Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 16 Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions toward Erdkinder Gerard Leonard and Kathleen Allen describe a variety of nature experiences as a part of the Montessori elementary tradition, beginning with a warning about the way contemporary life constrains children's experience of nature. Through a lyrical rendering of…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 15 The Elementary Child's Place in the Natural World Phoebe Allen's article speaks for the early bonding of children to the natural world prior to the elementary class. She also suggests the continuing exploration of children at elementary age in the outdoors in order to build the necessary sense of wonder and…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 14 Deepening Cosmic Education This article is a special blend of research, theory, and practice, with clear insight into the origins of Cosmic Education and cosmic task, while recalling memories of student explorations in botany, in particular, episodes from Mr. Leonard's teaching. Mr…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 13 Cosmic Education Margaret Stephenson begins with the reasoning elementary child as he answers questions about "all things." She centers on the unity of knowledge, leading "from the whole via the parts back to the whole." Imagination is enhanced to bring abstraction to an…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 12 Maria Montessori's Cosmic Vision, Cosmic Plan, and Cosmic Education This classic position of the breadth of Cosmic Education begins with a way of seeing the human's interaction with the world, continues on to the grandeur in scale of time and space of that vision, then brings the interdependency of life where each growing…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 11 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future 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…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 10 The Kodaikanal Experience: Chapter II. Kahn-Montessori Interview This article provides an interview transcript between David Kahn and Mario Montessori (1898-1982), son of Dr. Maria Montessori. Mario Montessori dedicated his life to the preservation, dissemination and application of Montessori's works. Herein Kahn asks…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 09 The Kodaikanal Experience: Chapter I. Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview The Kodaikanal years were from late 1942 to March, 1944, a period of internment for Maria Montessori against her will in India. Yet in these remote hills, a fanfare and training course emerged, and so did the inspiration for an in-depth unification principle…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 07 At Home in the Natural World Jim Roberts captures the challenges of walking with small groups of children under six, building confidence in bushwhacking trails, and walking on brambles. Mr. Roberts gives many clues as to indirect teaching moments while enjoying the ramble with an…
Digital Object NAMTA Journal 38/1 08 Montessori Special Education and Nature's Playground Nimal Vaz takes us to the essentials of Montessori as an aid to life for all children, particularly children with special needs. She challenges teachers to truly provide experiences in nature: observing anthills, identifying bird nests, or taking an olfactory…
