| On occasion, a guide may question whether a child is feeling successful
and joyfully engaged, physically, academically, and socially. She searches for a
balance between the Montessori ideal of independent engagement and the degree
of adult support that any given child might need. This workshop offers one
practical lens for a whole-school dialogue about how much we might allow for the
transformative normalizing outcomes of a Primary environment; how much
engagement will come from the interest-driven collaborative community of the
elementary; and to what degree we should examine supplementary or other
supportive learning environments that might provide the optimal conditions for the
child’s engagement. |