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

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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 12 Building Correlations: Cosmic Education and Moral Development, Part I

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BUILDING CORRELATIONS: COSMIC EDUCATION AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT Part One by David Kahn Looking at the classical Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 11 The Nature and Theory of Silence Activities in the Children's House

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"' A.M. Joosten "The Silence Lesson" in AMI Co1111111111icalio11~ 4:(19(i7) 27. "Tape…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 02 On Bubbles and Such

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ON BUBBLES AND SUCH by C. A. Claremont Dr. Clarernont's ability to personify aspects of physics, to isolate the…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 07 Cosmic Education and the Physical Sciences

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is,not just an outdated image, made obsolete by physical research. It is rather a very helpful and ever valid image of the…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 08 Cosmic Education: Sowing Life, Not Theories

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COSMIC EDUCATION: SOWING LIFE, NOT THEORIES by David Kahn This is an attempt to clarify the role of Cosmic Education in…
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have little to do with science for science's sake, but rather is an expres- sion of a philosophical view which in turn…
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This not to abandon the scientific rigors of the material to be pre- sented to the child. Montessori is quite clear in that…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 10 Exploring with the Nine to Twelve Child

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Professor Allan Bloom, who wrote The Closing of the American Mind, judges today's University students as, "young…

NAMTA Journal 14/1 09 The Acquisition of Spoken Language, The Nebula Hypothesis

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rational behaviorist thought that the small child could hide within him "spiritual germs" or "…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 05 Montessori: The Humanities Connection—Mythos, Logos, and the Generalist Ideal

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Montessori: The Humanities Connection Mythos, Logos, and the Generalist Ideal by David Kahn Montessori education may be a…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 09 Montessori Education for All

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We are now in the third year of our follow-up study and two new campuses have been added to the program resulting in an…

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 18/2 06 Literature and Grammar

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There are dozens of words that you can pick out to give to children. Bankrupt means someone whose bench has been broken (rupto…
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it. Here are the symbols for the ~ansitive and the intransitive, the infinitive, and the verb to be for auxiliary use. Of…
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my school like the plague one year. Do you know it? There was a youth and a well-beloved youth And he was a squire's son…
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Never more; Miranda Miranda Never more. Only the high peak's hoar; And Aragon a torrent at the door. No sound In…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 07 Folk Tales, Fairy Tales and History: Uses and Classification

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FOLK TALES, FAIRY TALES, AND HISTORY USES AND CLASSIFICATION by Francesca Claremont 'Jbe article that follows is…
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hadn't got. So he retired and went back to Germany. That is the scale. Of course, it is very, very important from a…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 03 Montessori Adolescent Education: Toward an Emerging Framework

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generalizations and integrative structures. Most programs are worked empirically with different segments evolving into an…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality

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You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 07 Cosmic Education and Literature-Based Teaching

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and meaning in the universe is one of the ways we provide a secure environment. But we also create a context in which there is…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 14 In Memoriam: Nancy McCormick Rambusch 1927-1994

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and meaning in the universe is one of the ways we provide a secure environment. But we also create a context in which there is…
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You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 09 Claude Claremont's Contribution to the History of Science and Engineering

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CLAUDE CLAREMONT' S CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING by Harvey R. Hallenberg Claude A. Claremont…
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the Montessori educational community, yet he made most of his discov- eries in his own classroom working with a group of…
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great chasms and mighty rivers but also the trusses that support the roofs of our houses. Spanning space continues to be an…
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The elementary student is especially sensitive to historical context. The sense of time and duration crystallizes out of a…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 15 Training the Montessori Teachers

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TRAINING THE MONTESSORI TEACHERS by Claude A. Claremont, PhD STUDIO HOUSE IN WAR-TIME "It's an ill wind that…
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residence for the principals (Mr. and Mrs. Claremont), garden ameni- ties including a large field or paddock, very suitable…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 12 The Normalized School: Montessori as a Way of Life

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When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 14 Parenting for Independence

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independence in the child's life. Dr. Sears states, "Independence is not, in itself, one of our most important…

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

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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts;and,finally,…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 08 Character and Moral Development

