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Sequence 5Ii is difficult to leach children about God by only using words. God is abslracL, but Christ is concrete. And what is around… |
Sequence 18SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Plants: Activities with leaves and seeds. Florian, Douglas. Discovering Trees. New York: Charles… |
Sequence 3example, discusses the propensity of the four year old to view a picture as a static picture. The child cannot make inferences… |
Sequence 10express over two thousand years later in The Art of Teaching: You must think, not what you know, but what they do not know;… |
Sequence 6David (age 5, drawing No. 1) the day before he left the hospital, with a nasal tube still in place, draws a picture for the… |
Sequence 63. The student demonstrates automatic execution of the skill. E.g: Can you tell me how "0 Come Little Children&… |
Sequence 11in order. This duty is often overlooked. If we see a child misusing an object, we intervene and stop it immediately. So far so… |
Sequence 3Kahn: So you prepared your albums during that second period. Gunawardena: No, we did that with Dr. Montessori. I had to make… |
Sequence 7with Montessori. As you made what Montessori calls the levels of ascent as you go and work through the years, what discovery… |
Sequence 4What makes the Montessori curriculwn work are: its long history of implementation, its focus on giving the keys (process) to… |
Sequence 13References Brown, Rexford. (1989a). 'Testing and thoughtfulness." Education Leader- ship, 46 (7), 31-33. Brown… |
Sequence 10of President Wilson. Montessori lectured in cities in South America, and, of course, conducted many courses in India during… |
Sequence 20viduals and social organizations to deal with complexity and change in ways which are both adaptive and creative. The emerging… |
Sequence 21Kahn, David. (1990). Implementing Montessori education in the public sector. Cleveland Heights, Ohio. North American… |
Sequence 20Bruner, Jerome S. ( 1971 ). The relevance of education. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Chadwick, Bruce A; Bahr… |
Sequence 9References Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development (1989). Tuming points: Preparing American youth for the twenty-first… |
Sequence 13the circle of misbehavior and punishment. Soon 1he parents complain that their child has been much more naughty since he… |
Sequence 8The capacity to heighten significance and enlarge meaning by thinking about events "romantically" can be… |
Sequence 4of the word, in the sense of Socrates and Plato, the master or majenta who recognizes that in every child and perhaps in every… |
Sequence 3The essentiality of the child is perhaps the element that imposes the severest discipline on the adult. How many… |
Sequence 2SURVEY OF MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT PROGRAMS: INTERPRETIVE COMMENTARY by John Long Introduction Let me Lell a personal story… |
Sequence 10By reframing Montessori's principles of human development in light of the whole school's development, we can move… |
Sequence 26I looked into their warm eyes, the amount of emotions was astonishing, but more than love or sorrow or hunger I saw greed. I… |
Sequence 6becomes clear. But the point is that you can't have that insight unless you have prepared for it for a long time. And… |
Sequence 1A MONTESSORI JOURNEY OF SELF by Eduardo J. Cuevas Eduardo Cuevas' luncheon talk explores the experimental nature of… |
Sequence 8If you take the time to study the publications of Maria Montessori thoroughly and carefully, you will find confirmed on every… |
Sequence 3story, is clearly touched by the Montessori ideas-whether they have ever heard ofMaria"Montessori or not, whether or… |
Sequence 11is necessary to consider not only the active occupations but the need for solitude and quiet, which are essential for the… |
Sequence 12ongoing relationship between humans and the land, told in relation to our own unfolding story on the farm, could be a… |
Sequence 15Open up to nature And enter Yet another world THE FUTURE CHALLENGE: FORMING A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS There needs to be a &… |
Sequence 7At the beginning we reacted with some fatigue, because it was hard to see that themes that had been studied with great care,… |
Sequence 4an oral language and therefore oral tradition is very important. Their principal arts and crafts are embroidery and working… |
