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Sequence 7age children. In a sense this has been our equivalent of the wartime experience of the British children and their teachers. We… |
Sequence 1BUILDING CORRELATIONS: COSMIC EDUCATION AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT Part One by David Kahn Looking at the classical Montessori… |
Sequence 3weeks befol"e I found out what was happening. They finally admitted to me that they were banging on the wall between… |
Sequence 11"' A.M. Joosten "The Silence Lesson" in AMI Co1111111111icalio11~ 4:(19(i7) 27. "Tape… |
Sequence 1ON BUBBLES AND SUCH by C. A. Claremont Dr. Clarernont's ability to personify aspects of physics, to isolate the… |
Sequence 4nineteenth-century reaction; and, while I'm not a conventional believer, I don't consider myself irreligious.… |
Sequence 6lower jaw decrease in size. We've even found a transitional form with an elegant solution to the problem of remaking jaw… |
Sequence 10ape-like primates, waddling reptiles, jawless fishes, worm-like inverte- brates, and other creatures deemed even lower or more… |
Sequence 7rational behaviorist thought that the small child could hide within him "spiritual germs" or "… |
Sequence 11kindergarten through grade 2, intermediate schools, middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools. Time, coo, is… |
Sequence 2the common experience for fashioning questions in the right way to reveal what they know, rather than just revealing… |
Sequence 3educationalese all have a purpose. But in my estimation they represent exercises in minutiae-the kind of minutiae that… |
Sequence 5There are dozens of words that you can pick out to give to children. Bankrupt means someone whose bench has been broken (rupto… |
Sequence 6it. Here are the symbols for the ~ansitive and the intransitive, the infinitive, and the verb to be for auxiliary use. Of… |
Sequence 11my 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… |
Sequence 16Never more; Miranda Miranda Never more. Only the high peak's hoar; And Aragon a torrent at the door. No sound In… |
Sequence 2FOLK TALES, FAIRY TALES, AND HISTORY USES AND CLASSIFICATION by Francesca Claremont 'Jbe article that follows is… |
Sequence 8hadn't got. So he retired and went back to Germany. That is the scale. Of course, it is very, very important from a… |
Sequence 16History cannot be written on the basis of official decisions and documents alone. If our descendants are to understand fully… |
Sequence 6A Montessori teacher who is willing to learn and change based upon his or her own ob!3etvations and careful record keeping… |
Sequence 17You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 9and meaning in the universe is one of the ways we provide a secure environment. But we also create a context in which there is… |
Sequence 103and meaning in the universe is one of the ways we provide a secure environment. But we also create a context in which there is… |
Sequence 169You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 1CLAUDE CLAREMONT' S CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING by Harvey R. Hallenberg Claude A. Claremont… |
Sequence 2the Montessori educational community, yet he made most of his discov- eries in his own classroom working with a group of… |
Sequence 3great chasms and mighty rivers but also the trusses that support the roofs of our houses. Spanning space continues to be an… |
Sequence 4The elementary student is especially sensitive to historical context. The sense of time and duration crystallizes out of a… |
Sequence 1TRAINING THE MONTESSORI TEACHERS by Claude A. Claremont, PhD STUDIO HOUSE IN WAR-TIME "It's an ill wind that… |
Sequence 2residence for the principals (Mr. and Mrs. Claremont), garden ameni- ties including a large field or paddock, very suitable… |
Sequence 14When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'… |
Sequence 7independence in the child's life. Dr. Sears states, "Independence is not, in itself, one of our most important… |
Sequence 12Meeting Individual Needs in the Elementary Prepared Environment Uses of the Materials Another way we avoid labeling children… |
Sequence 8Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers… |
Sequence 1London, England MONTESSORI AND THE DEEPER FREEDOM by Mario M. Montessori and Claude A. Claremont I am inclined to think that… |
Sequence 6These sudden outbursts, which Dr. Montessori aptly terms "explo- sions," are prepared not just by growing,… |
Sequence 18The true nature is like gold-waiting underground to be discovered and brought to light. After many episodes of normalization… |
Sequence 1!)~------------ THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD: KEEPING THE BALANCE by David Kahn Montessori learned from observed… |
Sequence 4center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 16The human is a great collaborator. And nature welcomes a gentle intervention. The trees' wounds will heal, and the maple… |
Sequence 19REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,… |
Sequence 9Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo… |
Sequence 184Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo… |
Sequence 194REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,… |
Sequence 2POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: THE EMERGING PARADIGM by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Positive Psychology takes the focus off… |
Sequence 32• an anxious concern for life • love for people and things • emotional wellness • warm, expressive, outgoing, and optimistic… |
Sequence 15becomes the steward of rooted plants in the garden. Here the task is more defined. The light needed is probably more grounded… |
Sequence 3Presenters at the Innovation within Limits Seminar E. Thomas Casey, registered architect, came to the Taliesin Fellowship in… |
Sequence 2THE HUMAN TENDENCIES by Margaret E. Stephenson At Dr. Montessori's last public lecture she disclaimed the atten- tion… |
Sequence 6Q:To what degree can you take the philosophical realizations of Cosmic Education that take place in the second plane (the… |
Sequence 8Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who… |
Sequence 12• Children too need to feel that what they do is necessary, important and appreciated ... that feeling came across strongly… |
Sequence 2Erikson, E. H. Young Man Luther. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1958. Gardner, H. Creating Minds. New York: Basic… |
