Sep 28, 2021
This episode discusses how the child is born incomplete compared to the animal babies. At birth, the child has eyes but no sight, ears but no listening, hands but no grasp, legs without coordination. In short, the child is almost a mass of flesh. During the first days of life, the spirit is blown into this mass...
Sep 10, 2021
This episode is about the developmental stages of the human being. It discusses the difference in growth and development and the reasons for classifying developmental stages in the blocks of 6 years.
Sep 10, 2021
This episode explores the idea of metamorphosis in children. Ordinarily, metamorphosis is associated with Insects and frogs, which go through striking transformations in their life cycle. Contrary to the popular belief that development is constantly upward, the child's development has ups and downs, births and rebirths,...
Sep 9, 2021
All living and non-living things in this world are influenced by some power. Human beings are not exempt from this. The child also develops according to the rules laid by that power which Maria Montessori calls Natural Laws of Development. Understanding these laws helps us to support the child better. This episode...
Sep 9, 2021
Freedom and discipline are essential in a child's development. We can observe both these in the Montessori Houses of Children. How does discipline prevail with freedom? The kinds of freedoms and their limitations in the Montessori environment.