December 24 , 2020 The Beacon • 11
Montessori Preschool gets into Christmas spirit
By Jen Jones
TheCoshoctonBeaconToday . com
Every year the staff and students at Montessori Preschool decorate their classrooms for Christmas , but this year the entire hallway was transformed into a winter wonderland .
Snowflakes and silver streamers dangle from the ceiling . Blue paper lines the hall , and each student and staff member designed a snowman ( about 50 of them ) that is glued to the paper . Snowflakes surround the snowmen too . While every snowman is created from the same basic parts , the children made each of them their own by how they chose to put it together and decorate it .
A few years ago each classroom door was decorated as a gingerbread house . Last year the staff used children ’ s Christmas movies ( Dr . Seuss ’ “ The Grinch ,” “ The Polar Express ” and “ Charlie Brown ’ s Christmas ”) to get their creativity flowing .
“ I was talking with a few staff members one day in November about what we wanted to do this year . And we brainstormed the winter wonderland idea and how we could make it work ,” said
Stephanie Fender , administrator of the preschool . “ It ’ s been a work in progress adding the snow and snowflakes . It ’ s been fun watching the expressions of the children as they walk into the school and down the hallway . Some will look up and smile , some will pretend they are grabbing the snowflakes , and some think we need to paint the floor white and put snow on the ground .”
Teacher Cissy Moore said , “ We decorated it to bring holiday spirit to the school , for both staff and students . We wanted to bring joy to the kids .”
The students have their own opinions about the decorations . Luke N . said , “ I like the snowflakes . They move .”
Quinn said , “ I like that the snowflakes hang up and the snowmen have scarves cause they are cold .”
Noah said , “ I like the snowmen . I like they are big like me .”
Hensley said , “ I like the snowflakes . I thought they were really real .”
Harper M . said , “ I like the snowmen cause I made one for Christmas .”
Axel said , “ I like the snowman ’ s nose cause it ’ s a carrot .”
Submitted Every year the staff and students at Montessori Preschool decorate their classrooms for Christmas , but this year the entire hallway was transformed into a winter wonderland .
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It ’ s been a work in progress adding the snow and snowflakes . It ’ s been fun watching the expressions of the children as they walk into the school and down the hallway .” Stephanie Fender
Jen Jones Milan , Rhett , Emme , Charlie , Jalen and Camrey , students at Montessori Preschool , pose with a few of the 50 snowmen that line the hallway at their preschool . Snowflakes and silver streamers hang from the ceiling to create a winter wonderland in the hallway of the school .