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Sequence 4Children are observed spontaneously praying to the Good Shepherd. A child suffering from leukemia told me, "He helps… |
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 6questions and the answel's in the scl'iµtul'e. We can re:;pond that "One time Jesus said 'I am… |
Sequence 8"Found Sheep," which is not scolded by the Good Shepherd but car- ried happily on his shoulders. With great… |
Sequence 4till we came to something that stopped us. The air does just this. It falls into every hole in the ground, filling it right up… |
Sequence 3that Montessori used science behind her metaphors. For instance, "Child the worker" refers to the child who… |
Sequence 2Dr. Montessori lectured from 9 A.M. until 12 noon and 3 P.M. to 6 P.M. every day. Saturdays_ were ow· practical days, our… |
Sequence 2the common experience for fashioning questions in the right way to reveal what they know, rather than just revealing… |
Sequence 28children's transition from orality to literacy as unqualified progress, we were to view it as a trade-off made for… |
Sequence 38ground. New York: Oxford University Press. Opie, I., & Opie, P. (1985). The singing game. New York: Oxford University… |
Sequence 1A six-year-old's drawing of the Good Shepherd and sheep (lstituto Assunzione, Rome). 60 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. /9, No… |
Sequence 6highlighting the contrast between the solemn, aloof teacher who sits as one enthroned on high before an audience that hears… |
Sequence 4after Ml), intelligence is displayed, discovered, and developed within the context of meaningful, culturally significant… |
Sequence 5in each case. The distinct processes of thinking that each goes through cannot be confused. Extending the definition of… |
Sequence 7Table 1. The Seven Intelligences and Their Core Components Logical-mathematical Linguistic Musical Spatial Bodily-… |
Sequence 8Intelligence-Fair Assessment Consider again our seven figures; this time they are gathered in a classroom. We can imagine… |
Sequence 11Standardized tests promote a "wall-chart" mentality in which the achievement of scores is more important… |
Sequence 4question of technique or skill is quite obvious and essential in this kind of practice. The next one is again a poet. I have… |
Sequence 18A: Gatekeepers usually develop historically in very funny ways. You don't know exactly who will be entitled to be a… |
Sequence 10someone will tell the story of how story forced its way into the most anti-story domain of modern science-mathematical… |
Sequence 11equations was their implication that the universe was expanding. Such a notion made no sense in Einstein's static… |
Sequence 13tion of the cosmic story, they may be entirely captured by the militaries of the planet. But I don't think so, and for a… |
Sequence 2It is no doubt that Maria Montessori saw a divine presence in young children which made them" all-powerful,"… |
Sequence 4center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 3in an experience of religious education known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd… |
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 8But the point which always strikes the child-no matter what the child's environment or culture-is that the Good… |
Sequence 1Two TRIBUTES To SoFIA CAVALLETTI The following tributes were presented to Sofia c.avalletti at the NAMT A conference entitled… |
Sequence 2ogy and Semitic culture and history. Over the years, I slowly became aware that, in addition to Italian and Hebrew, Sofia… |
Sequence 3II Sofia dear: Thank you. Why? It is difficult to be essential when you would like to thank a wonderful friend for so many… |
Sequence 2Human beings became really human when reflexive thinking and spirituality could develop from their inner potential. We have… |
Sequence 3ing for a relationship with the Creator and the creation, and we will not be satisfied unless this fundamental discovery can… |
Sequence 4order to make it possible for me to do my journey with the support of an unconditional love." Montessori wrote,… |
Sequence 2THE HISTORY OF THE CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD by Tina Lillig Ms. Lillig gives a concise histonJ of the Catechesis of… |
Sequence 3If we delay catechesis until the customary age of six, the child has moved into a new ethical stage in life when God is more… |
