The Joy Of Learning

The 3-period lesson

Introduction of a Three Period Lesson
(1) First step…associates the name of an object with the abstract idea the name represents…this is blue, this is red.

(2) Second step…test to see if the name is still associated in the child’s mind with the object…which is red…which is blue?

(3) Third step…the child is asked to pronounce the appropriate vocabulary himself/herself…what is this…what is this?

Maria said this about repeating a lesson:
“But when the child has failed, we should know that he was not at that instant ready for the psychic association which we wished to provoke in him and we must therefore choose another moment.”

Maria said “..In such cases, the children experience a joy at each fresh discovery. They are conscious of a sense of dignity and satisfaction which encourages them to seek for new sensations from their environment and to make themselves spontaneous observers.”

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