Welcome to a new school year! Each fall brings a renewed excitement; a renewed vow to embrace the unique qualities of each child, to nurture their development and to witness their transformation. Each year, countless moments create positive change not only for our students but for ourselves as well, leading us to a moment of clarity and growth. It is what cycles do; they build, rise, create, and begin again. “It is the nature of life; love dearly each beginning, and honor deeply each transformation.”
Maria Montessori observed children passing through constant states of metamorphosis. She documented children through periods of steady or rapid development. Once transformed, the child is forever changed, altered both physically and spiritually. The multi-year stages go in cycles of growth and stability, alternating through sensitive periods of a child’s education. The periods of growth bring great emotional, physical and mental changes in the individual. The periods of stability bring less noticeable changes and seem to be a time to let things settle and gel.
Time to fuel a new cycle in our children’s transformation.
Growth is not merely a harmonious increase in size, but a transformation.
— Maria Montessori
