there's a danger in hustling a child through one of these stages too quickly: this is the natural development of their spirit and mind, and they can't go back. writing is a good example. once a kid learns reading and writing, they can never "go back" to the pre-literate state. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8fa23219f8460c20e80f3941c9950d6a6da5b171fffc167824d6b17ec6948ceb.file
the youngest children are "in" the early stages of human history. something like (even metaphorically) the garden of eden, or, perhaps something like prehistory, and then they go through egyptian, roman, medieval, modern history as stages, learning something crucial in each one.
steiner's "whole thing" for childhood development (in my opinion) is that children recapitulate the stages of their species development: the development of humanity. here, not in a darwinian sense, but in a stages of civilization sense. the child "develops" through human history
the model for early childhood education i've gravitated towards the most is that of rudolph steiner - this is the basis for waldorf education. it's obvious that children don't have an adult worldview. but, in what ways do they not have this, and how does it relate to santa? https://hell.twtr.plus/media/993d62b49f0e5ba3a57c59a541c882145a1517e1daf66c1db6256ad651f7c93b.file
the question of: "is 'doing santa' with your kids lying to them?" is very interesting to me. it's an intersection of many of my interests: ethics, philosophy, spirituality, psychology, and pedagogy. usually i see these conversations assume the child has an adult worldview. ... https://hell.twtr.plus/media/36637526d841954f55e6dc8ec40c9ff6040ec229bc0f46bfe887c17673f2b044.file
a halo is a sphere of luminous awareness source: it is known / made it up
behold my vaguely germanic folk element https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e750b7d5bb74db6a0897f63a70a15837e1bcd5702013056330f93a0ff285a7f5.file
apparently germany has a unique book section amazon doesnt have in america called β€œrhyme, verse, and wordplay” and im charted there. i dont think there is a unique amazon for austria, so i will assume rudolph steiner is somehow responsible for this: https://hell.twtr.plus/media/bad27cdea7fcd8fb84888ed8ca74ded87eb3933fd2403d820dd3389e9a164a46.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ff9cfc8496591cde4f6d0a52760a106eeeb920961d95566ac3d3a38a71e930a6.file