There is more to preparing for citizenship than learning civics. 2020 is an election year in the United States and an appropriate time to consider our concept of democratic citizenship.
As the Greek philosopher Sophocles observed in the fifth century B.C. “One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until
The Absorbent Mind Intellectual development is guided by the “absorbent mind”, the special psychic capacity the child has to take in the whole as well as all of the details
The Reasoning Mind The key characteristic of the second plane child is the high level of independent thinking and the rapid growth of his powers to reason and go beyond
The Emotive Mind Social development is guided by an “emotive” mind, a combination of inabilities, or purely abstract propositions. This quality of thought may be the reason why adolescents naturally
In chapter 2 titled “Metamorphoses” of her book Childhood to Adolescence, Dr. Montessori explores the elementary child’s “turning towards intellectual and moral” development: “The passage to the second level of education
Montessori saw the child as a veritable world power, able to reconstruct society. The impact that parenting and education could have on society was profound for her. She embraced education
“Practical Life” is the name coined by Dr. Montessori to explain an area of curriculum in the Montessori method that departs dramatically from traditional forms. Practical life activities refer to the
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS As the newborn fixes upon the sounds of human speech, and exercises the physical mechanisms needed to articulate these sounds, the mind stores impressions of meaning. The simultaneous
These quotes were taken from Dr. Montessori’s book Education and Peace, and if you haven’t read it yet, this compendium will help to encapsulate the concept of “work” vs, “play”, in the
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