Creativity

Elementary Trainer Jean Miller writes on creativity, stretching the ‘limited’ definition of that word. “In Montessori we do not think of creativity as something that belongs only to the arts or only to a particular process such as ‘creative writing’. Rather, creativity is a part of everything.

Children are in the process of creating themselves as individuals, as members of a social group, and as members of their culture. Education is a part of that process. It should enhance the process of becoming and belonging rather than working against it. This is why the ‘method’ that Dr. Montessori discovered and promoted was not meant simply for academic learning. Rather, its purpose is to support life itself. That is, it is to support and enhance the children in the process of becoming or creating themselves.”