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phil
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Welcome @matt! Matt Bateman is a philosopher & historian of education. He’s a cofounder of Guidepost Montessori, the world’s largest Montessori school network. He has agreed to do an AMA for the /books channel. Reply with your questions (please make sure to tag him so he can easily find them)
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Zenigame
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@matt - I've read in a few different places that Montessori discourages books with, for example, animals that take on human characteristics like Goodnight Moon for younger children. Any personal thoughts on this?
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Matt Bateman
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I think it’s fine. Montessori was worried about (a) encouraging credulity in children (e.g. Peter Pan style it’s good for kids to actually believe in magic) (b) a lack of seriousness about connecting children to reality My children, and most children, understand that these are just pretend stories
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