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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 01 The Montessori Contribution to Educational Reform—A Prologue

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from tomes of scope and sequence which compel schools into a blind confor- mity. The reform of education in the Montessori…
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References Brown, Rexford G. ( 1991). Schools of thought: How the politics of litera,cy shape thinking in the classroom. San…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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work of the conscious absorbent mind but it needs an environment for its action. The sensorial material of the Montessori…
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invention, it also provides the holistic, integrated basis for clarifying complex tensions between human and natural systems.…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 01 Reinventing Montessori: Perils and Possibilities

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educationalese all have a purpose. But in my estimation they represent exercises in minutiae-the kind of minutiae that…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 05 The American Adolescent: Facing a "Vortex of New Risks"

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CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF Anol.ESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STIJDY compiled by John Long Almost eve,y Montessori seconda,y…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 06 Characteristics and Needs of Adolescents: A Comparative Study

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Needs of Adolescents Physical Needs Montessori/Stephenson Emotional -A need to strengthen self-confidence. Needs -A time…

NAMTA Journal 19/3 01 Survey of Montessori Adolescent Programs: Interpretive Commentary

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lis), Montessori on the Lake (Lake Forest, CA), Meadow Montessori School (Monroe, lvll), Mercy Montessori Center (Cincinnati…
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Kahn, David U980, Winter). Extending the elementary: McNamara- Kahn imerview. The /\~\ffA Quarter(v. ~2), 13-20. The…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 10 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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The word is obviously German. Literally it would translate into English as "earth children." It is a plural…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 16 Book Review—Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood, By Paula…

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Stephenson, Elementary Director of Training emerita of the Montes- sori Institute of Milwaukee. Not only does Lillard present…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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THE FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by Camillo Grazzini Camillo Grazzini presents two charts designed by Maria Montessori to…
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And these separate energies, finding nothing to satisfy them, give rise to innumerable combinations of wrong and deviated…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 01 All-Day Montessori: Notes on the History of the Experiment

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their shelves, place a few toys and mats in the middle of the room, and establish a day care unit for babysitting during the…
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most of their waking day, provide further incentive for Montessori to integrate pedagogy and life, time and space into an…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 03 Evaluating Experiences in Adolescent Programs

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It is remarkable that, even without a clear formulation of the different planes of development, an elementary school model…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 04 Unifying the Urban Contribution: Moving Toward Erdkinder

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REFERENCES Dewey, J. (1956). The school and society (Combined edition with The child and the curriculum). Chicago: U of…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Carnillo Grazzini The first section of Mr.…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 11 Philosophy Statement for the North Avondale Montessori School

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PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT FOR THE NORTH AVONDALE MONTESSORI SCHOOL by the Cincinnati Public Schools Montessori Assessment…
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Psychologists note the importance of developing responsibility in children at the elementary age. (Lickona, 1991). It is felt…
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realization that it is important to provide a specially prepared environment to support a child's growth. Dr. Montessori…
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we introduce the children to the idea of respect of all of us for one another. (Stephenson, 1993, p. 26) A rich body of…
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In a Montessori class, there is a continual unfolding of how the world was prepared for humanity and the development of…
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Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Harper Collins. Healy, J.M. (1990). Endangered…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 10 Normalization and Normality Across the Planes of Development

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NORMALIZATION AND NORMALITY ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn With the current emphasis on the four planes of…
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NORMALIZATION IN THE FIRST PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT Camillo Grazzini emphasizes the overriding importance of nor- malization for…
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describes the unconscious process for the adolescent as being rooted in life experience. The adolescent must solve social…
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REFERENCES Gebhardt-Seele, P. (1997). Evaluating experiences in adolescent programs. The NAMTA Journal, 22(1), 14-21.…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 14 Erdkinder under Construction: What the Farm Schools Showed Us

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20 years, have lacked any governing standard, any consensus of design, and any documentation. To help build the needed…
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Erdkinder Under Construction Team of community experts including architects, farmers, landscape designers, naturalists,…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 01 Montessori Education: Past, Present, and Possible