Sequence 4child. One is her demonstration, through numerous examples, of the catechetical potential of children as young as three.… |
Sequence 6joy of the children at their" awkward efforts" was the impetus for the pair to do something more organized… |
Sequence 7-------------------------------- -- Many catechists have observed that the atrium becomes even more important to older… |
Sequence 8atrium, children sometimes make a first discovery that they have an inner life. THE Gooo SHEPHERD The Catechesis of the Good… |
Sequence 9calling them out, the shepherd going ahead of them, the sheep follow- ing. This opens the way for them to work with the… |
Sequence 10AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 2THE TOTONACA PEOPLE AND THE CATECHESIS OF THE GooD SHEPHERD by Maria Christlieb Robles Illustrating the spread of the… |
Sequence 3religious sense. They are a way to worship and to express adoration, love, and a total gift of themselves, in a cosmic… |
Sequence 4an oral language and therefore oral tradition is very important. Their principal arts and crafts are embroidery and working… |
Sequence 5In March of that same year, they came back and we looked at history as a history of the gifts from God. I presented the… |
Sequence 9will help us to go deeper into this aspect of our work and to remain faithful to it." A big hope is ahead of us:… |
Sequence 1THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CHILD'S WORK AND COSMIC WORK by Gianna Gobbi Gianna Gobbi' s essay speaks to the &… |
Sequence 8The epic is so grand and inspiring that many layers of meaning can be discovered by the child and the childlike among us.… |
Sequence 9In the nineteenth century, geology and Darwin's theory of evolution gave us reason to believe that at least the earth… |
Sequence 28the ecological sense of our connection to the cosmos and other genera- tions of living beings. Our own personal destiny cannot… |
Sequence 2ARE WE SUCCEEDING IN NURTURING THE SPIRIT? by Aline D. Wolf Aline Wolfs challenge to Montessorians to look seriously at our… |
Sequence 21• the nature of the story (Homer, the Bible) • the nature of dialogue (Aristotle and Plato) • the history of religious… |
Sequence 4sort of artistic or aesthetic ability, a transcendent ea pa city in the gifted person. Let's reconsider that narrow… |
Sequence 1OBITUARY MARIA CHRISTLIEB ROBLES Both the Montessori community and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd lost a friend,… |
Sequence 45sort of artistic or aesthetic ability, a transcendent ea pa city in the gifted person. Let's reconsider that narrow… |
Sequence 78• the nature of the story (Homer, the Bible) • the nature of dialogue (Aristotle and Plato) • the history of religious… |
Sequence 11inflating was destined to die out. Down the hill of potential energy Hokhmah now rolled, unable to regain eternal potential,… |
Sequence 21ronment! It was grand! I remember that he came to graduation, and once again he wept. Let us proceed to study the work and… |
Sequence 19bottom line pressures? From journalistic sensationalism or the patenting of genetic breakthroughs, some prac- tices that… |
Sequence 23pable of handling the foundations of positive psychology as content or curriculum, and to benefit directly from the teachings… |
Sequence 24A few other of Einstein's ideas about individuality have proven equally intriguing to the adolescent mind. Einstein held… |
Sequence 25Csikszentmihalyi. Himself a student in a regimented German educa- tional system, Einstein felt that the most counter-… |
Sequence 2AN EXAMPLE OF INDIVIDUAL HUMANITIES IN ACTION Individual Humanities is similar to other studies in the humani- ties in that… |
Sequence 3hood of Albert Einstein, he recognizes some similari- ties to his own. Einstein was considered a slow stu- dent in grade… |
Sequence 5Service to the Community: The Art of Living Developing and using our individuality does not preclude serving the community.… |
Sequence 8Teachers like McMillin, who combine passion for their work with genuine concern for their stu- dents, possess the rare power… |
Sequence 9weekend. We certainly had an interesting discussion yesterday in that little workshop on using this information in-did we ever… |
Sequence 2LITURGY IN THE CosMic PLAN OF Goo by Sofia Cavalletti Sofia Cavalletti's conviction that the greatest realities are… |