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CHARACTER AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT by Johnnie Denton Ms. Denton's summary of her workshop session on character development…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 13 Discovering the Hidden Person

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Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 05 The Kodaikanal Experience: Kahn - Montessori Interview

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had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 07 Montessori and the Deeper Freedom

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London, England MONTESSORI AND THE DEEPER FREEDOM by Mario M. Montessori and Claude A. Claremont I am inclined to think that…
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These sudden outbursts, which Dr. Montessori aptly terms "explo- sions," are prepared not just by growing,…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 08 Revisiting the Process of Normalization

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The true nature is like gold-waiting underground to be discovered and brought to light. After many episodes of normalization…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 01 The Spiritual Development of the Child: Keeping the Balance

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!)~------------ THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD: KEEPING THE BALANCE by David Kahn Montessori learned from observed…
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center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 10 Cosmos, History, and the Human Spirit

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Montessori was deeply interested in serving the child's religious needs and creating an environment that would foster the…

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

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history, the purpose and finality of civilization, the unity of self and world, the need for intimate contact with the earth…
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The human is a great collaborator. And nature welcomes a gentle intervention. The trees' wounds will heal, and the maple…

NAMTA Journal 24/3 11 Art from the Universe Story: New Meaning for the Child

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Held by the Sun: The loving embrace. Implementing a curriculum founded upon new themes in cosmol- ogy has been rich. It also…

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

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REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,…

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 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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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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REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 02 Positive Psychology: The Emerging Paradigm

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POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: THE EMERGING PARADIGM by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Positive Psychology takes the focus off…

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

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• an anxious concern for life • love for people and things • emotional wellness • warm, expressive, outgoing, and optimistic…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 13 Innovation within Limits: How Is It Possible? – A Summary of the Proceedings

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Presenters at the Innovation within Limits Seminar E. Thomas Casey, registered architect, came to the Taliesin Fellowship in…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 01 Margaret E. Stephenson: Following the Child across the Planes of Development

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Montessori Institute of Milwaukee. Miss Stephenson now lives in England, where she is an AMI lecturer, examiner, and trainer…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 06 Cosmic Education

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We have to be careful that we recognize that Cosmic Education is not a scheme in which education is divided into subjects of…
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development is not to teach a syllabus-not even that so-called sylla- bus that is in your albums-but instead to be able to…
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upon earth, that new actor. And to help the child understand and realize the part that he has been called upon to play and…
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being is the change agent with regard to the environment, that man has the urge not only to adapt himself to the environment…
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knowledge has been acquired mechanically (just as you might drop potatoes into a sack) and not by a process of integrating…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 01 Celebrating Montessori's Great Work: Our Gift for the Future

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Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 08 The Work of the Child and Cosmic Education

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tion is the educational plan for six- to twelve-year-olds. The Greek idea of cosmos refers to the totality of the universe,…

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 36 The Development of a Montessori High School as an Extension of the Farm School

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Erikson, E. H. Young Man Luther. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1958. Gardner, H. Creating Minds. New York: Basic…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 06 Parenting for Independence

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The fundamental disagreement between attachment parenting and Montessori philosophy lies in the definition and importance of…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 08 The Good Work

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THE Gooo WORK by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi INTRODUCTION Dr. Csikszentmihaly incisively defines soul "as a person…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 02 Aligning Montessori Schools with True Montessori Essentials

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ALIGNING CLASSROOM PRACTICE WITH TRUE MONTESSORI ESSENTIALS by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Peter Gebhardt-Seele presents his…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 05 Work

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"This," she said, "is our hope-a hope in a new humanity that will come from this new education, an…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 07 The Evolving Nature of Work

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THE EVOLVING NATIJRE OF WORK by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Beginning with a definition of work built around a systems view of…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 08 The Good Work

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THE Goon WORK by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Researching the working lives of geneticists and journalists, Dr. Csikszentmihalyi…

NAMTA Journal 28/3 01 Montessori and Optimal Experience Research: Toward Building a Comprehensive Education Reform

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REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. "Flow and Education." The NAMT A Journal 22.2 (1997, Spring): 3-35.…