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/J~ ---------------------- MONTESSORI EDUCATION: p AST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBLE by David Kahn In 1998, Renilde Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 11 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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A MONTESSORI COMMUNITY FOR ADOLESCENTS by Camillo Grazzini and Baiba Krumins Indicating the theoretical underpinnings for…
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community, since the former and the latter are quite distinct in terms of the community members, the aims, and therefore the…
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REFERENCES Buys Town. Dir. Norman Taurog. Perf. Spencer Tracy. MGM, 1938. Carroll-Abbing, John Patrick. A Chance to Live:…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 12 The Erdkinder Story: In the Beginning

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CONCLUSION 1: ADOLESCENTS MUST LIVE ON THE LAND Camillo Grazzini and Baiba Krumins G. write in an article appear- ing in this…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 11 The Spiritual Challenge of Erdkinder – Part 1: The Passage from Imaginative Vision to Concrete Experience

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THE SPIRITUAL CHALLENGE OF ERDKINDER PART 1: THE p ASSA GE FROM IMAGINATIVE VISION TO CONCRETE EXPERIENCE by David Kahn In…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 02 The Casa Dei Bambini: A Century Concept

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read from the Epistle of the Mass of the day, the Feast of the Epiphany-" Arise, shine; for thy light is come and the…
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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 03 Foreword to The Secret of Childhood

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FOREWORD TO THE SECRET OF CHILDHOOD by Margaret E. Stephenson Margaret Stephenson's classic introduction to the root…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 04 The Casa Dei Bambini: Paths to Culture

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Montessori, Mario. The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education. Amsterdam: Association Montessori lnternationale, 1966.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 05 The Casa Dei Bambini: A Personal Pilgrimage

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Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 13 Montessori and Early Childhood Education: A Contemporary Perspective

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HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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HISTORY Of course, Maria Montessori' s work encountered detractors from the beginning 1 . Close on the heels of her…
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Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo…
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Montessori, Mario. The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education. Amsterdam: Association Montessori lnternationale, 1966.…
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FOREWORD TO THE SECRET OF CHILDHOOD by Margaret E. Stephenson Margaret Stephenson's classic introduction to the root…
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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…
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read from the Epistle of the Mass of the day, the Feast of the Epiphany-" Arise, shine; for thy light is come and the…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 03 Montessori in Early Childhood: Positive Outcomes along Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions

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MONTESSORI IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: POSITIVE OUTCOMES ALONG SOCIAL, MORAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS by Annette M.…
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Moreover, some unexpected tastes emerge from the social life of a Montessori classroom. The children come to prefer one…
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to think lies at the heart of our very humanity (Stephenson, "First Plane" 21). The creation of intelligence…
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speech reflects the characteristic intonation, pronunciation, or dialect of a region. The infant memory, Montessori said, is…
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thing, saying: I did it all alone, you did not think I could have done that; I did it better today than yesterday" (…
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Montessori, Mario M.,Jr. Education for Human Development. NY: Schocken, 1976. Montessori, Renilde. "Human Education…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 02 The Human Tendencies

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THE HUMAN TENDENCIES by Margaret E. Stephenson At Dr. Montessori's last public lecture she disclaimed the atten- tion…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 03 The First Plane of Development

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THE FIRST PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT by Margaret E. Stephenson One of the more significant principles of Dr. Montessori was her…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 04 Plan Which Will Best Produce the Results Montessori Can Give

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Margaret E. Stephenson, circa 1970 40 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 25, No. 3 • Summer 2000
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PLAN WHICH WILL BEST PRODUCE THE RESULTS MONTESSORI CAN GIVE by Margaret E. Stephenson The Montessori class should begin…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 05 Reminiscences and Thoughts about Montessori Day Care

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Richard and Karin Salzmann, founders of Washington Montessori Institute, circa 1970 • ., •• ·.'.ac~:,,. ~c.;;;;;,;. :4…
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REMINISCENCES AND THOUGHTS ABOUT MONTESSORI DAY CARE by Margaret E. Stephenson I'd like to start off by saying that I…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 06 Cosmic Education

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COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Cosmic Education is, in a way, what we have been leading up to all these days,…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 07 Independence

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NAMTA President Charlotte Kovach-Shea recognizes Margaret E. Stephenson for her Montessori contribution, 1980s 78 The NAMTA…
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INDEPENDENCE by Margaret E. Stephenson I would like to begin by linking independence to this one definition of man: one…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 08 Notes on the Montessori Adolescent

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NOTES ON THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT by Margaret E. Stephenson I think we have encountered some gems already, which will help…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 09 The Adolescent and the Future

