Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/3 01 Building the Inclusive Montessori School Pam Shanks describes Raintree Montessori School, an exemplary inclusion school, and gives credit to the legacy of Dr. Montessori. An inclusive Montessori community begins with "physical integration of all children, progresses to functional inclusion, and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 15 Reflections: A Life's Work in Montessori Mary Verschuur writes about coming to America in 1962, recruited by Nancy McCormick Rambusch. In this article, she reminisces about the sheer sensation of practicing a new vocation in an unknown location with materials imported in wood crates from Europe and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 14 "The Lines That Make the Clouds": The Essence of the Mathematical Mind in the First Six Years of Life Ginny Sackett lists many of the universal attributes of the absorbent mind--pattern recognition, order, incarnation, the rules for language, and numeracy. Her essay borders on the metaphysical as it suggests that the mathematical mind is really a non-entity…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 12 Toileting Functional independence in toilet training involves muscle control, the awareness and desire to stay dry, and the child's ability to dress themselves. This is a natural and gradual process beginning at home, and Sarah Moudry gives clear and encouraging ideas…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 13 Joyful Engagement: Montessori's Common Core Standard Linking joy and engagement together, Sarah Werner Andrews points out how happiness is a factor of real imaginary work possibilities and not just coercion. Choice and expression of work are central to the child when work is self-motivated but does not always…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 11 The Infant-Parent Class: Maximizing Outcomes The infant-parent class offers the school's first opportunity for a prepared environment and utilizes observation as an important tool for parents. Purposeful work is given to both parents and their young children. Montessori principles, such as teaching…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 10 What is the Ideal Infant Group Care Environment: Montessori Nido Versus Infant Daycare Programs Emily Shubitz appreciates the Nido and all of its facets and is well aware of the pioneers--Adele Costa Gnocchi and Silvana Montanaro--as she emphasizes the Nido being a developmental force rather than just a babysitting source. Her list for creating a Nido…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 09 Common Toddler Behaviors and Ways to Keep Calm Mary Santelman discusses all forms of biting, the labeling of a biter, the biter as victim or victimizer, and record keeping of biting behavior. On the list of toddler behaviors, she also examines tantrums, including insights into the child's emotional needs,…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 08 An Overview of Family Star Montessori School Family Star Montessori School is well acquainted with "under-three" child care having served 3000 children over the last twenty-three years. Many of the children come from below the poverty line and bring strong diversity to the enrollment of the program…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 39/2 07 An Overview of the Bachman Lake Community School Tom Loew says that East Dallas Community Schools have been creating beautiful and functional environments for decades, but developing Bachman Lake Community School was more than creating a school. They also had to establish a community center, scale up staff…
