Friday, February 27, 2009
Last week I was discussing Buddhism with one of my older Korean students. He revealed that he'd attended a Buddhist preschool where they taught him valuable childhood lessons. These are the things ALL preschoolers should learn.
- How to sit in Zazen
- How to open and close doors quietly
- The proper way to drink and pour tea, again quietly
- To think things three times before speaking them aloud
- The art of speaking quietly yet clearly
Forget learning to tie your shoes or color inside the lines, here is a blueprint for the education of toddlers. I for one am willing to help a tiny monk tie his shoes if he's busy practicing Zazen.
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2 comments:
I speak quietly but clearly and people can't hear me. It's not all it's cracked up to be.
Thank you for sharing a different view on early childhood education. I just visited a preschool at the Land of Medicine Buddha center in Soquel, California where they combine Montessori methods with Buddhist practices. I was awesome. I so wish something like that would have been available for my own children when they were young. There is always much to learn from other cultures. All the best with your work and travels.
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