This beautiful book invites you to enter the spiritual world of children as a traveler, whisperer, and protector of their experiences of wonder, awe, and enchantment.
This beautiful book invites you to enter the spiritual world of children as a traveler, whisperer, and protector of their experiences of wonder, awe, and enchantment. Tread lightly! Children—like artists and tricksters, dreamers and alchemists—seek that which is not what it seems to be. Exploring how spirituality resides in children's beingness, their souls, the book demonstrates how to recognize and engage children’s spiritual experiences through music, dance, image, and story. Using the lens of a child’s-eye view, the book breaks down studies on sacred traditions and secular and contemporary spiritualities, illuminating how children's awareness of moral values, The Golden Rule, supports their sense of identity and meaning. Seeing our children as spiritual guides, we may be inspired to follow their sacred curiosities into the flow of the unknown, becoming enchanted ourselves. Seeking the Mystical Child is key reading for any early childhood teacher, leader, or parent.
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This unique book, Seeking the Mystical Child embraces and articulates experiences of awe, wonder, and wandering. It bravely sheds light on that mysterious word mystical and brings it out of the shadows of confusion. It contains the power to awaken parents to offer engagement and curiosity in their children when instantaneous moments of spiritual nourishment occur. Perhaps if we can identify these important moments in our childrens lives, we can learn to recognize these experiences in ourselves.
The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, Honorary Canon of Grace Cathedral and author of Walking a Sacred Path, Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice.
Introduction;
1. The Wondering Child;
2. The Spiritual Child;
3. The
Natural Child;
4. The Mystical Child;
5. Framing Portraits;
6. Pilgrimage;
7.
One With God;
8. Children of Faith;
9. Peace in Search of Makers;
10. Seeking
God;
11. The Mystery of God;
12. Spiritual Engagements: Activities and
Experience;
13. Spiritual Sojourners.
Danette Littleton earned a Ph.D. at the University of Texas-Austin. She is a retired professor of music education and a former music teacher for children in elementary and preschool. Research studies on children's spontaneous play with music were presented at national and international conferences and universities. Her work is published in journals, book chapters, papers, and the books When Music Goes to School: Perspectives on Learning and Teaching and Knowing the Children We Teach: Essays on Music Learning (with co-author Meryl Sole), and children's books, Side by Side: A Friendship in Black and White and Side by Side With New Friends.
Meryl Sole earned an Ed.D. from Teacher's College, Columbia University. Musical studies in music history, theory, and French horn performance prepared her for a career in higher education, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in music education at New York University and Teacher's College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on early childhood music development, toddlers' spontaneous crib songs, and musical parenting. Her work was presented at numerous national and international conferences and published in Psychology of Music and the Oxford Handbook of Early Childhood Music Learning and Development. She co-authored Knowing the Children We Teach with Danette Littleton.