Sequence 6find another way of nurturing. Nursing is not the only way to nurture a child. So, we do this gradual process. When we… |
Sequence 6The fundamental disagreement between attachment parenting and Montessori philosophy lies in the definition and importance of… |
Sequence 31almost certainly incapable of harming the fetus. Microwave ovens are not dangerous. A lot of people were worried about… |
Sequence 3Where do such deep responses come from in children? What triggers them? What do they tell us about the religious nature of… |
Sequence 2THE Gooo WORK by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi INTRODUCTION Dr. Csikszentmihaly incisively defines soul "as a person… |
Sequence 20A. I think we' re only beginning to reach that. Stephen Kaplan and Rachel Kaplan, at the University of Michigan, have led… |
Sequence 11"This," she said, "is our hope-a hope in a new humanity that will come from this new education, an… |
Sequence 14pa per letters, and the words for the sensorial attributes. In spite of this, I started noticing how the children were… |
Sequence 15As a daily procedure in one Casa, the children line up to walk to the park. The guide quietly counts to see that all the… |
Sequence 2THE EVOLVING NATIJRE OF WORK by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Beginning with a definition of work built around a systems view of… |
Sequence 1THE Goon WORK by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Researching the working lives of geneticists and journalists, Dr. Csikszentmihalyi… |
Sequence 10REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. "Flow and Education." The NAMT A Journal 22.2 (1997, Spring): 3-35.… |
Sequence 4for The NAMT A Journal outlining three connections between Montessori education and optimal experience theory: (1) an… |
Sequence 5Neither does it surprise us to learn that Montessori students spend less time in passive listening and watching media, and… |
Sequence 7men. They had sixteen or seventeen vice presidents, all world-class or ex-world-class athletes. None of them knew anything… |
Sequence 16Action. Ed. K.H. Pribram. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Gesell, Arnold, Frances L. Ilg, Janet L. Rodell, et al.… |
Sequence 28learning. Assessment also should involve analytical, creative, and practical, as well as memory components. You make the… |
Sequence 9LS. Clasen,A.W. Toga,J.L.Rapoport,&P.M. Thompson. "Dynamic Mapping of Human Cortical Development during… |
Sequence 5adolescent, so it naturally has to be one of the fundamental elements of an adolescent program. The second element Montessori… |
Sequence 15interest in, what is extraordinary, what is magnificent; and they have a natural tendency to hero worship. All of this can be… |
Sequence 5And Dr. Claremont, quoting Maria Montessori in his Translator's Note to The Absorbent Mind, says, "We know how… |
Sequence 13• Allow your child to feel strong feelings; teach him or her acceptable ways of expressing them. • Expect error and cultivate… |
Sequence 17off the roof will be collected in large cisterns for watering the gardens and washing. We also chose to use straw bale… |
Sequence 24Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1959… |
Sequence 37extent and use it in our dealings with children. For the children are the inheritors and passers-on of culture. They are… |
Sequence 15Montessori, Maria. Ed11catioJ1 and Pence. 1949. Trans. Helen R. Lane. Oxford: Clio, 1992. Montessori, Maria. Educazio11e e… |
Sequence 16Who then are this young chi.Id's teachers? Above all else he has an inner teacher, nature herself, who has determined… |
Sequence 24accepted their differences in their weak areas. Their concept of them- selves as a learner and a person remained intact.… |
Sequence 6John Dewey, the American philosopher, has a very interesting idea. He says, if you want to know what is going on, one way to… |
Sequence 24projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest ages of the past, thereby linking the past to the present and the… |
Sequence 6Latin, the significance of which was prominent when the culture was a literary culture, is not as essential today. [ts… |
Sequence 18REFERENCES Arensburg, Baruch, & Anne-Marie Tillier. "Speech and the Neanderthals." Endeavour 15.1 (… |
Sequence 15It is a big thing. It has Jed us as far as this general statement: Colin: Music is part of life and so should be part of our… |
Sequence 17By the way, one of our former students, now a college freshman, says that dealing with the crops and the chickens in our… |
Sequence 15child'.s experience with seeing patterns and the ability to predict what may happen or what should happen. Planning means… |
Sequence 21members of a couple signal their intentions to purchase items and their attitudes toward money would fill a small book. The… |
Sequence 1THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS OF DR. CLAUDE CLAREMONT, DISCIPLE AND COLLEAGUE OF MARIA MONTESSORI by Harvey R.… |
Sequence 2Claude decided to earn an advanced degree in engineering at the University of Rome. The winds of war were blowing on the… |
Sequence 3By his own accounting, he was the only English-speaking man to do so. Maria Montessori must have quickly recognized the poten… |
Sequence 4tary and secondary students, it could be used as an introduction to architecture since almost all architectural efforts… |
Sequence 5to produce our own towers with nothing more than rulers, pencils, scissors, construction paper, some sguares of cardboard (for… |
Sequence 6The essential lesson learned by the students during this activity was that all of the buildings had internal skeletons that… |
Sequence 7backed steel rulers be used for making geometric drawings, thanks to Dr. Claremont's urgings. Dr. Claremont knew that the… |
Sequence 8the elevated edge becomes a trap for a pencil point that is held too obliquely with respect to that edge. The director/ guide… |
Sequence 10The third step in Dr. Claremont's drafting regimen involved connecting the intersecting points where the circle crossed… |
Sequence 14CONSTRUCTING THE GOLDEN SPIRAL Two of the three boys remembered that something called the Golden Spiral is a fundamental… |
Sequence 17points of 90 degrees north and 90 degrees south, the north and south geographical poles respectively. The meridians of… |