Sequence 6• "We want to be Good Samaritans." • "You have given us consciousness of a love that never ends, an… |
Sequence 9And if we complain that the elements of our liturgy have lost their savor because we are no longer an agrarian culture, then… |
Sequence 6is why they start a search for know ledge of that Truth. Such is also the case with Montessori's search into how children… |
Sequence 7nation, she rejects Froebel's way of doing so on the basis of fantasy because, as she says, it forces the child to &… |
Sequence 8room, calmly smiling. She sat down at the edge of my bed and asked me: "Mario, do you see the chandelier swinging… |
Sequence 6Here is a Universe Story written by eleven-year-old David: It all started when I was naught but sixteen-googolplex years old… |
Sequence 22Tire Earthworm. Haughley, Suffolk: The Soil Association, n.d. Fil kin, David. Stephen Hawking's Universe. New York: Basic… |
Sequence 3Why take action to prolong our earth's ecosystems far into the future if nature itself is so relentless in pushing all… |
Sequence 21possible, no matter how defined the past may be. But how can we make sense of such a redemption? The answer, once again, lies… |
Sequence 2THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE by Marianne Moore Marianne Moore's eloquent characterization of the… |
Sequence 6Watching a three-year-old repeating a difficult-for him or her- exercise over and over again, the student observer sees… |
Sequence 10something like $3,000 between them that year. Later, in her own center in California, Stela helped to train as trainers such… |
Sequence 5Aida Cretu, new AMI diploma holder, and Mihaela Fulga, Inspector for the region's five hundred kindergartens and also a… |
Sequence 24Return to the basics-focus on what is ultimately important in life. We must learn to use our senses again. Reclaim the gifts… |
Sequence 25Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.… |
Sequence 24REFERENCES The Adolescent Colloquium: Summary of the Proceedings. Cleveland, OH: Montessori Teacher Education Collabo-… |
Sequence 2MONTESSORI AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE by Annette Haines A survey of constructivism and… |
Sequence 10to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both… |
Sequence 2to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both… |
Sequence 25MONTESSORI AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE by Annette Haines A survey of constructivism and… |
Sequence 75REFERENCES The Adolescent Colloquium: Summary of the Proceedings. Cleveland, OH: Montessori Teacher Education Collabo-… |
Sequence 99Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.… |
Sequence 100Return to the basics-focus on what is ultimately important in life. We must learn to use our senses again. Reclaim the gifts… |
Sequence 174Aida Cretu, new AMI diploma holder, and Mihaela Fulga, Inspector for the region's five hundred kindergartens and also a… |
Sequence 183something like $3,000 between them that year. Later, in her own center in California, Stela helped to train as trainers such… |
Sequence 187Watching a three-year-old repeating a difficult-for him or her- exercise over and over again, the student observer sees… |
Sequence 191THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE by Marianne Moore Marianne Moore's eloquent characterization of the… |
Sequence 10we want to cultivate, that we want to understand better so that we can implement them better. Of course, my own contribution… |
Sequence 12<lures, and plans. She guides, but does not control, the school's development. • The administrator leads by… |
Sequence 14Kabbalah is an example of a cosmology resembling our own that successfully penetrated and enriched the lives of a society. In… |
Sequence 22Radke-Yarrow, Marian, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, & Michael Chapman. "Children's Prosocial Dispositions and… |
Sequence 8Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who… |
Sequence 3PROTOTYPE YEAR J (HUMANJTIES IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH FARM OCCUPATIONS) SClENCE/ MATH HUMANITIES FARM COMMUNITY Montessori… |
Sequence 5PROTOTYPE YEAR J (HUMANITIES IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH FARM OCCUPATIONS) Architectural Principles in Buildings and Bridges… |
Sequence 4long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war .... We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died… |
