Smell and Affectivity in Children

by David Fleischacker One area that would be good to expand in a four-dimensional living classroom (which is the general character of a Montessori classroom) is the opportunities for children

The Importance of Motor-Sensory Refinement

by David Fleischacker, Ph.D. As one scans the animal world, one notices that in moving from more primitive animals to higher animals, there is an increase in the freedom gained

Phyllis Wallbank: Her Dream Classroom

  By David Fleischacker One day some years ago, Phyllis Wallbank and I were sitting in her living room looking across the pond in her back yard (this is the

Opening the Doors to the Higher and Lower Levels of Things

by David Fleischacker This one will be short.  One important element that young people should come to discover on their own, but through a carefully prepared environment is the higher