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It is important to recognize the essential nature of the transformations and the expressions of self that emerge in the first years of life - for the purposes of the human species. Today we understand that in order to save the planet, human life has a “cosmic task”- a term coined by Montessori - with our responsibility for the biosphere and the protection of all living species.
It is important to recognize the essential nature of the transformations and the expressions of self that emerge in the first years of life - for the purposes of the human species. Today we understand that in order to save the planet, human life has a “cosmic task”- a term coined by Montessori - with our responsibility for the biosphere and the protection of all living species.
The sensitivity to such a task is not acquired all of a sudden in the adult phase, rather it is constructed step-by-step, beginning at birth. But this can only develop if we are indeed respecting the child's own nature and favoring all of his or her potential.
The sensitivity to such a task is not acquired all of a sudden in the adult phase, rather it is constructed step-by-step, beginning at birth. But this can only develop if we are indeed respecting the child's own nature and favoring all of his or her potential.
It is truly the smallest children who, without any awareness of it happening, perform the initial part of the "cosmic task" of our species. It is a necessary step in the first two years of life, which celebrates the work of the hand, a distinguishing feature, along with language, of being human.
It is truly the smallest children who, without any awareness of it happening, perform the initial part of the "cosmic task" of our species. It is a necessary step in the first two years of life, which celebrates the work of the hand, a distinguishing feature, along with language, of being human.
Grazia Honegger Fresco
Grazia Honegger Fresco
Maria Montessori,
Maria Montessori,
The Child in the Family
The Child in the Family
We understand civilization as a means by which humans may gradually adapt to their environment. If this is so, who experiences a more sudden and radical change in environment than the newborn child? Furthermore, what provision does our civilization make for the newborn, for this being who in the birth process must undergo an adaptation worse than sudden, who literally passes from one existence to another.
We understand civilization as a means by which humans may gradually adapt to their environment. If this is so, who experiences a more sudden and radical change in environment than the newborn child? Furthermore, what provision does our civilization make for the newborn, for this being who in the birth process must undergo an adaptation worse than sudden, who literally passes from one existence to another.
The child thus incarnate is a spiritual [psychological] embryo. But just as the physical embryo, the spiritual embryo must be protected by an external environment.
The child thus incarnate is a spiritual [psychological] embryo. But just as the physical embryo, the spiritual embryo must be protected by an external environment.
Having once understood this, the adult must change his attitude toward the child. The figure of the child as a spiritual embryo confronts us and imposes new responsibilities. Given such a responsibility, it is our duty to attempt to understand, also with the aid of scientific means, the psychological needs of the child and to prepare a vital environment for him.
Having once understood this, the adult must change his attitude toward the child. The figure of the child as a spiritual embryo confronts us and imposes new responsibilities. Given such a responsibility, it is our duty to attempt to understand, also with the aid of scientific means, the psychological needs of the child and to prepare a vital environment for him.
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