Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 16 Montessori Transformation at Computer Associates Describes the growth of the all-day Montessori program for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years at Computer Associates' corporate headquarters and multiple sites worldwide. Focuses on placement of AMI Montessori-trained teachers, refurbishing of the child…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 15 The Assistant to Infancy: A Special Educator Describes the origins of the Assistants to Infancy Montessori program from 1947. Focuses on the role of Assistants in helping parents provide a beneficial environment for children during pregnancy and from birth to age three.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 13 The Impact of the Assistants to Infancy Program on Primary Children Discusses how orienting a student to a Primary Montessori program is influenced by the child's experience in an Assistants to Infancy program. Maintains that introducing the zero-to-three sub plane changes the overall character of a school, requiring a new…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 14 Using the Assistants to Infancy for Pre-Adolescents: Anticipating a Healthy Parenthood Discusses how Montessori infant and toddler communities provide an occasion for child development education for upper elementary and adolescent students within the school. Uses a question-and-answer format to illustrate how the program addresses the reality…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 12 Lifetime Development as Seen Through the First Three Years of Life Discusses how the behavior of Montessori professionals provides a model for the young children with whom they interact. Asserts that the most critical factor in creating an environment for young children is the attitudes of the adult working with them…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 11 Prenatal Influences on the Brain Gives an overview of embryology and prenatal brain, sensory, and motor development. Includes discussion of maternal nutrition, chemical exposure, prenatal drug and alcohol hazards, cigarette smoking, and some causes of neural tube defects and premature birth.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 08 Independence of the Young Child from Birth to Three This article explores the idea of toddler independence from a Montessori perspective. Integrated with increasing competence in daily living, independence is defined in terms of toileting, dressing and undressing, eating and food preparation, plant and animal…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 27/1 09 The Development of Coordinated Movement Discusses stages of movement in the first 3 years of life with a philosophical dimension regarding evolutionary aspects of movement as first manifestation of "will." Describes how the early childhood environment is prepared to allow for movement and the…
