Pioneer Montsorri
What is Peace? - Fall 2008
In celebration of International Peace Day on September 21, 2008 the Aspen Room decided to make a book about what Peace means to all our individual children. I pulled each child aside separately into our quiet reading room to ask them, "What is Peace?" When there was no response, I asked, "When Miss Carol or your Mom or Dad say, 'It is so peaceful', what does that mean to you?" If I still didn't get a response, I said "Remember our Peace mat and our Giraffe (puppet) Peacemaker, they help us and teach us about peace. What does it mean to you?" I was the lucky one doing this with the children because it was very moving, profound, and almost had me in tears at times. We decided to ask them all individually because at this age if we ask them in a group, the bolder children speak up, while the others may never say a word, and still others may simply repeat what others have already said. Need I hardly say, it was a very special experience for me.
