fia's birthday celebration at school

This was Sofia's birthday celebration at school. We did it last week, since we'll be just arriving back from Germany on the 26th, just 2 days before her actual birthday, which also happens to be the last day of school, so I didn't want to commit to doing it then. Ms. Jen is the teacher with Sofia in the middle of the circle. Ms. Rachael is sitting with some students in the back. The Montessori birthday celebration is really neat. They light a candle in the center of the circle, representing the sun. Then the birthday child carries a globe (the earth) and walks around the sun. The spokes you can see around the candle are the months. Ms. Jen shows the children a picture of Sofia as a baby, and Sofia walks around the sun as the children chant the months, from June through May. When she gets to May, Ms. Jen says "now Sofia is 1 year old," and asks us questions about what Sofia liked to do when she was one. Sofia walks again around the sun as the children chant the months. When she gets to May again, Ms. Jen says "now how old is Sofia?" The children answer, "Two." Ms. Jen asks again, "What does she like to do at 2?" Then the process begins again until she reaches 4. It was fun to see, and Sofia was such a star, so composed. Ms. Jen asked her what she likes to do now, and Sofia answered, "Well, I like to play with Emerson."