Raising the Young Reasoning Mind
There have been a number of posts on raising children and discipline that I have read in the past few months and that I’ve wanted …
Child Development
Mental Abilities of Dogs
In “Dogs as Smart as 2-year-old Kids” (Live Science; posted: 08 August 2009 02:00 pm ET), Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer for Live Science, says: The …
Silly Educational Methods
Wrong-headed attempt to practice “brain research” and all that. This looks like the same “research” that lead to some childrens’ shows changing to quick, jumpy …
Cognitive Development
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development: 1. Sensorimotor stage (Infancy). In this period (which has 6 stages), intelligence is demonstrated through motor activity without the use …
Montessori on Intelligence
Dr. Montessori points out how “intelligence” is not a “hard-wired” aspect of our consciousness, but is affected by how well-ordered our memory is (and, I’d …
Human Nature vs Prussian Discipline
In The Montessori Method, Dr. Maria Montessori wrote (pre-1912): We often hear it said that a child’s will should be “broken” that the best education …
Our Natural State: Action
In The Montessori Method, Dr. Maria Montessori wrote: True rest for muscles, intended by nature for action, is in orderly action; just as true rest …
In Thinking, Dig Deep
“A little learning is a dang’rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers …
Montessori: Self-discipline Comes Through Individual Liberty, Not Spartan Authoritarianism
After discussing (but not agreeing with) the dictum of another age (but still with us!!) that “children should be accustomed to eat everything” on the …
Montessori on the Value of Individual Work
In The Advanced Montessori Method, Dr. Montessori wrote that, after new students — disorderly; taking things from other children; not picking up after themselves; unable …