NAMTA Journal 28/3 02 A Comparison of Montessori and Traditional Middle Schools: Motivation, Quality of Experience, and Social…

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for The NAMT A Journal outlining three connections between Montessori education and optimal experience theory: (1) an…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 03 An Interview with Camillo Grazzini: Celebrating Fifty years of Montessori Work

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tants to 1nfancy, Children's House, Cosmic Education, and Erdkinder. That is the technical part of the Montessori idea.…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 22 Camillo 26-01-04

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tants to 1nfancy, Children's House, Cosmic Education, and Erdkinder. That is the technical part of the Montessori idea.…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 08 Extensio Animae and Magna

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The standards-based model is characterized by standards and consequent curriculum developed by committees overseen by state…
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nation. The lessons are to entice and inflame the interest of the child. The Montessori program at our school was initially…
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presented with items of knowledge because we think they have to understand it and to learn it. (77) For over ten years in our…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 11 Project 2012: History Whither Bound from Childhood to Adolescence?

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needs and solutions at the Montessori elementary level. What are human needs? How are humans different in how they find…
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Bruner, Jerome. "Man: A Course of Study." Toward a Theory of Instruction. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1966…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 02 Montessori: A Modern Approach to Intelligence

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Action. Ed. K.H. Pribram. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Gesell, Arnold, Frances L. Ilg, Janet L. Rodell, et al.…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 07 Eight Montessori Insights

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LS. Clasen,A.W. Toga,J.L.Rapoport,&P.M. Thompson. "Dynamic Mapping of Human Cortical Development during…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 17 The Lenses of Cosmic Education

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COSMIC EDUCATION: SOME MEANS TO AWARENESS In Montessori education we base our approach to children on what their needs are.…
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comes together. Maria Montessori uses the metaphor of the Great River to initially illustrate how each function of a society…
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great Italian poet, Dante, has said: "La somma sapienza e il primo amore," or "The greatest wisdom…
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We need the help of numbers for painting the imaginative picture, and if statistics be not available we can speak in terms of…
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move based on what you discern. It is the question of "why?" whose answer is most difficult but yet fairly…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 04 Parents as Moral Educators

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And Dr. Claremont, quoting Maria Montessori in his Translator's Note to The Absorbent Mind, says, "We know how…
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• Allow your child to feel strong feelings; teach him or her acceptable ways of expressing them. • Expect error and cultivate…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 08 From the Garden to the Farmhouse: Farm Life and Education for Children Under Six

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off the roof will be collected in large cisterns for watering the gardens and washing. We also chose to use straw bale…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 09 Deepening Cosmic Education

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simple tool-the pencil-a sense of the whole and the interconnec- tions between things and people. The elder hoped to awaken…
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because one does not put him in contact with nature. (From Childhood to Adolescence 35) I share these very personal…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 10 Montessori Community Values: Sowing the Seeds of Morality

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1959…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 05 The Original Principles of The Silent Journey

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COSMIC EDUCATION by Annette Haines Annette Haines makes a clear and well-doc11me11ted presentatio11 of Cosmic Education,…
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extent and use it in our dealings with children. For the children are the inheritors and passers-on of culture. They are…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 06 The Child and Society

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Montessori, Maria. Ed11catioJ1 and Pence. 1949. Trans. Helen R. Lane. Oxford: Clio, 1992. Montessori, Maria. Educazio11e e…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 05 The Child and Society

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Who then are this young chi.Id's teachers? Above all else he has an inner teacher, nature herself, who has determined…

NAMTA Journal 33/2 07 Montessorians Helping Children Who Learn Differently

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accepted their differences in their weak areas. Their concept of them- selves as a learner and a person remained intact.…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 05 The Unity of Cosmic Education: Integrating the Subject Areas through a Synthetic View of the Natural World

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• Atmospheric Physics • Climatology • Atmospheric Chemistry • Meteorology ... Which brings us to a question that second-…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 02 The Disciplines: Their Evolving Roles from Childhood to Adolescence

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certainty that every grain of information was true without a hint of falsehood. We must not be discouraged by this, instead…

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