We’ve been exploring photographs of Montessori environments around the world with the children. When we came across a photo of a group of children sitting together for lunch, one of our four-year-olds stopped and looked closely.

“What are they eating?”

It was such a simple question, but it immediately caught the interest of the group. The children began wondering about what might be on the table, whether the children in the photograph ate the same kinds of food as we do, and what lunch might look like in other parts of the world.

Rather than simply finding the answers for them, we thought we would invite our wider Montessori community into the children’s exploration.

This is what we had for lunch today here in Norway. What did lunch look like where you are?

Share a photo of your lunch and tell us where in the world you are. We would love to look at the contributions together with the children, discover what we have in common, notice what is different, and see where their questions take us next.