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Sequence 95don't always put directions by them; it depends on the material. Some of them just say "explore";… |
Sequence 96Upper elementary. Note the variety of work. Choose from the materials that are out." I've had several do that. I… |
Sequence 98WHvTwo DAvs? When I came back to the Barbara Gordon Montessori School ten years ago, I was dumbfounded to find that they had… |
Sequence 100the children do. Also, if you have really long directions, they won't do it. I've seen people stop and read, and no… |
Sequence 103preparation with them, explaining what Montessori is all about and what their grandchildren were experiencing, and then we did… |
Sequence 105being a child in so many years. And to try to get in touch with myself as a child is ... I can't even express it.&… |
Sequence 219how much action there is going to be. The best evidence that cynicism is widespread is the materialism we see around us. This… |
Sequence 328success to their Montessori experience. Isn't that success enough? Who has the time and energy to take on more than that… |
Sequence 334Darn. Can't they develop their will by having us explain it to them? That would be so much easier and more efficient.… |
Sequence 124Carson's table, aski11g Anto11io as I did so if lte would allow 111e to be very puslty and i11terrnpt ltis work with a… |
Sequence 132Byron's Story I was s11111111011ed to t/,eoffice next to 011r classroom where I found Byro11's 111ot'1er… |
Sequence 64hold all of the water vapor that it contains. Some of it precipitates, becoming a liquid. And you did ask: "Why does… |
Sequence 129'Tm walking down the city street with my friends on this going out. I see a homeless person over there. He looks hungry… |
Sequence 155all, it is a place. We are grounded. There's stability in that place, wherever your place is, wherever your ado-… |
Sequence 181problems or thirty geometry problems, when they've already mastered it and understand it after doing three or four. It… |
Sequence 182three hundred games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. ['ve failed over… |
Sequence 198Figure 1. Timeline of mathematics. Graphic by David Waski. primary tracking mechanism used in our schools today. It has bad… |
Sequence 208percent of science labs are used for classes other than science and nineteen percent are regularly used for courses other than… |
Sequence 200we spent a lot of time there together as a family. She really appreci- ated having all of this open space to explore. This… |
Sequence 206began her weaning meals. These days she uses this space 11"1ostly for snacks. She has access to the lower drawers in… |
Sequence 83sional, somebody who may do an evaluation on a child in your care. I hope to bridge a bit of the traditional Montessori… |
Sequence 92So, whom should I ask for help with these questions? Well, these are the usual suspects: • a physician • a child… |
Sequence 93to be a general consultant for this kind of thing. I've tried to foster some relationships between local pediatric… |
Sequence 97For people who are not in the medical or psychological world, to say disability or disorder feels awfully harsh, doesn't… |
Sequence 121• extraversion versus introversion • emotional stability versus stress reactivity • conscientiousness versus irresponsibility… |
Sequence 124There will be an activating event-something that elicits a startle response. "What do you mean we're going out… |
Sequence 128What we are working against here, again, is nature. No one signs up to be at the ninety-eighth percentile of stress reactivity… |
Sequence 142tells you that, suspect other things that they are telling you. They have a model, a theory, which may be quite interesting,… |
Sequence 85• Teachers challenge us. They disagree with us and cause frustration. The boy who said this sighed and said sometimes that… |
Sequence 156Figure 5. Illustration of Alexandria, from The Great Tale. is teaching a group of eighteen children in Alexandria how to read… |
Sequence 177Figure 14. David Kahn, John Wyatt, Kathleen Allen. Alexandria was a center for embalming. Bodies were brought in from all… |
Sequence 286I thought, when the student raised his hand and said, "Yeah, I get that. When am I going to use this?"… |
Sequence 291a lesson on some of these things that they've had before is kind of boring for them because there isno context for it. So… |
Sequence 298ROAD MAP FIVE HISTORY FOR THE YOUNGER ADOLESCENT LARRY SCHAEFER Larry Sclinefer views history as a11 a11thropological… |
Sequence 299you the secret of the adolescent. She says, "The intimate vocation of man is the secret of the adolescent" (… |
Sequence 302The third waypoint is a strong, grounded orientation to one's place in time-now-and to one's cultural history,… |
Sequence 53it because I grew up in a Montessori school. This Montessori thing has always been a part of my life, and as a result I think… |
Sequence 54T remember when the only computer in my home town took up the whole floor of a building that was about a quarter of a block… |
Sequence 135Here is one of the quotes from Maria Montessori that 1 be- lieve guides me daily in what L do:" Imagination does… |
Sequence 138four hours one will have driven 140 miles; that if peanuts cost 40 cents an ounce and a bag of them costs $2.20 then there… |
Sequence 140accomplished something, as opposed to a sigh of relief, "I've finally finished." It's that sense… |
Sequence 141principal, I used my principal prerogative and brought the check- erboard home. J said, "Okay, Dorothy, let's… |
