Assignment 3- Caili Harris

"North America... South America... Europe, Asia, and Africa. Australia, a world to see just for you and me and Antartica too (jazz hands)." 

I sang this song in primary school along with my fellow Montessori ragamuffins as a way of learning the names of all the different continents. My primary education was built around understanding the world and the people in it. We sang songs, presented country projects (whoever brought food was the class hero), learned about art from around the world, and began learning Spanish in Kindergarten. In addition, once a year we celebrated Earth day by singing songs from all over the world, looking at how to say "May peace prevail on Earth," in about six different languages, and making wishes of peace by planting grass seeds to make our school grounds more beautiful. Days and lessons like these gave me a foundation for my love of the world and its different cultures.