It is important to
remember that the child’s actions are not due to random choice, but directed by
his inner needs for development.
…it is like a light that
shines on some objects but not on others, making of them his whole world.
Not sermons but creative
instincts are important, because they are realities.
Preparation for human
society is based on the activities of children who act, urged on by the needs
of their nature, in a limited world corresponding to the frame.
The child might say, “I am
not perfect, I am not omnipotent, but this much I can do and I know it. I also know that I can make mistakes and
correct myself, thus finding my way.”
The great task of
education must be to secure and to preserve a normality which, of its own
nature, gravitates toward the center of perfection.
The greatest step forward in
human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor,
instead of oppressing and despising them.
The small child walks to
develop his powers, he is building up his being. He goes slowly. He has neither
rhythmic step nor goal. But things around him allure him and urge him forward.
If the adult would be of help, he must renounce his own rhythm and his own aim.
The teacher’s happy task
is to show them [children] the paths to perfection, furnishing the means and
removing the obstacles, begging with those which she herself is likely to
present.
…the will is a force which
impels activities beneficial to life.
Language
Alphabetizing
Sequence Cards
Ph. Matching Cards
Metal Inserts
Using objects for language
Scanning Dictation
Non-ph. Object Game
Sentences and stories
Letter of Week Tray
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