Growing Up in a Mountainous Kindergarten

Growing Up in a Mountainous Kindergarten 
Taro Yamashita

186 mm x 130 mm
152 pages
JPY 1,400
ISBN 9784790717126
Pub date: April 2018

A mountain kindergarten with unique practices such as walking to the school, exploring the forest, and reading haiku (Japanese poem). The principal of the school, who believes childhood education to be the root of all education, spells out the unlimited potential of children.

Points of Appeal
1) Ancient Roman aphorisms are tasteful 
2) A starting point for citizenship education 
3) Full of lively children's episodes

Table of Contents
Introduction

I.　Stance on childhood education
　1: Stand / 2: Walk / 3: Do / 4: Live 

II.　Children’s five senses 
　5: Touch / 6: See / 7: Eat / 8: Listen 

III.  Children’s curiosity 
　9: Enjoy / 10: Taste / 11: Indulge / 12: Repeat / 13: Search

VI.　Children’s creativity 
　14: Copy/ 15: Express / 16: Create

V.　Growing with friends 
　17: Endure / 18: Cry / 19: Get over it / 20: Coordinate 

VI.  The Parent-child relationship 
　21: Share / 22: Converse / 23: Remember 

VII.  Parents’ stance 
　24: Compare / 25: Believe / 26: Leave / 27: De-parent 

Postscript

Recommended
“After a long period of teaching college students, the author became convinced that early childhood experience is the foundation of all learning. He became a kindergarten principal to share his professional philosophia among children and adults, and began making a series of discoveries into the roots of children’s happiness. In the term philosophia, philo means love, and sophia means knowledge. Philosophers from all ages and cultures who embody this spirit appear in the book, guiding you through their maxims to reach a better understanding of the children in your life, with an even stronger sense of love.”—Rieko Nakagawa, author of the picture book Guri and Gura

Author Information
Taro Yamashita: Born in Kyoto in 1961, and completed a doctorate course at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University. After serving as an assistant at the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University and an assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, he currently serves as the president of incorporated educational institution Kitashirakawa Gakuen, the principal of Kitashirakawa Kindergarten, and the representative of private school Yama no Gakko. His writings include 88 Words of Wisdom from the Romans (Makino Publishing) and Reading Latin (Beret Publishing).