"This booksuccinctly explores the consciousness of the young child through a weaving ofjournal entries (made as a teacher, a young mother, and later, a grandmother), observations and musings, as well as practical activities from my parentingworkshops. It is a journey through the child's world, trails marked by theirown words. Their speech, as it naturally unfolds, leads the child toself-consciousness and critical thinking. But not too fast! Stay to savor softgrass brushing bare feet, the skid of sneakers on hot sidewalks, even the'gentleness of a mosquito' as she bites. Find a partner to try…mehr
"This booksuccinctly explores the consciousness of the young child through a weaving ofjournal entries (made as a teacher, a young mother, and later, a grandmother), observations and musings, as well as practical activities from my parentingworkshops. It is a journey through the child's world, trails marked by theirown words. Their speech, as it naturally unfolds, leads the child toself-consciousness and critical thinking. But not too fast! Stay to savor softgrass brushing bare feet, the skid of sneakers on hot sidewalks, even the'gentleness of a mosquito' as she bites. Find a partner to try out thepractices and a quiet moment to journal. I hope this book will serve asinvitation to look through a child's eyes and to hear with heart--it's nomistake that the word heart has ear inside." (introduction) What Is This Childhood? explores the consciousness of theyoung child through language development, often in their own words. The child'searly utterances reveal a unity of word and experience and of experience andmeaning. Children live more fully in perception than conception. Yet, speech asit unfolds eventually leads the child to abstraction, self-consciousness, andcritical thinking. This journey into childhood will deepen the quality of our attention andpresence in each moment, enlivening our speech and interactions and therebypreserving our children's sense of wonder and spiritual connection.
Carol Toole In the mid-'70s, the parents of a nursery cooperative in the spiritual community where she lived asked her to be lead teacher. She was just 21, but they often noticed her in the doorway observing the children. Soon her quest to create an environment that fosters children's innate sense of wonder led her to become a Waldorf kindergarten teacher. Later, she pursued training as an educational therapist, focusing on sensory development and written language instruction. During the past forty years, she has been a teacher, storyteller, puppeteer, writer, and parent educator, creating a popular series called Creative Living with the Young Child. More recently, she provides Academic Language Therapy, movement therapy, and strategic tutoring to grade-school children and oversees the literacy program at the Austin Waldorf School. Now a grandmother, she is inspired to combine her parenting workshops, observations of children, and love for language at its inception to ponder the question, "What is this childhood?" Carol's publications include articles in Renewal Magazine, poetry and essays in the Real Women Write Anthologies, and Tara's Spring Wish, a book for children.
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