| Volume31 Number2
Spring2O06
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Beyond School:
Montessori
in Nature,
the Home,
Teacher
Development,
and… |
| BEYOND SCHOOL: MONTESSORI IN N ATIJRE,
THE HOME, TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, AND
MORAL EDUCATION
by David Kahn
On the verge of the… |
| Journal issue. The child's and adult's unified view of the learning
environment means that the child's… |
| MORE PARENT INVOLVEMENT: REFINING
p ARENT EDUCATION
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY
by Judi Orion
Starting from… |
| Before a parent makes a decision to enrol! their child in a Montessori
school, they need to know what they are buying, the… |
| This collaboration should be one of mutual education: our inform-
ing parents about Montessori' s approach to life anded… |
| "Information is power," they say. "Pooh," I say. "Formation and… |
| of this ritual contained the sign of our experience, marked our hope
and confidence in the future of our children.
This is… |
| stand and dream that humanity has a calling, and that calling has to
do with an appreciation of the unity of all, the profound… |
| Morality and Relationships
By direct implication, and definition, morality is relational. It has
to do with my interactions… |
| THE CHILD IN THE FAMILY
Parents play a special and unique role as first and most significant
guide in this development. To… |
| • Allow your child to feel strong feelings; teach him or her
acceptable ways of expressing them.
• Expect error and cultivate… |
| and to the new parent there is nothing more challenging than the
unfolding needs and mystery of human development of their… |
| • Self-Consciousness Disappears: One has a sense of
transcending the limits of one's ego.
• The Sense of Time Is Altered… |
| I want to publicly acknowledge not only the professional debt I
owe Nan but the moral debt I owe her, and all trainers,… |
| is the spirit within us all. From this we get that the ulterior goal of
education is to help the spirit within each individual… |
| conditions he cannot walk no matter how much liberty he's given to
do so. On the other hand, the individual who cannot… |
| Having said this, one must recognize that there is a vital relation
between these two freedoms, the external and the internal… |
| This implies that the liberty given to the child is-at any time-
conditioned to the level of independence he's acquiring… |
| for himself that becomes codependent and a burden on society. To take
care of oneself in as many facets of life as possible… |
| The other fact is that this independence, this continuous conquest
toward independent functioning-which
gives us existence as… |
| sees genuine sentiments of love and pity that are very refined" ("Moral
and Social Education" 17… |
| THE SENSORIAL AWAKENING:
THE CHILD UNDER SIX IMMERSED IN THE
NATURAL WORLD
by J oen Bettmann
Joen Bettman' s medley of… |
| Creative thinking is practiced in activities that give chil-
dren choices that require children to do things for them-
selves… |
| or kept. Dr. Montessori put it in the context of limits and also in relation
to serving the spiritual life:" A child… |
| "All education is environmental education ... by what is included
or excluded we teach the young that they are part… |
| DEEPENING COSMIC EDUCATION
by Gerard Leonard
This article is a special blend of research, theory, and practice, with clear… |
| simple tool-the pencil-a sense of the whole and the interconnec-
tions between things and people. The elder hoped to awaken… |
| which ensures the purity of the sea-water and the purity of the air
during the many millions of years is called life"… |
| this approach opened up the intriguing question of the significance of
human activity on the earth.
Antonio Stoppani looked… |
| understanding of the complex planetary systems. In 2004, the world
scientific community completed an extraordinary decade-long… |
| of Botany was mined for classification information on Divisions and
families, and fabulous websites were discovered such as… |
| Montessori; see Creative Development in the Child 133) and become more
cognizant of the keys in our timelines, charts, and… |
| enlarges this picture to the great array of grazing and browsing
animals all over the planet-the deer, the antelope, the bison… |
| We tell many stories of the great and famous inventions and
discoverers of history from Archimedes to the present, and other… |
| The piece of metal that holds the eraser is caUed the ferrule and is
made of brass (a combination of zinc and copper). Zinc is… |
| MONTESSORI COMMUNITY VALUES:
SOWING THE SEEDS OF MORALITY
by Greg MacDonald
Greg MacDonald comes to the point of his paper… |
| So, do we indoctrinate our children with as many virtues as we are
able to force into them? Or do we take a wider view,… |
| Montessori counseled that, if these behaviors did no harm, then the
adult should not interfere with them. Repetition in the… |
| related to moral action. At times, we must take a particular action in
order to achieve some (moral) end. At other times, we… |
| previous behavior, success is achieved, and a "good" (in fact "per-
fect"!) job is… |
| independence, a right to one's own moral judgment (To Educate the
Human Potential 6).
A virtual "sensitive… |
| dissuade children from tattling. We may even elect to demand that the
child stop this pattern of tattling. Montessori teaches… |
| if the child and the adolescent do not have a chance to engage in a true
social life, they do not develop a sense of… |
| Unconsciously, each also contributes to the others, and to the harmony
to be found on our planet.
The Great Stories may lead… |
| Montessori noted that second-plane children are drawn to heroes.
She observed that the heroic figures of history, in a11 areas… |
| EARTH SYSTEMS AND HUMAN HISTORY
by Peter Gebhardt-Seele
In this stark review of the grim history and future of humanity and… |
| 4. MARIA MONTESSORI'S
KEY TO THE SOLUTION
Maria Montessori was aware, maybe not of all threats we know
today, but of… |
| When the child is given freedom to move about in a world
of objects, he is naturally inclined to perform the tasks
necessary… |
| Another step may be founding a Montessori company that estab-
lishes Montessori schools on a global basis, a management team… |
| Given the obvious advance of civilization in urban centers-why
the "bosom of nature"?
There is, of course,… |
| tion in the complicated fabric of relationship. It is absolutely essen-
tial-in the mind of the adolescent-to establish and… |
| Ponds, creeks, valleys, canyons, woods, watershed regions-all of
these can be the focus and impetus for stewardship, study,… |
| As human beings, we are fundamentally programmed to adapt to
our environment and adapt our environment to our needs. What we… |
| EMBODYING THE MONTESSORI CHALLENGE
AS A TOTALITY:
UNDERSTANDING REFINEMENT
ACROSS THE PLANES OF EDUCATION
by Annette M.… |
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to have had a "refined" gentleman lover in the movie The French… |
| ... the most difficult thing is to walk keeping one's equilib-
rium balanced in the most difficult position, as, for in… |
| motor skills is lost (Talukder). The brain follows a use it or lose it
paradigm and keeps only what is used.
After the… |
| ITHE .4 PLANs~ OF DJVELOPMENT!
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Figure 1. The Bulb. Maria Montessori, Rome, 1951 (cited… |
| Like the infant, the social newborn is once again vulnerable and
has marked sensitivities. The age may be crucial in the… |
| We are not unlike a particularly hard crustacean. The
lobster grows by developing and shedding a series of hard,
protective… |
| Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude
Claremont. Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalekshetra,
1959.… |
| TEACHER STAGES OF REFINEMENT
by Carol Alver
Carol Alver traces the development of the Montessori teacher as a three-
period… |
| 520-398-0776 Fax
Ore-mail to:
lisaharrison@prodigy.net
California
Casa di Mir Montessori School is
seeking an experienced… |
| nity to learn both at the Elementary
level.
We are looking for experienced,
enthusiastic and dynamic AMI cer-
tified… |
| Connecticut
Head I Co-Directress (2.5-6years)
Must hold an undergraduate col-
lege degree as well as Montessori
Primary… |
| ground, and experience working
with adolescents. The school is will-
ing to sponsor a candidate for
NAMTA Orientation to… |
| Pruitt Hall, AMI-trained and experi-
enced Director of Education, for ad-
ditional information. Please send
your resume and… |
| The area has a suburban-like setting
populated by diverse middle/up-
per-income professionals and civil
servants, and a long… |
| Teacher, Head wanted by Child
Care Service in Chicago, IL to work
w /2 teachers to instruct pre-school
children in… |
| Curt Chamberlain, Head of School
30 Old Mill Bottom Road North
Annapolis, MD 21409
Fax: 410-757-8770
Ore-mail:… |
| Petoskey is a small, vibrant resort
community located in beautiful
northwest Michigan. Situated on
Lake Michigan, Petoskey… |
| LOYOLA
COLUIGBJNN.ilYLAND
Washington Montessori Institute
at Loyola College in Maryland
Graduate Programs in Montessori… |