Nurturing Your Child's Spirit

by: Jeannine Schmid, PhD

Jeannine Schmid is a pioneer in the Montessori movement. In her book she provides a wealth of ideas, insights and specific suggestions to help parents and teachers present basic biblical images and symbols to children in a way that complements the child's natural sense of the sacred. Anyone involved with the very young child will find this a basic resource. It reflects the author's breadth of experience and sensitivity to the natural relationship between religious symbols and the child's experience of the sacred. (A revision of her classic book, Religion, Montessori, and the Home.)

Children already enjoy a spiritual life. Our challenge is to respect their original experiences of God while providing them with the images, rituals, and symbols through which they can express the otherwise hidden life of God's Spirit within them. The aim of this book is to help parents and teachers meet this exciting challenge. Readers will find here a way to integrate basic biblical images and liturgical symbols with the child's innate experience of God's presence.

126 pages. Trade Paperback.
ISBN: 9781886510104