Savants

April 22, 2017 davidfleischacker 0 Comments

by Phyllis Wallbank MBE [Phyllis Wallbank was an advance trainer for Maria Montessori.  As well, Phyllis organized the last international Montessori congress at which Maria was present before Maria died.  For years, Phyllis was a teacher and director of the Gatehouse school in East London.  For more on Phyllis see http://www.pwetrust.org/] I watched very recently a …

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Pre-Natal Neural Research and the Absorbent Mind

April 15, 2017 davidfleischacker 0 Comments

by Dr. David Fleischacker During the 1990s, there was an explosion of studies funded and conducted on the brain.  These included looking at the brain at different stages of human development and one of those stages was pre-natal development of the brain.  Studies continue. This is absolutely fascinating.  The vast neural and synaptic explosion that …

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Why Montessori Sensorial Materials Work: The Light of Understanding

April 8, 2017 davidfleischacker 0 Comments

by Dr. David Fleischacker During the first 6 years of life, Maria Montessori discovered that the inner being of the child is being formed, literally. Brain research has demonstrated this as well. Just before birth, the child undergoes massive synaptic growth in the brain that sets the child up for absorbing his or her familial …

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The Deepest Mystery of the Child: A fools treasure

April 1, 2017 davidfleischacker 0 Comments

Today is April fools and it is no foolish point that I would like to discuss. The only foolish thing is my failed attempt to bring out this next point, and given the nature of it, failure is inevitable, hence so is my foolishness.  I am the April fool. Spring is coming soon.  It was …

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