What is monks learning

The so-called Montessori is a general term for the traditional early childhood education in China. Juxtaposed with elementary school and university, it is an important stage in China's traditional education.

At present, academics say that the study of Montessori has a narrow and broad division, broadly speaking, refers to the ancient enlightenment education, including its educational system, teaching methods, teaching materials, etc.; narrowly speaking, refers to the enlightenment teaching materials, that is, the children read the book.

In ancient times, children?

In ancient times, children? The main teaching materials used in the monastic stage were the so-called "Three Hundred and Thousand Disciples' Rules". Three Hundred Thousand Disciples' Rules (San Zi Jing) (Three Character Classic, One Hundred Surnames, One Thousand Character Classic, One Thousand Poems, and Disciple's Rules), etc. At the same time, children are also exposed to the Four Books at the Montessori stage. The Four Books? (The Great Learning, The Meanwhile, The Analects of Confucius, and The Works of Mencius) and other classical books to lay the foundation for future learning. Montessori education is usually taught by means of individual education' and focuses on memorization and practice.

The basic goals of Monastic education are to develop children's ability to recognize and write characters, to develop good daily habits, to have basic moral and ethical norms, and to acquire some general knowledge of basic Chinese culture and daily life.

Zhu Zi's Instructions for Children:

The learning of children begins with clothes and shoes, followed by speech and steps, followed by sweeping and cleaning, followed by reading and writing, and miscellaneous matters. The first thing that I want to do is to make sure that I have a good idea of what I am talking about. Today, each item is listed, the name is called the child hoodlums know. If the cultivation of the body, mind, family, receiving, and the poor reasoning and exhaustion of the essence of their own sages, clearly testable. When the next to understand, I will not repeat the details of the cloud.

The door for the monks to raise children from the door, must start from those who are easy to know and easy to follow. The first is that the first is the first to be taught in the school, and the second is the first to be taught in the school. He wrote them as the instructions for children to learn. So that it is and follow. Where a thing a rule, a matter of a suitable, although the most fiber to know, all to spare their peace of mind, to raise their virtues, for the next day to further training on the upward step, that is, in this and carry on. I wish for the father and brother, do not regarded as easy to know and teach not strict. For the children, not to neglect to think that the lack of knowledge and listen to the contempt.