Sequence 142to multiply by the reciprocal. Cnnceli11g is another misnomer we often hear in connection with fractions. Be careful of your… |
Sequence 149Assisi as saying, "Preach the gospel at all times. When necessary, use words." What I try to do is preach… |
Sequence 73Start with a hook. This is how we seduce them. A conspiratorial tone as you lean in to tell them something really amazing… |
Sequence 76vated and organized students can do it, sometimes a parent volunteer. There are lots of ways to run a school garden for all… |
Sequence 77sure how much they were getting out of the activity. Last year, I had three students who once again proved to me that the… |
Sequence 78and it is my job to give them all. However, over the years as I've gone back to look more deeply at the plan of Cosmic… |
Sequence 215about that make his face fall?" Those conscious inferences are un- necessary because the cognitive processes that… |
Sequence 259the climb to the top of Vesuvius somehow was the tipping point. That evening, during our post-prandial discussion, one boy… |
Sequence 267"There is," says Montessori, "powerful inner development going on. This is a mystery just as the… |
Sequence 12This keynote today is a collection of zumpkins. In the two and a half years since l had my own class, I've had time to… |
Sequence 13So I've started with a story, and this story does many things for us in this relationship we have here today as… |
Sequence 14We want to do a good job with this storytelling, and we want it to be colorful, a metaphor we'll look at more closely… |
Sequence 26these new powers of mind? We begin to tell lots and lots of stories. And the children begin to tell and write lots and lots of… |
Sequence 29common culture. And yet, because of the way that we each process stories in our own brains, nobody is hearing the exact same… |
Sequence 36The thing about the elements of Dangerous Writing is that because they're expressed and used by writers, they themselves… |
Sequence 52kids were gravitating toward, what excited them, and what excited their learning: animals, nature, and pets. Someone had… |
Sequence 165how to get along with others, how to respect people who knew more than what they did, was the normal way for all humans to… |
Sequence 115In a retreat center, for example, there are books that can be of special help to the adult in moments of personal reflection.… |
Sequence 15causes one to wonder whether Europeans and others have weaker lungs than Americans. Taking the baby into the mother's bed… |
Sequence 15shopping centers. Can such a world ever be a true home for human beings? Can it ever be a place to return for peace and… |
Sequence 16reasonable to allow a child to risk serious injury, but skinned knees, wet feet, and dirty clothes are a small price to pay… |
Sequence 3CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Editorial Report: East of the Sun and West of the Moon by Lilian B. Mullane… |
Sequence 49Parent Education: I've Got A Little List by Olga McMahon How lucky we are that picture books for pre-school children… |
Sequence 24now trying to recover six years. You can't expect to recover that in six months. I also have an insatiable curiosity. I… |
Sequence 25we go through life. But the disturbed child is a very delicate plant that has been badly damaged. It needs support, literally… |
Sequence 26Kahn: What would be the typical schedule of a child's day in your center? Jordon: We follow very much the same routine as… |
Sequence 51that. They gave us pieces of paper, the diplomas, after the course and I said I didn't want it; I have to come back to… |
Sequence 25Ana: I really wanted to be in the morgue scene. I had some really neat ideas on how to make it really scary, but I must have… |
Sequence 3026 I am aware that some Montessori centers are also day care centers. Some are doing admirable work especially among the poor… |
Sequence 53The Child's Nature: Mario Montessori and A.S. Neill Discuss their famous schools and their radical approaches to child… |
Sequence 55Montessori: How do you feel that children can be saved from this kind of thing? Neill: Well, the first thing is to be loved. l… |
Sequence 57Neill: Not so much lacking-fear of "You musn't do that." I believe it begins in the cradle, myself,… |
Sequence 59evidently there is tremendous attraction felt by the child for the spoken word, for the way people talk. One will even acquire… |
Sequence 3228 magic. He became his old self again. In the afternoon he greeted his sister with "I've been promoted. I… |
Sequence 39worse thing for his study problem would be to change schools. I couldn't agree with her more and offered to talk to the… |
Sequence 25• I babies, I think the American mother, with great ease and comfort, will be able to put the baby into the deep freeze… |
Sequence 8II I I I time or another be utilized as an important resource. No, the facilitation of significant learning rests upon… |
Sequence 11to a pulp with his fists. Another boy, with the perception of the young, explained. "Jay is mad at Mr. X because he… |
Sequence 45breakable objects or the danger of sharp tools. The whole concept of childproofing a home is misleading. The child needs… |
Sequence 45whenever we go to the doctor's office, or whenever there may be plenty of time on our hands. On trips, some families read… |
Sequence 142136 Hudson Montessori Association. 91972). Montessori in the home. The Constructive Triangle, 2, 20--23, (3). Joosten, A… |
Sequence 20Robert Muller: Thoughts of Peace (Speech - excerpts - Atlanta. April, 1985) You have asked me to speak about peace,… |