December 2019

Growing Up in a Mountainous Kindergarten
by Taro Yamashita

Taro Yamashita’s Growing Up in a MountainousKindergarten, the second publicationin the Future of Children series, is now on sale.
After a long period of teaching college students, the author became
convinced that early childhood experience is the foundation of all learning.
He became a kindergarten principal to share his professional philosophia
among children and adults, and began making a series of discoveries into
the roots of children’s happiness.
In the term philosophia, philo means love, and sophia means knowledge.
Philosophers from all ages and cultures who embody this spirit appear in
the book, guiding you through their maxims to reach a better
understanding of the children in your life, with an even stronger sense of love.
—Recommended by Rieko Nakagawa, author of the picture book Guri to Gura!
A mountain kindergarten with unique practices
such as walking to the school, exploring theforest, and reading haiku (Japanese poem). The
principal of the school, who believes childhood
education to be the root of all education, spells
out the unlimited potential of children.
Base price: 1,400 yen + tax
ISBN: 978-4-7907-1712-6

Taro Yamashita
Born in Kyoto in 1961, and completed a doctorate
course at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto
University. After serving as an assistant at theFaculty of Letters, Kyoto University and an
assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering,
Kyoto Institute of Technology, he currently
serves as the president of incorporated
educational institution Kitashirakawa Gakuen,
the principal of Kitashirakawa Kindergarten, andthe representative of private school Yama noGakko. His writings include 88 Words of Wisdomfrom the Romans (Makino Publishing) andReading Latin (Beret Publishing). His translations
include Selected Works of Cicero (11) (IwanamiShoten) and Collection of Roman Comedies (2)(Kyoto University Press).

Growing Up ina Mountainous Kindergarten
by Taro Yamashita
Published on March 17, 2018

The Future of Children series

ContentsIntroduction
I Stance on Childhood Education
1: Stand—Each Step toward Independence
2: Walk—Walking Your Life on Your Own Feet
3: Do

—Power Emerges Because You Think You Have It

4: Live—I’m a Human

II Children’s Five Senses
5: Touch—Blood Vessels Must Be Touched
6: See—A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
7: Eat—Hunger Is the Best Cook
8: Listen—Memorizing without Letters
III Children’s Curiosity
9: Enjoy—Learn to Enjoy
10: Taste—Traveling the World of Picture Books
11: Indulge—The Origin of Indulging Is Play in Childhood

12: Repeat—Repetition Is the Mother of Learning
13: Search—A Way to Protect Children’s Inquiring Spirit

IV Children’s Creativity
14: Copy—Learning Is Copying
15: Express—Dialogue with Your Mind
16: Create—Experience the Spirit of Freedom
V Growing with Friends
17: Endure—The Importance of Endurance
18: Cry—The More You Cry, the More You Grow
19: Get Over It—Growth Cemented by Quarrels
20: Coordinate—Harmonizing without Agreeing

VI The Parent-Child Relationship
21: Share—Sowing the Seeds of Memory
22: Converse—Sharing Emotion
23: Remember—Crafting Family Stories
VII Parents’ Stance
24: Compare—Comparing Is Missing
25: Believe—Great Talents Mature Late
26: Leave—Do Your Best and Leave the Rest to Fate

27: De-parent—From My Child to a Person in Society

Postscript

Format: Duodecimo

Books on sale
Sweet Childcare—A Father Playing an Active Role in Housework
by Mitsuharu Sagawa (writer)

Growing Up in a Mountainous Kindergarten

by Taro Yamashita (Kitashirakawa Kindergarten principal)

The World Taught by Children—A Family Sociologist with Her Son and Cat
by Yoshimi Kataoka (family sociologist)

Books to be published

Play to Nurture Children’s Minds by Yukiyo Matsuzaki (child culturologist)
Mothers’ Supporter by Kyoko Takaishi (clinical psychologist)
When the Child Meets the Language by Ko Nagata (poet)
Books That Raised Me by Kyoko Nakajima (writer)In the Field of Cuddling Up to Children by Saho Terao (musician and writer)
Supporting Framework for Children’s Happinessby Yo Yamada (scholar of social welfare)https://sekaishisosha.jp/Sekaishisosha, an imprint of Sekaishisosha-Kyogakusha Co., Ltd.
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