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About the Tools of Maturity

Identifying a Child's Preferred Tool


About Specific Gravity

About Flow Learning

Education for Life Curriculum

Ideal Attributes of an Education for Life Teacher

 

 


Education for Life Methods
The Tools of Maturity

Body, Feeling, Will, and Intellect are the four aspects of one’s being that need to be specifically developed in a balanced and harmonious way. Each has a particular period of childhood where it is best developed. The highest expression of each aspect follows.

Physical Energy and Control
"To move is to live"

Development and care for the body for the long-term; relating to life by moving, acting, and expression through the body.

Emotional Calmness and Expansiveness
"To feel is to live"

The ability to harness and channel turbulent emotions and to be in touch with one's own calm, sensitive feeling as an invaluable tool of understanding; relating to life by feeling harmony, enjoying friendship, and through arts and music.

Will (Dynamic and Persistent Will Power)
"To accomplish (succeed) is to live"

The ability to focus one’s energies towards overcoming obstacles and achieving success; relating to life by changing the outcome of events, mastering challenges, and accomplishing goals.

Clear, Practical Intellect
"To learn is to live"

Clarity of thought; relating to life through thinking, learning, and understanding.