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Heart Parenting
& Montessori
Montessori's Motto: "Mind
in the making! What
can we do to help?" |
The plea of the child: "Help
me to do this, all by myself."
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EDUCATING THE CHILD
IN HIS MOVEMENTS
Educating the child in his movements is the antidote to unruliness and naughtiness according to Doctor Maria Montessori. Montessori made a groundbreaking discovery in this area of child development. To quote her handbook, she says, “The child, if left without guidance is disorderly in his movements, and these disorderly movements are the special characteristic of the little child. In fact, he “never keeps still,” and “touches everything.” This is what forms the child’s so called “unruliness” and “naughtiness.”
Adults will try to check these movements with the useless repetition “keep still”.
Montessori explains that in these movements the child is seeking the exercise that will organize and coordinate his movements in ways useful to man. Therefore, it is utter folly to try and reduce the child to a state of immobility. Dr. Montessori says we should rather give “order” to his movements.
This is done through muscular, or motor, education, which refers to coordination and neuromuscular organization rather than muscle size or strength, although exercises that educate movement do tend to make for strong, healthy muscles.
We can guide the child towards those activities where he will find what he is really seeking—activities to help him accomplish the organization of his movements with coordination and grace. This is the aim of educating a child in his movements.
The phenomena observed again and again in Montessori Children’s Houses is that when a child is given a direction, the child’s movements are made towards a definite end, and to use Montessori’s own words, he “grows quiet and contented, and becomes an active worker, a being calm and full of joy.” Montessori also credits the education of the movements as being a primary factor in the child’s development of discipline.
In her handbook, Dr. Montessori refers to muscular education as activities that include: The primary movements of everyday life (walking, rising, sitting, handling objects), the care of the person, management of the household, gardening, manual work, gymnastic exercises and rhythmic movements.
The next article will cover some of the specific things we can do in the home that will facilitate muscular education and at the same time empower the child in practical life.
Link to Montessori articles
FLASHCARDS TESTIMONIAL
FREE FLASHCARDS & LEARNING MATERIALS
FREE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTING CHILDREN & FAMILY VALUES
HIGHER GROUND
Children and youth, the family, America and the nations are all under fire.. It will take heroic effort and a higher way of life to turn things around. |
HOME SCHOOLING WITH MONTESSORI
Articles will help you discover what the child needs to have available in the home environment for optimal learning. |
AGE OF MONTESSORI
Affordable online training and a wealth of free information for parents and teachers – moving early childhood and elementary education forward. |
MONTESSORI CHILD DEVELOPMENT COURSE
For parents, grandparents, teachers, mentors, childcare providers, and anyone who loves children. |
TWIN FLAMES IN LOVE
Male and female energy comprise the whole of being. The spiritual union of Twin Flames results in creativity on a cosmic scale and can be seen to equate with the sexual union of father and mother, in the planes of matter, that results in the conception of the child.
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LIFE OR DEATH
This is my perspective on the indwelling worth and unlimited potential of human life in the womb.
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| If you are contemplating abortion, this LINK will tell you what you need to know about the soul's coming into embodiment, karma and reincarnation.
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CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY PREGNANCY
This is a detailed account of what is happening with the child's developing body during the first trimester of pregnancy. Also see "LEARNING in the Womb". |
SPONSORING CHILDREN
Making all the difference in the lives of many precious children. $20 per month enables a child living in the New Jerusalem Children's Home to attend Montessori preschool. |
DANGER!
Studies prove children are endangered by CELL PHONE radiation and they shouldn't use them.
Some INFANT DEVICES can kill or do harm. |
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