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by Avadhutika Anandanivedita Ac.
Learn how: Young children’s minds are extra-ordinary. Educators can nurture children's imagination and creativity by emphasizing the explorative process of art rather than the final product. Emotional and ethical learning are the most important subjects of a school’s curriculum. Teachers’ characters directly reflect on their capacity to teach.
Teach Me to Fly contains a myriad of exciting ideas regarding early childhood education, inspired by the theories of meta-thinker Sarkar. Sarkar tied together timeless themes with modern concepts. He said, "An educator’s aim is to motivate a child to desire to assimilate the entire universe."
Adults can encourage children to see the universe as a tapestry with every thread, every aspect, interwoven with all else. As children tug and pull at knowledge, they unravel mystery everywhere. Teachers relish in the mystery and excitement of learning along with children. Teach Me to Fly offers a provocative discussion of early childhood education from a spiritual angle, which will soften the hearts and sharpen the minds of adults caring for young children.
Author Information: Anandanivedita Avk. has over twenty-five years of experience in early childhood education. She opened and directed preschools in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Guam. Her first educational publication was For Universal Minds. This was followed by three teachers’ guidebooks: Safe and Sound, Who Am I, and I Can Draw the Sun, co-authored with Ketana Bardwell. Recently she authored a book on yoga psychology, Head in the Stars, Feet on the Ground.