his age). After each turn (therefore each year), the child stops and we look at the picture of himself for that year. When he reaches his year, he blows the candle and we sing Happy Birthday and we clap as many years as he is.
We can also provide simple explanations about the Earth revolution around the Sun, saying that the Earth took one year to go around the Sun.
