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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 02 The Farm Experience: Its Importance in a Child's Life

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THE FARM EXPERIENCE: ITS IMPORTANCE IN A CHILD'S LIFE by Richard Barker Richard Barker's perceptive correlations…
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In our household, each member of the family had certain responsibilities. We were each a part of the establishment. Our work…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 03 An Overview of Adolescence

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Erikson, E. Identity. Youth and Crisis. (New York: Norton Press, 1968). Erikson, E. The Problem of Ego Identity, Journal of…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 01 Montessori, Poverty and the Special Child

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Orthodox: A Study to Determine the Relative Improvement of the Preschool Child with Brain Damage Trained By One of Two Meth-…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 10 Research: The Montessori Research: A Review of the Literature

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mathematical achievement on the Standard school tests. Kimmins asked that he be allowed to administer a series of individual…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 11 Research: Child-Initiated Activity: How Important is it in Early Childhood Education?

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8. For example, Diana Baumrind, "Current Patterns of Parental Authority:' Developmental Psychology Monograph,…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 10 A Selection of Children's Books for Montessorians

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Pwn7>kin Moonshine. Tudor, Tasha. Henry Z. Walck, David McKay, New York, 1938. Scmu, 's Favo1·ite Story. Aoki,…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 08 Cosmic Education: Sowing Life, Not Theories

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stresses the same idea in her writing: "the child must learn by his own individual activity, being given a mental…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 03 Longitudinal Studies

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essential principles, and which he believed were an improvement over her materials. These materials are not described, however…
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This study is interesting because it is the only research in the liter- ature which specifies Montessori materials by age-…

NAMTA Journal 14/1 05 The Elementary Curriculum Dialectic: Essentialist vs. Structuralist

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Footnotes l Sofia Cavalletti, "The Spiritual Development of the Child," Montessori Thlks to Par- ents,…

NAMTA Journal 14/1 09 The Acquisition of Spoken Language, The Nebula Hypothesis

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Lieberman, Philip. (1984). The Biology and Evolution of Language. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Moerk,…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 05 Evolution and the Pre-College Curriculum, Part I—The Human Place in Nature

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9. Ehrlich, Paul R. The Mcu;kin.ery of Nature: The Living World Around Us - And How It Works (New York: Simon and Schuster,…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 07 Whole Books and Beginning Reading

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language approach in which all aspects of language study support the acquisition of meaning from print and from oral…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 02 Normalization

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Do not focus on specific, individual deviations. Do not label the child. Do not overemphasize. Deviations are like a sickness…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 03 Movement

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intellect. Junes believed that all consciousness is motor. Whatever holds the attention determines action. Interest in an…
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Dewey, John. (1956). The ch:ild and the curriculum: the sclwol and soci.ety. Chicago: Univer- sity of Chicago Press. Hunt,…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 14 Evolution and the Pre-College Curriculum, Part II: Human Nature and Human Culture Hunter-Gatherers Past…

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12. Wilson, Edward 0. Biaphilia (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). 13. Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker: Why…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 01 The Assistant to Infancy: A Special Educator (Includes Overview of History of Assistants to Infancy)

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THE ASSISTANT TO INFANCY: A SPECIAL EDUCATOR by Dr. Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Mont.am.aro introduces the arigins of…
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Assistants to Infancy can provide parents, who are the "natural special educators," with information about…
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First A.M.I. Assistants to Infancy Course - Rome Assistants to Infancy staff: Silvana Montanaro, Director of Training, Gianna…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 06 The Meaning of "Maternal Care"

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THE MEANING OF "MATERNAL CARE" by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro The role of the faJJier and rrwtlier in…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 07 The Father's Presence

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THE FATHER'S PRESENCE by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro WHAT IS A "FATHER"? , Every child has a…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 09 The Value of Separation

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THE VALUE OF SEPARATION by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Mon:tanaros philosophicaJ, outlook on separation as 'f)Q,rt…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 02 Albert M. Joosten—A Biography

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ALBER!' M. JOOSTEN - A BIOGRAPHY Albert M. Joosten was born in the Nether lands on November 21, 1914. His formal…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 07 Mahatma Gandhi and Maria Montessori (1969)

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MAHATMA GANDHI AND MARIA MONTESSORI (1969) by A.M. Joosten Mr. Joosten offers an interesting comparison of two important 2oth…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 03 The Meaning of Educational Reform

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realized that this was like those rabbit-pirate pictures or the vase-profile pic- tures where you have a reversible…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 02 The Idea of the Erdkinder

