On Friday, Baila and I had the day off, but Mechel had a half-day of school. We drove him in and I spent some much needed time cleaning and preparing my classroom. Baila asked to come along and was quite content to do some “works”. At one point in the morning she asked for the bow-tying lesson which I happily gave her! She had attempted it toward the end of last year, but her classroom this year does not have it. She went on to do an amazing job. It was magical to watch her tiny little hands go about completing the bows. She was in the wonderful state of concentration that we carefully watch for in our Montessori classrooms. When a child is ready for a particular lesson, and repeats the work that they have freely chosen, watching them work is magical. I was so happy to have captured her work on video. The following clip is about two minutes and is sideways – sorry!. Baila is 5 years old and this is the first time she has succeeded in tying bows: