Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 16 Book Review—Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood, By Paula… Claims that "Montessori Today" concretizes the Montessori developmental continuum from birth to adulthood for the first time in book form in a comfortable and unassuming style. States that the book coherently expresses the coalescing four planes of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 13 Evolving Through Transitions: Mitigating Anxieties Discusses the Montessori method. Evolves a new vision of the school based on Montessori principles and addresses the anxieties felt during times of transition as part of the natural growth process. Claims that these transitions are cyclical, and affect more…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 14 Parenting for Independence Responds to William Sears's article: "Attachment Parenting: A Style That Works" (PS 523 690). Claims that there are alternatives to "attachment parenting" based on the Montessori philosophy, pointing out that Sears's suggestion of sleeping with the baby and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 11 The Elements of Social Life and the Montessori Adolescent Traces the Montessori view of adolescent social development and provides illustrations in short-term rural life with 12- to 14-year olds. Provides clear signs pointing to Erdkinder based on the theory that adolescents are in the midst of a social…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 12 The Normalized School: Montessori as a Way of Life Defines "normalized school" and claims that faith in the child and courage to see the truth provide a firm foundation for any Montessori school community. Claims that in order for normalization to truly occur, adults in the community must be as concerned with…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 09 What It Means to Follow the Child Makes an evocative plea for accepting children where they are developmentally and maintaining a vision of future possibility. Claims that adults are being guided and informed by children, and adjust their behaviors accordingly. Advocates encountering the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 10 Why Not Consider Erdkinder? Claims that Montessori's educational theory for 12- to 18- year olds, Erdkinder, should be considered as an educational alternative. Erdkinder, or "earth child," refers to observing children and, accordingly, creating a suitable environment. The task for…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 07 The Mathematical Intelligence Seen Through The Lens of the Montessori Theory of the Human Tendencies Contextualizes the mathematical intelligence as revealed in the human tendencies, as supported by the extended family, and facilitated by choice within a responsive environment. Reviews the function of Montessori materials, including mathematical materials,…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 08 Maintaining the Montessori Metaphor: What Every Child Wants and Needs Describes the view of intelligence in Montessori education and dismisses a variety of limited and dehumanizing models of education. Refers to the Montessori model as a "human metaphor" that actually responds to who children are and what they need, and extends…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 21/2 05 The Personal Intelligences: Linking Gardner to Montessori Emphasizes the intrinsic unity of all the intelligences as well as the inseparable nature of the interpersonal and intrapersonal. Emphasizes the theories of both Gardner and Montessori as a whole, and looks at common features in intelligence profiles and…
