A small child. Children's story used by the Montessori method
There is a very famous story that makes parents, educators and children reflect on the importance of free thought and creativity in school and in education. The story is called Un 'A little boy' (Helen Buckley), and tells the story of a child who is taught to do things mechanically ... no margin for
There is a very famous story that makes parents, educators and children reflect on the importance of free thought and creativity in school and in education. The story is called Un 'A little boy' (Helen Buckley), and tells the story of a child who is taught to do things mechanically ... no margin for him to add his fantasy and imagination. Do you want to know what happens when that child changes schools and the teacher gives her the freedom to think? A small child, a story about the need to respect the creativity of children Once a young child went to school. It was quite small and it was a pretty big school. But when the little boy discovered that he could enter his classroom from the door that led to the outside, he was happy and the school did not seem so big anymore. One morning, after spending some time at school, the teacher said: "-" Today we are going to draw a picture ". Qué Good! The little boy thought.
He liked to make drawings
. I could make them of all kinds: lions and sharks, chickens and cows, trains and boats; and he took out his box of crayons and began to draw.
But the teacher said:
- Wait, it is not yet time to start (and waited until everyone was ready). Now, the teacher said,
let's draw flowers . Qué Good, he thought, he liked to make flowers and he started making beautiful flowers with his pink, orange and blue crayons.But the teacher said:
- Wait,
I will show you how . And it was red, with the green stem. Now, said the teacher, you can start now. The little boy looked at the flower that the teacher had made, then saw the one he had painted, he liked his, but he did not say it.He just turned the page and made a flower like the one of the teacher
. It was red, with a green stem.
Another day, when the child had opened the door from outside, the teacher said:
- "Today we are going to do something with clay". Qué Good, he thought, he liked clay. He could do all kinds of things with clay: he began to stretch and stir his clay ball. But the teacher said:- Wait, it is not yet time to start! (And he waited until everyone was ready). Now, the teacher said,
let's make a dish
. Qué Good! The little one thought. He liked to make dishes and started making some of all shapes and sizes. Then the teacher said:
- Wait! I'll show you how. And he taught them how to make a single deep dish. Now, he said, you can start now. And very soon,the little one learned to wait and see and do the same things y, and very soon he did not do things of his own.
Then it happened that the boy and his family moved to another city
and the boy had to go to another school . This school was bigger than the other and there was no outside door to the classroom. He had to climb big steps and walk a big corridor to get to his living room.And the first day she was there, the teacher said:
- "Today we are going to draw a picture". "Good!" Thought the little boy and waited for the teacher to tell him what to do. But the teacher said nothing, just walked around the room. When he arrived with the child, he said:
- "Do not you want to draw a picture?"
- "Yes", answered the child, "What are we going to do?" - I do not know until you do, said the teacher.- "How do I do it?" The child asked.
- "As you wish," said the teacher. - "Any color?" The child asked.- "Any color," said the teacher. "If everyone used the same colors, how would I know who did what and what was which?"
- "I do not know", answered the child and
started making a red flower with a green stem
.
Story of
Helen Buckley.
