Developing New Materials for Discovering Substance

by David Fleischacker One of the areas that children naturally discover is that of substances or unities.  A substance–to use an ancient definition–is that to which one predicates properties and

Natural Education Worldwide

My name is Dr. David Fleischacker.  It has been 19 years now since I met Phyllis Wallbank at a Lonergan Conference at Boston College.  She was showing us a simple

Why self-correction is so important in the materials and activities of a natural atrium and classroom

by David Fleischacker It is key that all materials and activities in the Montessori world assist the child in self-correction.  The explanation for this is intrinsic to the nature of