SNAP-Scaffolding for Numerical Synapses

Authors

  • Sheryl Morris Holistic Education

Keywords:

contemplative practice, holistic education

Abstract

SNAP-Scaffolding for Numerical Synapses is a curriculum supplement created to nurture wonder and curiosity of the numbers 1-10 for young children and their adults to enjoy. Put into practice it offers even more. SNAP is intrinsically linked with the aims of holistic education and contemplative practices. Originally created with a Montessori environment in mind with access to existing overlapping layers of Practical Life, Sensorial material, Language, Math, Music, Art, History, and Science the scheme fits into learning environments wherever there are children and their adults. Third in the scheme –– OBSERVING THREE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN –– is appended for a detailed look. The manuscript begins with an article citation by Ron Miller.

Author Biography

Sheryl Morris, Holistic Education

Sheryl Morris is a grandmother and former teacher. Becoming more “spiritual” after having taken  Montessori teacher-training in retirement from a chaotic attempt to “find her passion” outside  education, she became enthusiastic to learn more about other holistic modes of education. She  holds to these words by Ron Miller. 

“As a holistic thinker, I am convinced that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that  if these various movements and communities would come together, learn from each other, and  appreciate each other’s contributions to a movement for educational rights, we would have a  political and cultural force that could seriously contest the reign of the educational empire.”
— Ron Miller 

Other intersectional interests and concerns of Sheryl’s lie in planetary health and our place in  the cosmos, and social justice. Sheryl learns about societal structures and systems which for  hundreds of years have supported abuses and domination. She looks for answers about how we  might guide children to not become complacent to others’ dreams and well-being as they  follow and build on their own. 

Sheryl self-published “SNAP-Scaffolding for Numerical Synapses” which can be found at  Amazon. 

http://www.snap-scaffoldingfornumericalsynapses.com

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Published

2024-05-29

How to Cite

Morris, S. (2024). SNAP-Scaffolding for Numerical Synapses. Holistic Education Review, 4(1). Retrieved from https://her.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/her/article/view/2733

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Unthemed

Section

Community Voices: Applications of holistic education worldwide

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