27/03/2024
LIVING NEBULA
All over the world children achieve the same things at the same age. They begin to walk at the same time, begin to utter syllables at the same time. At six months of age, all children start to sit up by themselves..…All the force of life is inside this obedient pupil of nature, and so he is able to achieve greatness. The child has the capacity to educate himself, not in typical schools with their exact syllabuses where children must be obedient, but at a school where he is not controlled, does not have to compete, but can work with enthusiasm according to natural laws. If we do not know these laws and respect them, then we are in danger of spoiling this great work of the child’s. This is our responsibility, not to spoil the great laws of nature and the effort which is in each child. The teacher must be the servant of nature. The highest thing she can do is to serve. The best she can do is to be a perfect servant, to show respect and care, and be humble. Her plan must be to nurture life, which is a force, a force full of wisdom and power. The newborn child is an inert being, but this inert being has this power and we must marvel at it. Our attitude must be to do what we can to nurture the creation of man. Page 33-34 from the book The 1946 London Lectures: https://montessori-pierson.com/vol-17-the-1946-london-lectures.html ; https://montessori-pierson.com/sp17.html