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THE ADOLESCENT AND THE FUTURE by Margaret E. Stephenson I have read just recently in a London newspaper the obituary of…

NAMTA Journal 26/2 03 Literary Approaches for the Child Under Six

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herself how a moment's insight is captured in the seventeen syllables of haiku, translated from the Japanese. As with…

NAMTA Journal 26/2 05 Homo Loquens: Language in the Context of Cosmic Education

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HOMO LOQUENS: LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Placing language in the context of human…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 01 An Overview of Adolescence

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cent Colloquium (see the timeline of Montessori secondary programs in "The Development of a Montessori High School as…
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ing examples of spontaneous discipline through visiting ex- isting Montessori adolescent programs, consolidating past…
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If the human being is what we study, then we must create an environment which uniquely addresses the psychologi- cal…
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that is to bring the developing human through optimal prepared environments for every stage of development. The Farm School is…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 07 Ruffing Montessori School Peace Curriculum: An Informal Narrative

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CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF ADOLESCENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY compiled by John Long Almost every Montessori secondary…
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Characteristics of Adolescents Physical Characteristics Montessori/Stephenson Emotional • Doubts, hesitations, violent…
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Physical Needs Emotional Needs Social Needs Cogitive Needs Needs of Adolescents Montessori/Stephenson • A need to…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 17 Erdkinder: The Experiment for the Experiment (Interview with Margaret Elizabeth Stephenson and A.M…

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ERDKINDER: THE EXPERIMENT FOR THE EXPERIMENT Interview with Margaret E. Stephenson and A.M. Joosten The followi11g…
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The parents have to accept that you cannot give guarantees for one year. We can guaran- tee that we will get the child to a…
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Joosten: It is a kind of in-service training for a regular institution, so not like we have the pre-primary and primary people…
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tessori children, to one day be able to have a Montessori Erdkinder. But be very active. It is better to do something than…
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school-for those eleven years, the children went to the public exami- nation, and they didn't mind at all. And so then,…
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Joosten: The only thing is that you should assume obligations to the families and the children over periods of time, so that…
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Joosten: The individuals who would work in and for this experi- ment would work like concentric circles. At the center there…
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Joosten: The seventh leg is someone who really wants to do it. But it's not enough to want to. That is where we have to…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 18 Some Characteristics of a Montessori Erdkinder Compromise

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they will be accepted. I think it is not-I am not good at defining personal qualities. Joosten: Let me try. They should be…
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your child first goes on an independent shopping expedition and you shadow him. The present queen of Holland, when she was a…
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that it is not the full answer for setting it up, but the land is one of the things. If you get money, you will definitely…
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Joosten: Scientifically speaking, then already you do not have your experiment. Erdkinder Atlanta: It would be better to keep…
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have not had Montessori Our thoughts were that those children would be very carefully selected, certainly not children with…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 19 The Kibbutz, Boy’s Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder

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Joosten: You say that the first-year children may not be able to manage more than four and a half days. You also are a mother…
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Joosten: I don't think there is a yes or a no. Is it either or? There is a blend. We can't go outside to an…
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Joosten: Some have disappeared and others have come in, etc. But whatever they use, whatever you see being used, will be a…
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foosten: But that's elementary material. Erdkinder Atlanta: So we don't have all the elementary material. Joosten:…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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developed a program for the third plane of development. For the children at that age she created the term Erdkinder. The word…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 24 The Origins of Agrarianism and the Development of the Self

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Epstein, Paul. A Montessori Program for the 7th and 8th Grade. Pamphlet. Glenndale, MD: CEkos, a Foundation for Edu- cation,…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 36 The Development of a Montessori High School as an Extension of the Farm School

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THE MONTESSORI PAST AS PRELUDE TO A MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL Montessori adolescent education takes place squarely in the con…
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Hershey Montessori School, Coo:ord Twp., OH (Laurie Ewert-l<rockex) Adolescent Program at Salila, SWedE!II 0enn y Marie…
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These "noble" or "true" characteristics" have been en- capsulated as character…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 05 The Whole Elementary Experience: Ages Six to Twelve

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A WHOLE MONTESSORI EXPERIENCE In summary, "the whole Montessori experience" refers to the development of…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 03 Nurturing the Spirit of the Teacher

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He wanted to be a friend of children, and he became that friend. This is not unlike our own wish. Aren't we lucky to be…

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