I read an interesting, provocative
blog today by Laureen Golden. She asks, “Might the unprecedented collaborative
commitment of Montessorians throughout the nation signal the birth of the ‘Montessori
Community-as-an-organism’?” Perhaps she should say, “through-out the world.”
Those of you who are fortunate to attend the coming International Congress in
July will have an opportunity to connect with this global Montessori community.
New knowledge and understandings of
our life on earth can create movements in education, both in the home and
schools, which in time cause changes in our direction for learning. Every day
we learn something new about our body and brain which in turn influences our
choices of behavior and causes us to reflect on our lessons to our children. We
work hard as adults to learn our kids—to
help them be smart or smarter than we are, when all we need is to want for
their happiness.
How can we get this across to humanity’s
current culture of neediness? Only an
organism can effectively change a
culture. The beingness of an organism
can make changes in itself. Montessori education is an organism of believers in the child who is a being who makes changes
in its self. The coming Congress gathers to spread this Good News.
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