by Dr. David Fleischacker The deep mystery of the child is the same as the heart or the essence of every human soul. Most of the time we think of a mystery as an unknown. There is something true here. The child is not really known yet to the world. And the child is not known […]
Month: March 2017
“Following the Child”
[As a note, some blogs will be more practical and concrete. This particular one is more explanatory.] “Follow the Child” Let the nature of the child and the realization of that nature be our teacher. I recommend that you read Maria Montessori’s book The Secret of Childhood. In it, she speaks of an educational precept that […]
A note
A new blog will be posted every Saturday morning by 9 am except for holidays.
Sensitive Periods and Development
One of the major breakthroughs in Maria Montessori is her discovery of the developmental stages of a child. Her discovery flows out of some of the positive developments in modern life, one of which is the realization that there are real and natural stages of development and the second is the growth of modern biology. […]
Natural Education Worldwide
My name is Dr. David Fleischacker. It has been 19 years now since I met Phyllis Wallbank at a Lonergan Conference at Boston College. She was showing us a simple set of materials that helped children to learn math and everyday life activities. How she revealed to us the secrets of Montessori revealed as well […]