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Footnotes 1. Thomas Berry. (1988). The dream of the earth. Sierra Club, p. 206. See also: (a) Thomas Berry, "Coming…
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The biodynamic fann seeks to fanction as a self-sustaining, total organism comprising humans, plants, animals, water, and…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 05 Montessori and the Bahá'í Faith

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conuibuted to her being somewhat ostracized by the scientific and educational establishment and her being labeled as &quot…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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le is clear from an analysis of human development that education is an indispensable function in che formation of man.…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 03 Language Unfolding In the Child

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LANGUAGE UNFOLDING IN THE CHILD by Joen Beermann Despite pressure ftom parents who are concerned about their child's…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 04 The Child and the World of Nature

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In a 1.946 lecture in London Montessori said, "Education today needs one reform. If it is to prepare man for the…
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References Eisley, Loren. (1964). The unexpected universe. New York. Harcou re, Brace, and World, Inc. Lorenz, Konrad. (1990…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 03 Literacy and the Oral Foundations of Education

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its implications for cross-cultural studies. In S. Modgil & C. Modgil (Eds.), .lean Piaget: Consensus and controversy…
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Goody, J. (1977). The domestica1ion of the savage mind. New York: Cambridge University Press. Goody, J. ( I 987). The…
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ground. New York: Oxford University Press. Opie, I., & Opie, P. (1985). The singing game. New York: Oxford University…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 07 Some Thoughts about the Spiritual Development of the Teacher

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SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHER by Kay Baker Kay Baker's succinct speech (presented at the…
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a prepared environment to act freely, Montessori came to a fundamental realization: "The child works for his own…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 01 Absorbent Mind Update: Research Sheds New Light on Montessori Theory

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Minsky, M. 0985). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. Montanero, S. Q. 0991). Understanding the Human Being:…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 05 Whole Language in the Montessori Classroom: Continuing the Story

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would be supportive of the contemporary whole language approach. The use of oral grammar games also would assist children in…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 06 Literature and Grammar

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LITERATURE AND GRAMMAR by Mrs. Francesca Claremont Transcribed and Edited by Jim and Frances Fitzpatrick Here follow two…
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of my ·career was washing dishes with Bernard Shaw after a very large social gathering. Bernard Shaw's share of the…
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my school like the plague one year. Do you know it? There was a youth and a well-beloved youth And he was a squire's son…
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the t i n ings ngl o- fY, au & f>eau ng is po- ttry, tincf:'from the p f other na- tions, f…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 10 Old Truths, New Children

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as "the first child porno" (The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition, p. 92). While we walk through…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 01 The Adolescent and the Future

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THE AooLESCENT AND THE FUit.JRE by Margaret E. Stephenson Miss Stephenson presents adolescence in a definitive theorectl…
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achieving the development of the human personality, rather than the narrower one of providing culture only, then a close…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 07 Characteristics of Students' Imaginative Lives, Ages Eight to Fifteen

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References Egan, K. (1986). Teaching as story telling: An alternative ap- proach to teaching and curriculum in the elementary…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 03 Mother-Child Bonding

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Maclean, P. D. 0985b). The triune brain in conflict. Fam.if;y, Play, and the Separation Call, 12. Maturana, H. R., &…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 04 The Developmental Crises of the First Three Years

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THE DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro, M.D. Introduction In our growth…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 05 Dr. Maria Montessori and the Child

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DR. MAruA. MONTESSORI AND THE CHILO by Dr. Mario Montessori I hope that you are not going to be disillusioned by what I say.…
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We give far too much attention to the conscious, and hardly any to the unconscious. And yet, it is the unconscious which…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 06 The Child and the Adult

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References Albe rich, E. 0972). Natura e compiU di u.rza catechesi modenza. Torino-Leumann: LDC. Aquinas, St. T. (tr. 1941…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 10 The Natural Institution of the Family (An Abridgement)

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Talalay, P. (Ed.). (1964). Dmgs in society. Bahimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Taylor, J. (1865). The duty of nursing…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 04 Montessori as an Aid to Life

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MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 11 Equal Opportunity and the Montessori Magnet School

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Navarra, J. G. (1955). The development of scientific concepts in a young child. New York: Columbia University Bureau of…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 12 In Memoriam: Elise Braun Barnett 1904-1994

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IN MEMORIAM ELISE BRAUN BARNETT 1904-1994 On November 20, 1994, the Montessori community lost a tireless lover of children…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 14 In Memoriam: Nancy McCormick Rambusch 1927-1994