Sequence 2Goo's CosMic PLAN AND THE WORK OF THE CHILD by Carol Cannon Dittberner Integrating the broad vision of cosmic education… |
Sequence 15REFERENCES Cavalletti, Sofia. II potenziale religioso tra i 6 e i 12 anni. Trans. Rebekah Rojcewicz. Rome: Citta Nuova… |
Sequence 2JOURNEYING WITH CHILDREN TowARD Goo by Rebekah Rojcewicz Rebekah Rojcewicz' s short summanJ of the Ca techesis of the… |
Sequence 3Where do such deep responses come from in children? What triggers them? What do they tell us about the religious nature of… |
Sequence 4Two MYSTERIES The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd has been called" the meeting ground of two mysteries: the mystery… |
Sequence 5In 1954, Sofia Cavalletti began a quest to understand the nature of the child's relationship with God, and to discover… |
Sequence 6most striking aspect of this drawing for me are the faces of the shepherd and the sheep around his neck. They have matching… |
Sequence 7THE ATRIUM And so we prepare a space, the atrium, where these great truths can be proclaimed and these mysteries explored. It… |
Sequence 8Jesus invites us to comprehend the depth and intimacy of his relation- ship with us, the providential love and care of the… |
Sequence 2Let me explain, very briefly, how I entered the Montessori world and how this experience changed deeply my personal and profes… |
Sequence 10does not become great until man, given the courage and strength, uses it to create. If this does not occur, the imagination… |
Sequence 1OBITUARY: GIANNA GOBBI by Camillo Grazzini On January 29, in her eighty-third year, Gianna Gobbi suddenly, unexpectedly,… |
Sequence 2Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi jointly worked out a program that seemed to correspond to the needs of the various ages,… |
Sequence 3Gobbi presented a synthesis of a part of her personal experiences with the children in a little book called Alcuni principi… |
Sequence 6Gobbi presented a synthesis of a part of her personal experiences with the children in a little book called Alcuni principi… |
Sequence 7Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi jointly worked out a program that seemed to correspond to the needs of the various ages,… |
Sequence 8OBITUARY: GIANNA GOBBI by Camillo Grazzini On January 29, in her eighty-third year, Gianna Gobbi suddenly, unexpectedly,… |
Sequence 111does not become great until man, given the courage and strength, uses it to create. If this does not occur, the imagination… |
Sequence 2MODERN MONTESSORI IN SEARCH OF A Sout: A TRIBUTE TO SOFIA CAvALLETTI by David Kahn David Kahn's tribute to Sofia… |
Sequence 6elevated to a new status in a religious context. The signs and symbols, the scripture and liturgy, the presentation of the… |
Sequence 7chapter of her book Living Liturgy, Dr. Cavalletti establishes param- eters connecting creation with Cosmic Education: The… |
Sequence 8In the worship of God, we bring our whole lives with us, even that activity in which we use and enjoy the goods of this world… |
Sequence 11Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Church.… |
Sequence 2EXTENSIO ANIMAE AD MAGNA by Elizabeth Wymer and Keith Boehme Elizabeth Wymer and Keith Boehme explain the philosophy of two… |
Sequence 16REFERENCES American Federation of Teachers. "Making Standards Matter, 2001." American Educator 25.4 (2001,… |
Sequence 7We, as students of Dr. Montessori's words and work, are in unique positions of leadership in the world of today, whatever… |
Sequence 3they have been grasped" (40-41). We in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd use the canopy of Gift/Response to live… |
Sequence 4reveal to us, in certain moments, how he makes his own approach to God. (16) We approach the child with reverence and respect… |
Sequence 9the parish would have twelve Masses every weekend and they'd all be full." Why does this journey with the child… |
Sequence 13on Montessori's interpretation of intelligence by Kay Baker, Annette Haines, Kevin Rathunde, and Shannon Helfrich. This… |
Sequence 23with bow drills, and researched a range of early technolo- gies such as basketry, bow and arrow, and natural dyes. Students… |
Sequence 12In the second unit, we explored the achievements of the Ancient and Classical periods, considering the Neolithic revolution,… |