Parents and
Educators . . . and Grandparents . . . have you seen this book yet? It came out
last year. The authors’ focus is on helping children to be themselves. Maria Montessori called this normalization. She started this same
work over one-hundred years ago with a class full of troublesome children—children
perhaps like some you know. Through her observations and experiences, she
discovered an exciting, joyful being who behaved independently and responsibly.
The children showed her their secret: “The child becomes a person through their
work . . . by making their way toward independence.” Maria Montessori’s method
respects the new being’s independent self and strives to understand a child’s
times of frustration.
Siegel and
Bryson’s book, Whole-Brain Child,
shares lessons in helping parents understand how to take advantage of
frustrating times with their child by teaching them, consciously, how the brain
works. Maria Montessori’s method and materials aim at the same goal but begins
at a younger age when the child’s subconscious mind is developing the conscious
mind. Parents can do this work as well by observing and following the moods of
the younger child not old enough to speak their minds.
The Whole-Brain Child is an important book for everyone to
have on their shelves; that is, after they buy my book: Montessori: Living the Good Life!
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