Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/2 04 Attachment Parenting: A Style that Works Discusses the benefits of attachment parenting, which emphasizes parental commitment, a low-stress pregnancy, childbirth preparation, breast-feeding with child-led weaning, prompt response to the baby's crying, flexible sleeping arrangements, close-knit…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/2 05 Grounds for Change: Learning Through Landscapes in Britain Discusses the role of the Learning through Landscapes organization in Britain, which emphasizes the importance of suitable school grounds and gardens for the effective environmental education of children. Also discusses briefly how school grounds can be used…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/2 02 Linking the Family and the School: The Importance of Parental Choice in Admissions Discusses the role that Montessori school administrators can play in shaping the admissions process to create a powerful link between parents and the school. Reviews how school open houses, application procedures, and interviews influence parental attitudes,…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/2 03 All-Day Montessori: Creating a "Caring Community" Discusses the role that full-day Montessori preschool programs play in providing preschoolers with much more than the term "day care" implies, focusing on the teaching methods and educational strategies that such programs employ with preschoolers and their…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/2 01 The Montessori Learning Community: Evolving Schools, Evolving Adults, Evolving Children Discusses a framework for the creation, evolution, and development of Montessori schools, focusing on the creation of preschool programs, addition of primary and elementary education, and expansion to include middle school and secondary programs. Examines the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 13 The Montessori Approach to Music Discusses the Montessori approach to music education and specific techniques for teaching piano to young children using key and note cards above the piano keys. These materials isolate the teaching purpose, show errors, and stimulate self-correction.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 10 The Roots of Environmental Concern Presents a conceptual model of how young children learn about the physical environment, reviewing theories concerning environmental cognition and moral development. Notes that children in developed nations receive much of their information about the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 11 Equal Opportunity and the Montessori Magnet School Discusses the inequalities and hidden curriculum of public education and the role that the Montessori approach can play in revolutionizing educational assumptions, values, and conventions as it expands in the public sector. Suggests that Montessori models for…
