Seeing How Children See Us

06/08/2017

The greatest sign of success for a teacher…is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist."
Maria Montessori, 1870-1952, physician and educator

"It was a beautiful fall day and the playground was alive with the activity of children and teachers engaged in play. A teacher was watching the children in the sand box when Charlie approached her and asked a simple question: 'Are you happy?' The teacher, curious and a bit surprised by the question, replied: 'Yes, of course I am.' Charlie responded with all the wisdom of a four-year-old: 'Then you should tell your face that.'

"Charlie reminds us in this startling moment that children have laser-like attention for everything we do and say. They are skilled social scientists, learning about themselves, relationships and the world by carefully observing the people around them." So writes Deb Curtis in her new book, Really Seeing Children.

Curtis goes on to encourage us to think carefully about how children might be seeing us in all circumstances... and what conclusions they may be drawing.

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