Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 13 The Montessori Approach to Music Discusses the Montessori approach to music education and specific techniques for teaching piano to young children using key and note cards above the piano keys. These materials isolate the teaching purpose, show errors, and stimulate self-correction.
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 10 The Roots of Environmental Concern Presents a conceptual model of how young children learn about the physical environment, reviewing theories concerning environmental cognition and moral development. Notes that children in developed nations receive much of their information about the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 11 Equal Opportunity and the Montessori Magnet School Discusses the inequalities and hidden curriculum of public education and the role that the Montessori approach can play in revolutionizing educational assumptions, values, and conventions as it expands in the public sector. Suggests that Montessori models for…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 08 Toward Key Experiences for the Adolescent Compares the educational needs of young children and adolescents in relation to movement, work attitudes, psychic development, and language development, emphasizing the prepared environment of the Montessori approach. Also examines the importance of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 09 Reinventing Civility Calls for a "renaissance in civility," discussing definitions of civility and the need to encourage manners and responsible behavior in children and adolescents. Argues that it is essential that elementary school children develop social awareness and social…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 07 Cosmic Education and Literature-Based Teaching Reviews research on reading and writing development, comparing the whole-language approach with the Montessori approach for teaching reading and writing at the elementary school level. Also discusses techniques to teach students how to write poetry and short…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 06 The Place of Reading Recovery in Montessori Schools Discusses the Reading Recovery, whole-language, and Montessori approaches to the teaching of reading, suggesting the use of the reading recovery approach for those children who experience difficulty reading and writing in a Montessori classroom. Notes that…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 04 Montessori as an Aid to Life Asserts that children's potential is unlimited but dependent on three factors: (1) a nurturing environment; (2) adult understanding of human growth and development; and (3) society's understanding of the educational process. Suggests that adults need to treat…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 05 Nurturing the Growing Brain Asserts that family environment and the parent-child relationship have a significant effect on the neurological development of young children. Suggests that parents need to encourage thinking, problem-solving, and language skills in their children through…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality Discusses specific teaching strategies to nurture creativity in young children that guide choice, highlight human potential, and distinguish those activities that help children from those that are more impulsive and less developmental. Suggests that teachers…
