International day - Greenland

Colin and Nathan in the Greenland National Costume:


The Greenland National Costume:


Every year, the school has International Day to celebrate the United Nations birthday which is right about the time of Halloween. This is nice, since Montessori doesn't typically celebrate Halloween, and International Day gives the children a chance to dress up.

The children are asked to come to school dressed as someone from a different culture or nationality. A couple weeks ago, Colin was playing with his electronic, talking globe and was so excited when he found Greenland. I volunteered to look up some information for him on Greenland and discovered that they have a "National Costume" that they wear for important events and holidays including the first day of school. I also thought the boys costumes would be pretty easy to do (black sweats, white hoodie, and black and white boots). So Bingo! After putting black and white duct tape on the boys green rainboots, I had their International Day outfits!

Some cool info on Greenland:
*Native Greenlandic words that are also found in many languages: igloo, kayak
*There are no roads connecting the towns in Greenland. They use ships or helicopters or airplanes to get between towns.
*It is the largest island in the world.