Sequence 3by a resonating membrane "like the stretched surface of the drum." If nothing happens, the centers for… |
Sequence 7• "The thing I most enjoy about our workshop groups is how much freedom we have. We don't usually get assigned… |
Sequence 1THE UNFOLDING DRAMA OF THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT IN AMERICA by David Kahn ACT ONE: IN THE BEGINNING Since the late 1970s,… |
Sequence 5REFERENCES Suber, Martin. Between Man and Man. New York: Macmillan, 1978. Suber, Martin. I and Thou. New York: Scribner… |
Sequence 2experiment two or three times. And then do the same with the next three years, the senior high, fifteen through eighteen.… |
Sequence 5Secondary Literature Entries marked with an askerisk (•) are reprinted in this issue of The NAMT A Journal. Bodi, John.&… |
Sequence 6Epstein, Paul. A Montessori Program for the 7th and 8th Grade. Pamphlet. Glenndale, MD: CEkos, a Foundation for Edu- cation,… |
Sequence 7*Kahn, David. "The Kibbutz, Boys' Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder." NAMT A Quarterly 4.… |
Sequence 10engaged personae that had formed was inescapable. Change then was both social and individual. APPROACHING NORMALITY: A STATE… |
Sequence 11Ben: When we were all leaving on the last day. David: Tell me about it; what made it sink in? Ben: When his morn and sisters… |
Sequence 18and faith in one's ability to contribute something unique and indi- vidual promotes greater tolerance, greater solidarity… |
Sequence 20students be able to choose to study any period, any person, any technological achievement at any time? There are good reasons… |
Sequence 21times, how a curriculum can be designed for frequent stays, but not full-time residence. Laurie has a class of twenty who can… |
Sequence 24week visits? We decide to make as much contact with the land as possible, get out to the farm at least once a week and also… |
Sequence 25higher on the land. Expectation for moving to the farm builds. Own- ership is strong. The students help to design the lockers… |
Sequence 30In some ways, it started with our election study, when two people were invited to each represent the views of Gore and Bush on… |
Sequence 2"Life at the Farm" as a theme for their dance. But an interesting thing happened that we didn't expect… |
Sequence 3lives. This Duke was good at what he did. Very good. He was also my father. He had everything, except a wife. She died when I… |
Sequence 7nearly fell apart emotionally when someone finished the painting of his character for him on a day when he was absent. Of… |
Sequence 9compared Individual Humanities to a complete life philosophy. It also explains why they have continued to admire and revere… |
Sequence 3Palmer, Parker J. The Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. Rathunde, Kevin. "Adolescent Engagement… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI SPIRITUAL: Goo, EvoLUTION, AND THE NATURAL WORLD by David Kahn It is sometimes difficult to characterize the… |
Sequence 2LITURGY IN THE CosMic PLAN OF Goo by Sofia Cavalletti Sofia Cavalletti's conviction that the greatest realities are… |
Sequence 3Creation was waiting for human crea- tures, for their capacity to enjoy and work in the world in order to trans- form it and… |
Sequence 5OTHER WORLD MODELS Let's see what models we find. There are creation myths, like the turtle that carries the world on… |
Sequence 6with a creator helplessly standing by, not being able to change events, would he have stepped up against Goliath? No. Even… |
Sequence 7life is extinguished, there will always be minor life forms that will survive. The roaches have survived several such… |
Sequence 8The Lord is in charge; He is the All-Mighty. That is understood as to say, He acts in nature, the particles obey Him, He does… |
Sequence 211 And where is He?" "He is in Heaven and on this earth. He is everywhere." "What can He… |
Sequence 7When you throw a stone into a pond it sinks to the bottom. Similarly the heavier liquids sank towards the centre of the earth… |
Sequence 8Here they grew hot and light again, light enough to rise up once more, carrying with them part of the heat from below, which… |
Sequence 9universe? The "Plan of God" material, which is introduced in Elemen- tary II and used for three years,… |
Sequence 5In 1954, Sofia Cavalletti began a quest to understand the nature of the child's relationship with God, and to discover… |