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Title: Follow the child
Review: Follow the child is the mantra Montessori teachers know by heart, and in Donna's book, it is made clear how to follow every child. Some children are easy to work with, giving immediate feedback, and responding to the most gentle of guidance. For those children it is easy to 'follow.' Others are not so easy to 'follow', and some are down right difficult. Those children we find it difficult to follow, or to come to each day with fresh and unbiased eyes.Donna gives many examples of the benefits to the children of doing this. The benefits are to all of the children in the class and school, not just the children who are not yet peaceful. Donn's book give us ideas, strategies and hope that if we continue to follow the child, and hold his or her best interests at heart, we will help them to become peaceful as a community, and as a community benefit hugely.An amazing read, one to keep close to hand and refer to often - when we have 'children who are not yet peaceful' in our own classes.
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