Montessori Multicultural Holiday Lesson Planning

For the past few years, I have had many interesting conversations about American traditions with college age foreign exchange students from Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe. Back in 2007, in particular, I had the pleasure to chat with some foreign exchange students from El Salvador and Indonesia about our Thanksgiving holiday.

Although the students appeared to appreciate the significance of the holiday, they couldn't help but also giggle about our annual turkey celebration. Many of these students live in dorms or apartments and found out the prior year that they just couldn't think of enough creative ways to eat and use all of the left over turkey. So, we had some fun discussing various ways to prepare the leftovers, plus talked a bit about their favorite dish and holiday traditions.

You, too, can plan a day to have a multicultural turkey celebration. Plan a unit study for your children focusing on maybe three countries at a time.

To help you get started, visit the following links:
All About Fall Cooking - Worldwide
Find some excellent information for planning your Thanksgiving feast by visiting
AMC Fall Holiday Lesson Planning
Multicultral Lesson Planning Part I
Multicultural Lesson Planning Part II
AMC Montessori Hands On Fall Lesson Planning
AMC Montessori Hands On Winter Lesson Planning
Christmas Around the World Part I
Christmas Around the World Part II


Scroll down on each page for the lesson planning information. :-)

Heidi
http://www.amonco.org

Thanksgiving Thoughts - Making New Family Traditions

To me, author Sara Ambarian, is Sarah Snow, Rachel Ray and Martha Stewart - all rolled into one. I have known Sara for almost a decade now. Initially, I marveled at her multitasking abilities. She is a wonderful mom, a marvelous cook, seamstress, designer, wedding planner, webmaster, and writer. I'm sure that this is just a sampling of her talents and abilities. What's truly appealing; however, is the fact that she is very humble and is always willing to help other moms.

So, when she told me that she had written the article Thanksgiving Thoughts: Passing Along Some Positive Perspective with the Pumpkin Pie, I couldn't wait to read it. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned Thanksgiving planner, this article will shed some new light on this holiday. You will learn how to involve your children in new, innovative ways.

Have you postponed your Thanksgiving planning? Would you like to put some spark into your Thanksgiving celebration? Do you want to create a truly meaningful gathering, rather than some big show that is meaningless and stressful? Perhaps, you will gain some new insight to help you through the rough spots. Maybe, this is the year to create a Thanksgiving that is less stressful and more memorable.

Sarah's perspective helped me to see our Thanksgiving in a whole new light. I know that you will glean some positive reinforcement and helpful tips on how to make this holiday meaningful for you and your family as well.

BTW, Sara is not advertising anything here. I included a link to her book website where you can learn more about Sara. At one point in time she had a website, and my hope is that she will someday create a new one. It was full of wonderful information.

Visit http://www.amonco.org/sara_ambarian08.pdf to read the article Thanksgiving Thoughts: Passing Along Some Positive Perspective with the Pumpkin Pie.

Enjoy the read!!

Heidi
http://www.amonco.org/