| Preface
by David Kahn
Throughout 2007, the year that marks a century since the first Casa dei
Bambini, NAMTA has toured… |
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The artistic layout and construction of the exhibit panels and display cases
by Romana Schneider and… |
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The exhibit left its impression of Montessori significance on visitors at
Centennial celebrations in both… |
| The Journey Begins
Mario Montessori,
Rome, 1886
The infant, the child, the adoles-
cent construct every part of the… |
| contacted Dr. Montessori to help
with an urban renewal project in
the San Lorenzo District of Rome.
The press referred to… |
| What They Showed Us
One day, in great emotion, I
took my heart in my two
hands as though to encourage
it to rise to the… |
| Italy, continued
Writing on che chalkboard, an early Italian Montessori school, dote
unknown. "They revealed a… |
| Sometimes very tiny children show a precocious skill and accuracy
of movement that must arouse our wonder. If an environment… |
| Display Case
Early editions of The Montessori Method by Dr. Maria Montessori
This display case contains early Italian,… |
| America Welcomes Dottoressa Montessori
Elementary class, The Washington Montessori School, Washington D.C., around I 9 I 6
18… |
| the Children's Houses firsthand in
the years up to 1915, returning to
write books and articles in support
of the new… |
| School bus of Calgary Montessori School, Calgary, Canodo, I 9 2 9
Montessori's Beginnings in Canada
Alexander Graham… |
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Side-by-side individual work
Teacher observes children at work
Teacher doing dictation… |
| Haus der Kinder, Vienna:
The Young Child's Adventures in Space
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Looking out, looking in. Haus der
Kinder, Vienna, 19… |
| The pantry
It should be possible to move
almost everything outdoors-
chairs, tables, shelves, screens,
and easels. Often… |
| A spontaneous explosion into
singing was repeatedly observed in
Vienna and later again when Lisi
worked with children in… |
| The Netherlands, continued
One cannot see the method;
one sees the child. One sees
the child soul, freed from
obstacles,… |
| The Model School at Laren, Netherlands, continued
Documents from the Model
School at Laren, Netherlands,
1938-1939
At Laren… |
| Psycho-Disciplines, continued
For more than a decade in
Barcelona, with the collaboration of
her son, Mario Montessori, Dr… |
| The Early Days of Montessori Education in Berlin
Multiplication work, Berlin
Montessori class, I 92 7
Children's House… |
| In 1925, Clara Grunwald
founded the Deutsche Montessori
Gesel/schaft. In 1926, Maria
Montessori held a training
course in… |
| Our observation of children
has made us realise that work
is man's fundamental instinct
and that the child can work… |
| Furniture and Architecture for Children's Houses
Montessori exhibition accompanying the
Congress on Early Childhood held… |
| Teaching Materials, continued
Material for developing the
auditory sense
Three of six sound boxes, each producing
a… |
| A Montessori Beacon to the World
Sometimes very tiny children
show a precocious skill and
accuracy of movement that
must… |
| "the sole authorized manufacturers
of Montessori materials for Great
Britain and the Dominions."
Around… |
| A Scottish Montessori School
The child has a great passion to
learn. If he did not, how could
he find his bearings in the… |
| with the paintings of famous artists
and the installation of large murals
of famous places around the world.
An important… |
| Bringing Montessori to Children in Special Need
Some of the children [ tubercular
patients] were mobile, others were
n!… |
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Dr. Maria Montessori observing at St Otteran's School, Convent of Mercy, Waterford, / 92 7. This room hod more than I… |
| Historic Montessori Items, continued
Small red and blue number rods
When Nancy Jordan worked in Dublin with
children who… |
| A History of War and Peace
"Enchance. Mademoiselle." An exercise
in grace and courtesy, Paris, 1918… |
| There was not a separation between
indoors and outdoors.. . . Laughingly,
we used to say, "There is never any
bad… |
| Factory where handicapped war veterans
manufactured furniture and materials for
Montessori classes, Paris, I 9 I 8
France,… |
| Practical Life and Language Materials, continued
From 1933 to 1938, Margot
Waltuch was a directress at La
Maison des Enfants… |
| Movemen~ concentration, and balance, Sophio College, Bombay, around 1942
Bombay, /939-1949
Bombay, I 939-/ 949
Maria… |
| An Auspicious Beginning
Small images from top to bottom:
Dr. Montessori meeting children in
Kotohena with the first… |
| The Vision of the Assistants to Infancy
... the new-born child is not
only a body ready to function as
a body, but a… |
| Pakistan, from 1939
The Montessori movement in
Pakistan goes back to I 939, when
Maria Montessori conducted her
first… |
| Movement and Silence
Walking on the line was a daily occurrence about midday-often out-oJ-
doors .... The children [in Sevres… |
| Movement and Silence, continued
Children love silence and
immobility and practice it
spontaneously. One day [in
Sevres,… |
| To balance requires great attention, New
Zealand, 2006
Walking o balance beam, United States, 2000
Happily striding towards… |
| Montessori College Oost, Amsterdam, 2000
Architect: Herman Hertzberger
Side view of the school
Technical lesson
Workshop… |
| Study need not be
restricted by the curricula
of existi.ng secondary
schools and still less need
we make use of their… |
| Religious Education
Such things, therefore, must appeal to their tender minds as
the end of effort patiently sustained,… |
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work of… |
| Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences
"The eye that sees and the hand that
obeys:• South Africa, 2006
Dramar:ic… |
| Cosmic Education, continued
The laws governing the
universe can he made
interesting and wonderful to
the child, more… |
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| Margot Waltuch and Amos, 1933
Peace and Education, continued
A Time for Peace on Earth
Sandwiched between two world
wars,… |
| You [Maria Montessori] have
very truly remarked that if we are
to reach real peace in this world
and if we are to cany on a… |
| Exploring Language, continued
The alphabet in direct
connection with spoken
language-that is the way to
achieve the art of… |
| Japanese sandpaper letters
These letters are Hiragana characters, one of
the three graphic systems in Japan. The other
two… |
| Rome, 1886
Los Angeles. I 915
United States, 19 I 7
United Kingdom, 1929
1870
Maria Montessori born on August 3 I in… |
| India, 1939
1928
The book Das Kind in der Familie, based on
lectures she gave in 1923 in Vienna, is published
in Germon. (… |
| 1948
Training courses in Mmedabad, Adyar, and
Poona; lectures in Bombay. Trip to Gwalior. India;
supervises the opening of a… |
| Correspondence, continued
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| Translation: "The f,ttle carriages travel by
rhemselves in !he descent borne by gravity and
!hey tum and tum along… |
| Correspondence, continued
Letter from Mario M. Montessori to
Elise (Lisi) Braun with handwritten
addendum from Marlo… |
| Maria Montessori's Vision
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Maria Montessori greeting children at the
St Angelo School in Rome, around 1911
Man… |
| Through the study of children I have scrutinized human
nature at its origin both in the East and the 14est and
although it is… |
| Notes and Sources on the Historical Panels
by Gerard Leonard
Introduction
The following is not a complete bibliography of… |
| The Journey Begins
As early as 1898, Dr. Montessori was promoting educational reform as
a means to end social inequities.… |
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What They Showed Us (Italy)
The photos of the first Casa dei Bambini and the Casa in Milan are… |
| Far Journey to the Southlands (Australia and New Zealand)
We are indebted to Debbie Senoff-Langford of Chicago for graciously… |
| Notes and Sources, continued
Three major bibliographies of Montessori-related books and articles have
appeared in recent… |