November Activities

Loikrathing is a traditional ceremony in Thailand on every lunar month (mid-November). Our Montessori classrooms celebrated the Loikrathing festival in different styles at their schools. The peak of this event was marked by the making of the Krathong which is made of the banana leaves decorated with fresh colourful flowers, candles and incense sticks. Later the children enjoyed floating them at various waterways and rivers near their schools as they made a wish!

 

               Ban Phuko CDC and  Mekorn Sch. children floating their krathong                                                                 

On Friday the 11^th, after a long day school, we gathered together for some yoga. We started our session with a presentation by Patricia Solar about the importance of diet and exercise in our daily life. It was surprising to find out the amount of sugar intake we consume daily from different food sources without being aware!

Soon we were treated with stretch-up exercises before we embarked on our 8^th Anniversary celebrations since the Khomloy foundation began. So far we are proud of our achievements, and we also realize that we still have lots of works in front of us. It’s happy birthday to Khomloy and we wish ourselves many successfull years to come!

New KLDF Montessori Video

We are happy to share with you KLDF's newest video , featuring our Montessori project--including why, how, and where Montessori makes a profound difference for ethnic minority and migrant children living in Thailand.

Special thanks to Tony Rieck, a very talented and thoughtful film producer, for working with us on the project. Feel free to contact Tony with any commercial video requirements you may have at rieckstudio@gmail.com .

October Month

October was a very busy month at our Montessori resource center. For 2 weeks, we conducted in-house Montessori Basic Training, which was attended by 12 participants from different organizations and schools. The first week of training was focused on the Montessori philosophies and some basic presentations in the learning curriculums. The second week, we engaged the participants in the materials making. What a mess! But we also had so much fun creating bead materials, Thai Sandpaper Letters and other materials.

During the month we also completed setting up 2 more Montessori classrooms in Chiang Rai area - Ban Mekorn and Ban Rim Lao. Early next month, we will also be setting up our pilot Montessori classroom at Hsa Mu Taw migrant school in Mae Sot. We are in the process of doing our final preparation and renovating the classroom. At the same, we are welcoming our new Montessori volunteer Diyanti (Silo) from Indonesia who will based in our Mae Sot Montessori program.- Please check out our blog for more postings on the progress.

                                   Ban Rim Lao classroom -Chiangrai