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Peace Education
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What is Peace?
- Peace is a state of being that is "internalized through normalization"
"The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind."
~ Maria Montessori
Cultivating a Noble Heart
What is "Normalization?"
Grace and Courtesy
- At The Suzuki School, we strive to cultivate children who are kind, respectful, and morally good.
- The normalization of each and every child is the key ingredient to helping him/her create a noble heart.
- Grace is simply defined as performing actions "efficiently" using minimal amounts of movement (requires much internal control and gross/fine motor coordination)
- Courtesy is the ability to act positively towards others using the skills acquired by practicing "graceful" actions
- Normalization is the process in which a student spontaneously and effortlessly abandons all negative behaviors in exchange for positive behaviors.
- Normalized children often demonstrate kindness, patience, empathy, self-confidence, and joy for the success for others.
- Normalization is an essential prerequisite to "fully realized peace"
How Do I "normalize" My Child?
Why Grace and Courtesy Lessons?
Activities and Suggestions for Home
- The Peace Flower (resolving a conflict peacefully)
- Awareness of the love light through silence
- Identifying and expressing feelings
- Take a walk through nature
- Play-doh, painting, drawing
The Three Part Message
Questions?
Thank you so much for coming to our lunch-and-learn! We hope you gained insightful information on how to cultivate and establish children of peace.
- Helps children gracefully respond to a negative situation
- Name the undesired behavior ("You hit me!")
- Concisely say what you think about it ("I don't like that")
- Tell what you want the instigator to do ("Don't hit me again")
- Patience is key!
- Prepare a home environment that is free of clutter and confusion
- Create an environment that is peaceful and safe
- Talk in a calm voice to your child and they will replicate your tone
- Give your child the freedom to choose tasks and activities around the house that promote independence
- Children under the age of six have absorbent minds, and therefore, do not have the ability to reason
- Young children can only internalize "proper" behaviors and actions by physically practicing them
- Once children master a skill by practicing it several times, then they can apply what they have learned towards others
- These skills create a more peaceful world