"Before concentration sets in the teacher can do what she likes more or less, because she upsets nothing important. She can intervene in the children’s activities if necessary. I have read of a Saint who tried to attract the abandoned boys of the streets of a town who were learning bad habits. What did he do? He tried every means to amuse them. That is what the teacher must do at this stage. The use of poetry, rhymes, singing, stories, drama, clowning; anything is good enough except the stick. The teacher who fascinates the children attracts them and this leads to some exercise, which is not very important but it does attract them. A vivacious teacher can attract more easily, then why not make use of it? To say brightly: “Now what about changing the furniture today” and then work with them, the teacher herself carrying things carefully and suggesting how to carry, doing all this brightly. Or: “How about polishing this beautiful brass bowl?” or: “Shall we go into the garden and collect some flowers?” If the teacher is attractive the action will be attractive." Maria Montessori
Bed Tracks and Other Audio “Children Theme” by Denys Kyshchuk From freemusicarchive.org Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Music by Denys Kyshchuk: https://www.audiocoffee.net/ https://soundcloud.com/deniskino
Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör
Gino Volante. Innehållet i podden är skapat av Gino Volante och inte av,
eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.