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IN MEMORIAM ELISE BRAUN BARNETT 1904-1994 On November 20, 1994, the Montessori community lost a tireless lover of children…
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Navarra, J. G. (1955). The development of scientific concepts in a young child. New York: Columbia University Bureau of…
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Clay, M. (1991). Becoming literate: The construction of inner control. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Clay, M. (1993). Reading…
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MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 15 Training the Montessori Teachers

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TRAINING THE MONTESSORI TEACHERS by Claude A. Claremont, PhD STUDIO HOUSE IN WAR-TIME "It's an ill wind that…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 02 Maria Montessori and the "Glass House"

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cation was perhaps best summarized by Anna Freud, daughter of the founder of modern psychiatry, when she wrote: In a Casadei…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 10 Maria Montessori: World Peace through the Child

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to such narrow limits that it was quite useless in helping us to solve our social and international problems." This…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 02 If Binet Had Looked Beyond The Classroom: The Assessment of Multiple Intelligences

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Ceci, S.J., & Liker, J. (1987). IQ and reasoning complexity: The role of experience.Journal of Experimental Psychology…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 03 How Are You Smart? Multiple Intelligences and Classroom Practices

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REFERENCES Gardner, H. (1993). Frames of mind (2nd ed.) New York: Basic Books. (Original work published 1983) Hermstein, R…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 04 The Verbal/Linguistic and Visual/Spatial Intelligences

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Praxis refers to the different uses of words. Praxis involves aware- ness of different parts of speech, for example,open the…
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They are preoccupied with the mechanical side of teaching the children to read and write and do not take the intelligent…
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At birth-before words, language, abstract reasoning, cognitive patterning, and conceptual thinking-were images. The brain…
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CONCLUSION Thus far we have looked at two intelligences and their relation- ship to the Montessori materials. We have looked…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 12 The Normalized School: Montessori as a Way of Life

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When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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THE FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by Camillo Grazzini Camillo Grazzini presents two charts designed by Maria Montessori to…
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MARIA MONTESSORI ANO PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION During the two decades between the first publication of The Montessori Method 18 (…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 01 All-Day Montessori: Notes on the History of the Experiment

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their shelves, place a few toys and mats in the middle of the room, and establish a day care unit for babysitting during the…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 03 Evaluating Experiences in Adolescent Programs

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Development" 1 and more detail in From Childhood to Adolescence (French first edition 1948). What were the…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 07 Transforming Children into Storytellers

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Egan, K. (1987). Literacy and the oral foundations of educa- tion. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 445-472. Egan, K. (1989).…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 12 The Spiritual Regeneration of Man

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To-day, however, I wish to speak of the adult and of man's psychological structure, as the child has revealed it to us.…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 13 Discovering the Hidden Person

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Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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when the teacher observes the child's adaptation to the modern world, the educator becomes educated by just how the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 02 Respect This House

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A taxi driver who brought her back home one day did not want to accept the fare. "You are Dr. Montessori, aren't…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 07 Montessori and the Deeper Freedom

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London, England MONTESSORI AND THE DEEPER FREEDOM by Mario M. Montessori and Claude A. Claremont I am inclined to think that…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 08 The Child Before Seven Years of Age, The Child After Seven Years of Age and What Children Taught Dr…

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London, England THE CHILD BEFORE SEVEN YEARS OF AGE THE CHILD AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF AGE and WHAT CHILDREN TAUGHT DR.…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 03 Past, Present, and Possible: A Montessori Global Perspective

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Mario Montessori was unique in a very special way. He was highly intel- ligent, wise, naughty, and great fun. He was…
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He was almost alone in supporting us, and although it was never possible for him to visit the various training centers, he…
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Montessori is first about the whole development of the person-the spiritual, intellectual, and physical human being. Our…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 06 Montessori in South Africa: The Challenge, The Dream, and The Promise

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South Africa is the southern tip of the African continent. A country of contrasts-from the trees of the dinosaurs to the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 09 Evolution of Adolescent Behavior

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REFERENCES Aries, P. Centuries of Childhood. New York: Vintage, 1962. Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 11 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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Montessori also speaks of the environment in a more inclusive sense when she speaks of a trinity made up of the child, the…
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In other words, what is needed now is a single integrated plan, both for each component aspect of the Erdkinder community and…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 01 The Spiritual Development of the Child: Keeping the Balance

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center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 04 Discovering the Real Spiritual Child (Part 2)

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DISCOVERING THE REAL SPIRITUAL CHILD (PART 2) by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro presents an intellectual view…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 07 Doing What the Heart Already Knows

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Guardini, Romano. Sacred Signs. Trans. Elinor C. Briefs. Westminster, MO: Newman Press, 1955. Jung, C. G. The Symbolic Life.…

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