Facing Difficulties and Problems
in Implementing the Method
First
Stage:
A.
Spiritual
B.
Observation
C.
Intellectual, technical and physical
D.
Have faith
E.
Allow the child to reveal himself through his work.
Second Stage:
A.
The adult is the keeper and custodian of the environment –
without
this piece, nothing else can happen.
B.
Don’t focus on the children when things aren’t working –
focus
on the environment in its detail.
*When
things are going right, note the environment: what is working?
C.
Appearance: non-distracting, neat, function, comfort, professional, modest,
clean
D.
Movement: study movements – graceful, gentle, slow
Third Stage: before concentration and
normalization
A.
Note how we behave towards children – unconditional respect.
Entice
the child – be like a flame that heartens and enlivens
be
warm, gain trust
Be
sweet as can be at first – gain trust and desire to return
quickly
become strict to assure and maintain standards
then
lighten up to allow the graces to flow
Fourth Stage: when children show interest in
their work
A.
Do NOT interfere.
Don’t
praise or do anything that draws attention away from the work itself.
“Once
concentration begins, act as if the child does not exist.”
B. Only present new things when the child has
exhausted every possibility of the work that came before.
C.
The child’s development follows a path of successive stages of independence.
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