NAMTA Journal 38/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future

In The NAMTA Journal, Volume 38, Number 1, 2013, Winter

Pages: 99-104

Audrey Sillick's article, first printed in 1988, provides a theory base for Maria Montessori's foundational emphasis on the biological sciences and the sustainability of a living, organic planet Earth as part of the educational process "of becoming more fully human." Ms. Sillick helps link primary-level biology with the special energy and cohesion of the Montessori view of Cosmic Education, the particular engagement of the senses that nature elicits, along with a celebration of the child's interactive process with nature, which, in fact, is our hope for the future. [This article is reprinted from "The NAMTA Journal" 13,2 (1988, Spring): 27-32.]

Author(s)
Sillick, Audrey

Publisher: North American Montessori Teachers' Association

Type of Resource: Article

Language: English

Download Metadata
{ "@context": [ "http://www.w3.org/ns/anno.jsonld", "http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json" ], "type": "Manifest", "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39", "label": { "en": [ "NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ] }, "requiredStatement": { "label": { "en": [ "Attribution" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "Provided by AMI Montessori Digital Library" ] } }, "metadata": [ { "label": { "en": [ "description" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "

Audrey Sillick's article, first printed in 1988, provides a theory base for Maria Montessori's foundational emphasis on the biological sciences and the sustainability of a living, organic planet Earth as part of the educational process "of becoming more fully human." Ms. Sillick helps link primary-level biology with the special energy and cohesion of the Montessori view of Cosmic Education, the particular engagement of the senses that nature elicits, along with a celebration of the child's interactive process with nature, which, in fact, is our hope for the future. [This article is reprinted from "The NAMTA Journal" 13,2 (1988, Spring): 27-32.]<\/p>" ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "navDate" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "April 28th at 3:15am" ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "license" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "http:\/\/rightsstatements.org\/vocab\/InC-EDU\/1.0\/" ] } } ], "within": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/a2cd53dd-3067-49df-84ea-0d9978e3f39c", "partOf": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/a2cd53dd-3067-49df-84ea-0d9978e3f39c/metadata/iiifmanifest3collection/default.jsonld", "type": "Manifest" } ], "items": [{ "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p1", "type": "Canvas", "label": { "en": ["1 of 6 pages: NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ]}, "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=1", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "height": 1056, "width": 816, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/page/p1", "type": "AnnotationPage", "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/annotation/p1", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "painting", "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=1", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "body": { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/full/0/default.jpg?page=1", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "height": 1056, "width": 816 }, "target": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p1" } ] } ] }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p2", "type": "Canvas", "label": { "en": ["2 of 6 pages: NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ]}, "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=2", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "height": 1056, "width": 816, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/page/p2", "type": "AnnotationPage", "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/annotation/p2", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "painting", "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=2", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "body": { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/full/0/default.jpg?page=2", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "height": 1056, "width": 816 }, "target": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p2" } ] } ] }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p3", "type": "Canvas", "label": { "en": ["3 of 6 pages: NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ]}, "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=3", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "height": 1056, "width": 816, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/page/p3", "type": "AnnotationPage", "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/annotation/p3", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "painting", "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=3", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "body": { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/full/0/default.jpg?page=3", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "height": 1056, "width": 816 }, "target": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p3" } ] } ] }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p4", "type": "Canvas", "label": { "en": ["4 of 6 pages: NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ]}, "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=4", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "height": 1056, "width": 816, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/page/p4", "type": "AnnotationPage", "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/annotation/p4", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "painting", "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=4", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "body": { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/full/0/default.jpg?page=4", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "height": 1056, "width": 816 }, "target": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p4" } ] } ] }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p5", "type": "Canvas", "label": { "en": ["5 of 6 pages: NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ]}, "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=5", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "height": 1056, "width": 816, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/page/p5", "type": "AnnotationPage", "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/annotation/p5", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "painting", "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=5", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "body": { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/full/0/default.jpg?page=5", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "height": 1056, "width": 816 }, "target": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p5" } ] } ] }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p6", "type": "Canvas", "label": { "en": ["6 of 6 pages: NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ]}, "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=6", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "height": 1056, "width": 816, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/page/p6", "type": "AnnotationPage", "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/annotation/p6", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "painting", "thumbnail": [{ "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/240,/0/default.jpg?page=6", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 }], "body": { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/fa2%2Fapplication-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db.pdf/full/full/0/default.jpg?page=6", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "height": 1056, "width": 816 }, "target": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/d99d0b71-06ba-4074-a9c3-865c510fd1db/canvas/p6" } ] } ] } , { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p7", "type": "Canvas", "label": { "en": [ "NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future"]}, "thumbnail": [ { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/286%2Fimage-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d0f23d19-3554-4ede-8d21-e46c90144661.jpeg/full/240,/0/default.jpg", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 } ], "height": 3300, "width": 2550, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/page/p7", "type": "AnnotationPage", "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/annotation/p7", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "painting", "thumbnail": [ { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/286%2Fimage-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d0f23d19-3554-4ede-8d21-e46c90144661.jpeg/full/240,/0/default.jpg", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "width": 240, "height": 311 } ], "body": { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/286%2Fimage-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d0f23d19-3554-4ede-8d21-e46c90144661.jpeg/full/full/0/default.jpg", "type": "Image", "format": "image/jpeg", "service": [ { "id": "https://archives.montessori-ami.org/cantaloupe/iiif/2/286%2Fimage-namta-journal-38-1-2013-winter-11-d0f23d19-3554-4ede-8d21-e46c90144661.jpeg", "type": "ImageService2", "profile": "level2" } ], "height": 3300, "width": 2550 }, "target": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p7" } ] } ] } ], "structures": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/range/r1", "type": "Range", "label": { "en": [ "NAMTA Journal 38\/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future" ] }, "items": [ { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p1", "type": "Canvas" }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p2", "type": "Canvas" }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p3", "type": "Canvas" }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p4", "type": "Canvas" }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p5", "type": "Canvas" }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p6", "type": "Canvas" }, { "id": "https://archivesdev.montessori-ami.org/do/26f6953b-08b6-412a-a290-7c8c97a27e39/iiif/canvas/p7", "type": "Canvas" } ] } ] }