Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 10 Cosmic Education: The Child's Discovery of a Global Vision and a Cosmic Task Susan Mayclin Stephenson tackles a large subject, Cosmic Education, which Montessori defined as a "unifying global and universal view[s] of the past, present and future." Stephenson takes the reader from birth to the end of the elementary age with examples of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 09 Promoting World Citizenship: A Crucial Area of Study This article probes the vicissitudes of racism and how the multicultural perspectives of a Montessori preschool environment can prevent prejudices. Barbara Hacker is whole-heartedly committed to human unity transcending color differences. Racism is…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 08 Man and SuperNature. Lecture 12, September 27, 1946 "Man and SuperNature" is a lyrical chapter in the 1946 London course following the emergence of Cosmic Education in Kodaikanal, India. Montessori contrasts the adaptation required of animals for their survival to conscious human adaptation. Animals exist and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 07 The Social Roots of a Global Community Polli Soholt points to normalization in the first plane as leading to the successful realization of the human personality, which is the basis of social development. Children who have cultivated concentration and purposeful work at an early age develop the…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 06 The Montessori Classroom: A Foundation for Global Citizenship Gerard Leonard maps the child's increasingly global environment and sense of citizenship from elementary to adolescence. For the elementary child, an orientation to the local history and geography of their surroundings provides a framework for understanding…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 05 Understanding the Youngest Children: How to Build a Deep Awareness of the Toddler with Parents and… Nichole Holtvluwer writes for fellow guides who work in the toddler community. Recognizing that communication with parents is the most important path to serving the child, Holtvluwer offers concrete advice beginning with the guide's most important stance:…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 04 Birth to Six: A Foundation for All That Comes Later Judi Orion, a Montessori expert on the birth-to-six plane of development, delivers a no-nonsense call to arms about the vital importance of the right beginning to set the stage for all that follows. Although we often hear and read about the period from birth…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 03 The Social Relevance of Montessori in the First Plane This article represents an amazing reversal of linguistic analysis. Usually Montessori language is translated into "state" terminology. In this case, Sarah Werner Andrews puts state quality assessment terms into Montessori language. For example, domains for…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 02 The Education of the Individual Only when we look at education from birth and follow the inner development of the child from the beginning can we truly see the child's psychological progress. Montessori states that personality cannot develop fully without freedom; even the formation of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 40/2 01 The Revelation of the Universal Child Lynne Lawrence puts forward the solemn belief that each child is fulfilling the destiny of every human being. As children make their own contributions to their unique family, society, and global life, they are putting the common good above their own needs…
