Celebration

of life

MONTESSORI BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

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 ORDER OF PRESENTATION
1. Gather Materials

a. 2-D representation of the Sun

b. Labels with names of each Month

c. Globe

d. Photos of the Birthday child from all their previous

birthdays. Birth to present.

e. One votive candle to be placed on top of the sun.

Plus the number of candles of the age of the

birthday child.

f. Story of the Child's Life

2. Make a cirle with the candles of the age of the birthday

child. Place the sun in the middle. Place the final candle

on top of the sun.

3. Place the months around the sun, encouraging the

child(ren) to say the months along with you.

4. First, light the sun candle. Sit with the child(ren) leaving

room for the birthday child to walk around the sun.

5. "The sun and candle light in the center of our circle

represent our Sun. It is very hot. It takes one year for our

earth to travel around the sun. _________was born the

month of _______."
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ORDER OF PRESENTATION

6.Give the child the globe and ask them to stand next to

thast month. Instruct the child to walk around the circle

slowly.

7. As the child walks sing: (to the tune The Farmer in the

Dell)

The earth goes round the sun,

the earth goes round the sun,

the earth goes round the sun, tra la

And now ________ is (1)

8. Light one of the votive candles. "I light this candle to

represent ______'s 1st birthday." Read the story of the

child's life accomplishments from birth to one.

9. Repeat until the child has circled around for each

year of their life. Each time singing, lighting a candle,

and reading their story for that year.

10.On the final candle: "And now ______ is ___!" Clap

for each year of the child's life. The child makes a wish

and blows out the candles on the tray. Sing Happy

Birthday.

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 The Story of
__________
________ was born on ________ in _______________________
(city, state, country, continent) on the planet Earth.
He/she had to be held and taken care of all the time.
________ couldn't talk to tell mom or dad what they
needed, they wore diapers, drank lots of milk, and
slept most of the time. By ____ months ________________
(could sit up, crawl, etc. themselves). When ________
was 1 year old he/she ________________(learned to walk,
talk, etc.) At 2 years old ________________ (learned to use
the potty, etc.) His/her favorite things were
_________________________________________. When ________
was 3 years old he/she could ____________________(talk
in full sentences, run, ride a scooter, etc.) __________
loved doing _______________ work.
Continue to present till child's age is reached.
And now ________ is ____ years old! He/she can
__________ all by his/herself! His her favorite color is
_________, favorite food is ________, favorite thing to do
is ________. His/her favorite book is _______________.
 The Story of
__________

_______________ was born on ________________ in

_______________________ on the planet Earth.
He/she had to be held and taken care of all the
time._______________couldn't talk to tell mom or
dad what they needed, they wore diapers,
drank lots of milk, and slept most of the time.
By ____ months:
At 1 year old:
At 2 years old:
At 3 years old:
(Continue in this manner)
Now _________ is ____ years old! He/she can:
Favorite things:
The Story of
__________
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