Get Ready for Mud Day 2014!

International Mud Day 2014 is right around the corner! Join us all over the world in a day of splashing, rolling, squishing, sliding, making mud pies, and more! Now’s the time to spread the word about how you will celebrate. Tell us in our WoFoNet Mud Day Conversation and share your ideas on our Mud Day Facebook Page.

The Nature Action Collaborative for Children offers a number of resources for planning your Mud Day, including photos of previous Mud Days, articles, books about mud, and Mud Day logos (like the one you see here) to use in your newsletters or websites.

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Some Famous People Who Attended Montessori School as Children:
Jeff Bezos, financial analyst, founder, AMAZON.COM. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Cofounders of GOOGLE.COM. Terry Brazelton, noted pediatrician and author Julia Child, famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and author of numerous cookbooks. Katherine Graham, owner/editor of the Washington Post. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, editor, former first lady (John F. Kennedy). Prince William and Prince Harry, English royal family. Anne Frank, famous diarist from world war II. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for Literature. Actors George Clooney and Helen Hunt and musician Sean Combs.

Others with a Montessori Connection:
Alexander Graham Bell, noted inventor, provided financial support directly to Dr. Montessori. Helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States. Bruno Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher. Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author. Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. Alice Waters, restaurateur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher. Thomas Edison, noted scientist and inventor, helped to found a Montessori school. Mister Rogers, children's TV personality, strong supporter of the Montessori method

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International Mud Day!

Get Ready for Mud Day 2014!

The Nature Action Collaborative for Children offers a number of resources for planning your Mud Day, including photos of previous Mud Days, articles, books about mud, and Mud Day logos (like the one you see here) to use in your newsletters or websites.

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