That curriculum is one of care, concern and connection to others. These three C's got lost because, as a society, we have never validated as tangible assets the work women do at home for free. The best early childhood theories and practices recognize the need to support positive social interaction and to honor and permit appropriate expression of the feelings of all members of the classroom. We often have better theory than we have been able to implement. Reading Martin enlarges the vision and helps us refine and enlarge our vision of wholesome, productive schools right up through the grades.
Peace is the way.
Martin uses metaphor and logic to support the primacy of ethical education. She reconnects us with the long view of schooling and opens possibilities that delight. Without a vision, one cannot travel far. Published in Young Children, the journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, May, 1993.