Global Perspective

Saumya: Mamma, do you know there is a country Australia and the colors of it's flag are red, white and blue, just like American flag!!

Mamma: Oh really? What else has it got just like American flag?.

Saumya: (Thinking with finger on her cheek and then jumps) Stars, it has stars just like American flag and it also has red stripes but they go like this (making a criss cross in air) and not like this (making horizontal lines in air).

Mamma: Wow! Which other flag did you see?

Saumya: America, India, China and Australia and there is one more but I don't remember the name so you will have to wait till I come back from school. I will tell you then.

Mamma: Why does your office (she calls her classroom her office) has flags of different countries?

Saumya: So I can get to know about those countries mamma! My office also has two globes which shows where all the countries are.


This speaks volumes about Montessori education which inculcates a global perspective at the right time, the time when we are ready to learn about others, when we don't have preconceived notions about far away places, the time when we are about 4 years old!

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