We had our first Montessori School Day until 5:30 pm!  First prepared school meals for lunch, first nap day and first day with every student present.  We had our first Peace lesson, learned our August poem, had our first practice Fire drill, and had our first introduction to straight lines and the use of rulers.  Here is the August poem; you are encouraged to use it to help your children practice reciting, practice the enunciation of words, develop memory retention skills, expand vocabulary, practice handwriting, reading, word recognition, rhyming, or even use it as a base on which new poems can be made: “In August when the days are hot, I like to find a shady spot, and hardly move a single bit, and sit, and sit, and sit, and sit.”