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January 2009 News and Photos
Elementary Visitors
This past week we had visitors from Tanzania visit and tell about life in Africa. They brought along photos and answered the questions the children had. It was very exciting to learn some words in Swahili and see how the people from Tanzania live.
Science Behind the Genius
On Tuesday and Wednesday January 20 and 21 Peaceful Pathways will be hosting a two part discussion and video presentation of Angeline Stoll Lillard’s lecture on her book “The Science Behind the Genius” at our Children’s House Campus (corner of Route 47 and Route 126) at 6:30p.m.
The sleeve of her book explains: “Traditional American schooling is in constant crisis because it is based on two poor models for children’s learning: the school as a factory and the child as a blank slate. School reforms repeatedly fail by not penetrating these models.
One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. Does Montessori education provide a viable alternative to traditional schooling? Do Dr. Montessori’s theories and practices stand up to the scrutiny of modern-day developmental psychology? Can developmental psychology tell us anything about how and why the Montessori methods work?
In Montessori, Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori: current scientific research provides astounding support for her major insights. Lillard presents the research concerning eight insights that are foundational to Montessori education and describes how each of these insights is applied in the Montessori classroom. “
Everyone interested in education, at all levels should attend this discussion/viewing. This evening may be especially helpful to parents who are considering Montessori elementary. This discussion is open to the public. Please call or email the school to RSVP for this event by noon on Tuesday.
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
NO SCHOOL - Monday, January 19