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ERIC Number: EJ1077979
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1522-9734
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Living Grace and Courtesy in the Primary
Soholt, Polli
NAMTA Journal, v40 n1 p51-61 Win 2015
Polli Soholt looks at grace and courtesy from the 3-6 classroom perspective with clear theory explanations as they pertain to the larger classroom culture. She discusses the link between older and young children and the presence of the teacher as a model for grace and takes a brief look to neural science for proof of the existence of social interest in very young children. Polli asserts that social skills are integral to a sensitive period for social behaviors with other children and adults. She has very specific ideas about grace and courtesy presentations that aid the directress and the child in the learning process for conveying social activities. The article concludes with a concept of the "little community," where individual work can be seen in the context of how it makes a contribution to the whole community, even at an early age. [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled "Grace, Courtesy, and Civility Across the Planes," Portland, OR, March 13-16, 2014.]
North American Montessori Teachers' Association. 13693 Butternut Road, Burton, OH 44021. Tel: 440-834-4011; Fax: 440-834-4016; e-mail: staff@montessori-namta.org; Web site: http://www.montessori-namta.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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