Title: Characteristics of a Peaceful Person
Age: Early Childhood to adult
Aims:

• characteristics of a Peaceful Person
• new vocabulary
• ways to be a Peaceful Person
• a kind of poetry
• synonyms 
• Preparation: background - peaceful relaxing music

Presentation:

1. Gather a group of children
2. Pause to listen to the peaceful music
3. Show the children the word "Peaceful"
4. Ask the children what makes a peaceful person
5. Acknowledge their contributions
6. Show the children the letter "P" ask the children for words that begin with "P" that describe a peaceful person
7. Record the words and place them beside the "P"
8. Continue - show the next letter - the "E"
9. Again ask for words that begin with "E" that make a peaceful person
10. Continue with each letter until you have spelled out PEACEFUL

See sample layout below

• Letters and words created can be placed on the shelf in a basket for children to take out and match again by themselves
• Children can copy the letters and the words in their notebook
• children can create their own word PEACEFUL and list words that begin with each letter and record as follows

Points of Interest:

• the music
• the words next to the correct letter
• describing peaceful people or things

Control of Error: Large letters P E A C E F U L and words matching to them begin with the same letter

Lauguage: any words that children or you share

Variations and Extension - use your imagination and creativity
Source of Lesson: D. Wilder, Montessori Intern with Cleveland Municipal School District, Cleveland, Ohio

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