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Sequence 1BUILDING CORRELATIONS: COSMIC EDUCATION AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT Part One by David Kahn Looking at the classical Montessori… |
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 8isn't the same thing as declaring that no reason for patterns of branch- ing exists. Pattern cladists don't doubt… |
Sequence 7rational behaviorist thought that the small child could hide within him "spiritual germs" or "… |
Sequence 2Today, with mothers spending less time at home, with families falling apart and being reshaped in new combinations, and with… |
Sequence 25who experienced deprivation when very young and rebounded hand- somely in adolescence. According to Kagan, the commotion… |
Sequence 3goals seriously, it turns out that we need a lot more critical and creative thinking as a part of the process of education.… |
Sequence 6have a problem co explain. We know that babies are geniuses universally. We find ic in Piagec, but unfonunacely he didn't… |
Sequence 5TB. It's an awakening experience that children have when they are very young. When you see animals and young humans, they… |
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 13English. So, English literature dropped. When you had a German-speaking ruler and a German-speaking court, it affected what… |
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 4story, for example-give the most excellent details about life in a country. When you are teaching, look up the tales. In the… |
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 20Now, sub-cycle number four is the language of birds, and the type tale comes from Normandy. Here, the child hears the birds… |
Sequence 17You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 14One elementary school head in an affluent Midwestern suburb recently told me that children from "normal"… |
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 140One elementary school head in an affluent Midwestern suburb recently told me that children from "normal"… |
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 6you have nature. On the other hand, my view, my metaphysics, tells me that nurture changes nature. Before I go further, let… |
Sequence 4We can readily sympathize with any reader who finds the record of these events hard to believe. It was exactly the same with… |
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 32A: It's true that it's very difficult to be in flow all the time. Nobody that I know can be in flow all the time.… |
Sequence 4• the ways in which decisions are made in the class: individu- ally, in small groups, and in whole-class meetings; • the… |
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 5home. Have you had the experience of finding it difficult to persuade parents to move away from traditional practices and… |
Sequence 45wants to be; it is an active way of taking her away from thinking about that and getting her focused on my face. Some little… |
Sequence 47approve of what you've done. You've met my standards." What you're doing is merely helping her experi… |
Sequence 15. . . in all of these approaches is a deep re-spect for the living reality of the children that we work with-that we use… |
Sequence 26that's been traditionally called the family farm, because those people will not be living on that land. They won't… |
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 3Presenters at the Innovation within Limits Seminar E. Thomas Casey, registered architect, came to the Taliesin Fellowship in… |
Sequence 8Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who… |
Sequence 8"Our baby will be born in May," Jessica figures. "What a beautiful month!" And they begin… |
Sequence 21know my four-year-old still hasn't quite figured out the difference between a week and a month-it's all kind of the… |
Sequence 29The other thing we know, and this is primarily from work at the University of Chicago, is that language is irrepressible, that… |
Sequence 41Contrary to what Piaget thought, imitation, we now know, begins at birth. Some studies show that even newborn babies can… |
Sequence 5creatures can't do this. So the difference is not a quantitative differ- ence-it's not that we are a little bit… |
Sequence 18and language. So you might think there's got to be a connection between the two. But what precisely is the connection?… |
Sequence 21• 4 merges= 16 units (from 400 to SOO neurons, a 25% increase) Therefore, it takes a 150% increase to pass beyond the two-word… |
Sequence 12it's dirty. It is. I think I agree with you absolutely, as long as we don't glorify that savagery. We just recognize… |
Sequence 2Erikson, E. H. Young Man Luther. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1958. Gardner, H. Creating Minds. New York: Basic… |
Sequence 2forty-five years prior to any of the early brain research on the potentials of children under three. So once again she was a… |
Sequence 6The fundamental disagreement between attachment parenting and Montessori philosophy lies in the definition and importance of… |
Sequence 22having one drink. Three percent admitted to drinking at least one drink per day or at least one binge. So alcohol consumption… |
Sequence 28Let me first talk about cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is a very common virus. It poses no danger to most of us. In fact, many… |
Sequence 8physically what happens to your body when you hit adolescence. I can't talk to boys because I've never experienced… |
Sequence 17A: It's like we don't discuss all the emotional ramifications of all the things that could happen in a birth. Every… |
Sequence 19with adolescents who didn't go through this program who were doing internships. I tried to give them some idea of where… |
Sequence 21A: To address your first issue, that whole value about the essence of love and the creation of new life is there before we… |
Sequence 2THE Gooo WORK by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi INTRODUCTION Dr. Csikszentmihaly incisively defines soul "as a person… |
Sequence 11"This," she said, "is our hope-a hope in a new humanity that will come from this new education, an… |
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 5People here are having fun; teachers learn from you and you learn from the teachers. We can come to them [teachers] with… |
Sequence 12What you have to remember is that when the children start work- ing with the moveable alphabet and can put out the pictures of… |
Sequence 22BARBARA KAHN: Here is another question about things that we wish were happening but that aren't happening: What happens… |
Sequence 6We have had a rule for the past two years: Any fiction reading done in or for school must be a classic. This fall a new… |
Sequence 16Action. Ed. K.H. Pribram. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Gesell, Arnold, Frances L. Ilg, Janet L. Rodell, et al.… |
Sequence 33wisdom. And wisdom involves putting together everything I've said today. It's about the use of your successful… |
Sequence 9LS. Clasen,A.W. Toga,J.L.Rapoport,&P.M. Thompson. "Dynamic Mapping of Human Cortical Development during… |
Sequence 9------------------------------- ----- ment is connected with all parts of learning. A student wrote to me when she was in… |
Sequence 11Montessori emphasizes the importance of these adolescents being protected and prepared, so that they can become strong, so… |
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 21"All right, what should we do?" says the teacher. "Who has an idea?" There are false… |
Sequence 28there are some university instructors who do that as well? They prepare a syllabus before they've met their students!… |
Sequence 33I hope you never forget as long as you live, is, Who cnres? If you ever forget that's the correct answer, it will hold… |
Sequence 42is given to kids on a regular basis? Should I skip this entirely, then, or would it be helpful, as with the other stuff, to… |
Sequence 44But won't kids just go home and play video games if we don't give them homework? Here's what I say: First,… |
Sequence 20things and said, "That's not the way I present that." So they've got to do their own. Even if I… |