Toddler-ism

This is the poem that Jan Lee had recited so beautifully at the Montessori Materials Workshop.

Toddlers………
Wear their hearts on their sleeves.
Are amazed by life.
Hear the softest sounds.
Smell the sweetest scents.
Discover the smallest objects.
Touch EVERYthing.
Trip over a piece of tape…AND their own feet.
Fall down when standing still.
Fall from their chairs while merely sitting on it.
Forget they have juice in their mouths and begin talking.
Can spill as little as 1/8 of an inch of that same juice still in the cup.
Delight at the sight of the simplest things.
Don’t really know what to expect, while still demanding to get it.
Feel proud when they love coming to school.
Trust everyone who is in their life.
Can be confused by change and empowered by routine.
Love everyone.
Give back without even knowing they do so.
Depend on adults for guidance, nurturing, warmth, and nutrition………….
And yet teach adults what is really important about life.