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But according to Montessori herself, "magic, song (?) and fantasy" were considered to be bad... at least where children education is concerned, but also probabl
by BlueTemplar 4y ago
But according to Montessori herself, "magic, song (?) and fantasy" were considered to be bad... at least where children education is concerned, but also probably for teenagers and adults, considering her Catholic views ?
- anon291 4y agoCatholics don't hate fantasy, magic, or song. Some of the greatest fantasy novels are the works of devout Catholics, such as the Lord of the Rings, or Catholic-adjacents, such as the chronicles of Narnia.
- marcus0x62 4y agoThat’s an oversimplification — Montessori believed children have difficulty distinguishing between fantasy and reality until the age of six. Fantasy is limited until that age in a Montessori school.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoP.S.: To be clear, I'm reacting on one hand from this bit from the article : > She also disapproved of toys, fairy tales and fantasy. [...] > She especially disliked the fantastic lies told to children – the tooth fairy and Father Christmas and stories with talking animals. She saw them as an indulgence on the part of adults: > > We are amused by the illusions, the ignorance and the errors of the immature mind, just as at a not very remote date we were amused to see an infant laugh when it was tossed up and down, a proceeding now condemned by infantile hygiene as wrong and dangerous in the extreme. In short, it is we who are amused by the Christmas festivities and the credulity of the child. And on the other hand the hypocritical way in how many Christians classified Christian magic as "not magic" and then decreed magic to be evil (partially as a way to compete with paganism I guess ?)