In-house viewing of the film ” Montessori: A Child’s Home
※This article is machine translated.
■ Cocone and “Montessori”
Cocone offers services such as “Pokecolo” and “Pokecolo Twin,” applications that allow users to express their own completion in the digital world and interact with many other participants.
Cocone believes that self-expression and creative activities in the digital space have a lot of potential to become a mainstream trend in the world in the future.
We want children who will live in the future society to be able to move freely between the boundaries of the digital and real worlds, to express themselves more skillfully, and to play a leading role in society. We want to help them do so.
With this in mind, Cocone Corporation has long operated a preschool, ” International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten (Mirai),” in Shinjuku, Tokyo, through its subsidiary Cocone Education Corporation.
■To get to know “Montessori.
The basis of Mirai is ” Montessori Education. Now, then, what exactly is “Montessori”?
Cocone engineers and design members have assisted with computer education and art and creative activities at Mirai in the past. However, although they have heard the word “Montessori,” they may not really know much about it.
This year marks Mirai’s fifth season since its opening.
Just as I was thinking that I wanted to let our members know more about the future that Cocone is aiming for, I found out that a very nice movie was being released.
This is the film ” Montessori: A Child’s Home ” that we will be screening in-house.
The film was released on February 19, 2021, and thanks to the generosity of its distributor, Star Sands, we were able to screen it in-house.
The children who attended the Montessori school were filmed over a two-year period. Watching them grow up, the members of Cocone were able to gain a deeper understanding of what ” Montessori ” means.
■ Impressions of Cocone members after watching the film
Mr. F.
I watched as the teacher was drawn into the methods used to bring out the children’s individuality.
It was very interesting to me because I sympathize with Montessori and had sent my children to the school.
O.
We are currently in the midst of raising a toddler.
I sometimes struggled with how to develop children’s individuality and how to motivate and focus them, and even if I did not enter a Montessori institution, I wanted to refer to and incorporate these methods at home.
Y.
I thought Montessori education revolved around the spontaneity of the child.
I was impressed by the part of the program that respects children’s genuine curiosity and individuality without teaching them one-sided knowledge and procedures.
■Cocone and Mirai in the future
Mirai is opening an after-school program in April 2021.
Cocone sees the decade beginning in 2021 as a period of major transition as people move into the digital world-metaverse space.
We believe that children who are nurtured in Montessori and bilingual education, as well as in afterschool English-centered programs, will be the ones who make the world a better place in the digital world metaverse that Cocone will help create.
Cocone will continue to take on the challenge of making the coming future a good one, not only in early childhood education, but also in various other areas.
Mirai official website: https://www.miraikinder.co.jp/
■Summary of the film “Montessori: A Child’s Home “
Montessori education” is known to have been received by a number of prominent people, including an accountant for a huge IT company, a member of the British Royal Family, and a young professional chess player.
What exactly is this method, which was invented in the early 20th century and is now widespread in more than 140 countries?
We observed a class of 28 children, aged 2.5 to 6 years old, attending the oldest Montessori school in France over a period of 2 years and 3 months. Children with unlimited potential are not ” little adults “.
A gem of a documentary that will make you rediscover what it means to create the future and be a bearer of peace.
Original title: Le maître est l’enfant (English title: Let the child be the guide)
Production: 2017 France
Running time: 105 min.
Courtesy of Star Sands and Aeon Entertainment
Distributors: Star Sands, Aeon Entertainment
Copyright © DANS LE SENS DE LA VIE 2017
