Seeking the Mystical Child

Nurturing Young Children's Identity, Faith, and Belief
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-76225-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 126 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Seeking the Mystical Child: Nurturing Young Children’s Identity, Faith, and Belief by Danette Littleton and Meryl Sole is a unique book that presents insights into children’s unnoticed spiritual worlds. The authors acquired voices and portraits of children from differing cultures through qualitative research. Interpretations of ancient and contemporary Judaism, Christianity, and Islam provided context. This book is for those who desire to understand children’s lived experiences, seen and unseen, of wonder, awe, and purity of heart. Seekers of meaning in the lives of children may find meaning for themselves in Seeking the Mystical Child: Nurturing Young Children’s Identity, Faith, and Belief.

Zielgruppe

Parents, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Littleton, Danette

Sole, Meryl

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.