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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…
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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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materials and equipment which are, or ought to be, found in any Montessori elementary environment. Each group representative…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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With the addition of Dr. Montessori's words, the room was complete-transformed into a model of an all-embracing environ…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…
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11 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…
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COSMIC EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF A CONCRETE IMAGE I think that everyone, during the course of their lives, has experienced at…
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materials and equipment which are, or ought to be, found in any Montessori elementary environment. Each group representative…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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With the addition of Dr. Montessori's words, the room was complete-transformed into a model of an all-embracing environ…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…
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11 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 06 Transition: Urban Montessori Secondary to Erdkinder

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TRANSITION: URBAN MONTESSORI SECONDARY TO ERDKINDER by David Kahn A survey of the current Montessori urban secondary…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 11 The Nature and Theory of Silence Activities in the Children's House

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Montessori did, however, write extensively on the will and the development of will in young children. Later interpreters of…
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requires participation. And finally, but importantly, silence should only be initiated at normal times when the room and those…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 14 AMI Montessori: Back to the Future

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of beliefs, its ability to ignite the enthusiasm and commitment of teach- ers, stems from a spiritual and undiluted energy…
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tofight mediocrity, and renew our own fires by returning to the first flames, the sources of Montessori. These sources are,…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 01 The Botanical Cards

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THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori This insightful article illustrates the underlying developmental principles which…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 07 Cosmic Education and the Physical Sciences

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This idea of presenting the whole universe to the child is explained by Maria Montessori's grandson, Mario M. Montessori…
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Doesn't it sound like falling back into the ways of earlier educators, defining goals for education in looking at the…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 08 Cosmic Education: Sowing Life, Not Theories

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stresses the same idea in her writing: "the child must learn by his own individual activity, being given a mental…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 02 Early Research Studies

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Guthrie, L. & Hall, W. (1984). Ethnographic approaches to reading research. In P.David Pearson (Ed.), Handbook of…

NAMTA Journal 14/1 05 The Elementary Curriculum Dialectic: Essentialist vs. Structuralist

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The Essentialists' Viewpoint Essentialism is not a Montessori phenomenon; it is a nationwide trend. What is really…
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Footnotes l Sofia Cavalletti, "The Spiritual Development of the Child," Montessori Thlks to Par- ents,…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 05 Montessori: The Humanities Connection—Mythos, Logos, and the Generalist Ideal

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Montessori's insight suggests that for the child's full development a general history of human development is…
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all ... (ln relation to the Greeks, she writes in To Educate the Human Potential:) So a critical faculty of mind was awakened…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 02 Normalization

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Dr. Montessori was convinced that there was one human nature, but that it manifested itself at a superior level or lower level…
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Education is the help we must give to life so that it may develop in the greatness of its powers. Our plan is to help life to…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 01 The Assistant to Infancy: A Special Educator (Includes Overview of History of Assistants to Infancy)

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"Man himself must become the center of education and we must never forget that man does not develop only at…
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great dissatisfaction when she learned that I was a medical doctor and at that time a pediatrician. It was evident that she…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 02 Albert M. Joosten—A Biography

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ALBER!' M. JOOSTEN - A BIOGRAPHY Albert M. Joosten was born in the Nether lands on November 21, 1914. His formal…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 03 The Montessori Movement (1956)

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director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries…
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were conducted with sufficient fidelity to the method, and the name was sometimes used as if it were an advertisement. The…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 10 Observation (1958)

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OBSERVATION (1958) by A.M. Joosten Observai:ion is the source of the p<YWer of Dr. Mont.essoris work. Here Mr. Joost,…
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something of it, although love can go far beyond that knowledge. Knowl- edge, however, must be there as a starting point. Love…
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the impression that after a while nothing "new" is seen. Deeper pene- tration and more discoveries require…
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7) discipline (orderly and disorderly conduct, obedience, quiet); 8) gen- eral remarks; 9) d,ai,e. These reports are signed by…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 11 Interview: Keeping in Touch with Montessori Roots (An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena)

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KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MONTESSORI ROOTS An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena In an interview with Damd Kahn, Mildred Guna:…
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Kahn: When you took the course in England, with Mario Montessori, how did cosmic education become evident to you? Gunawardena…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 01 The Experiment for the Experiment

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Bue I think there were other aspects that affected the good testers as well. They began co talk about tests, about "…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 02 The Idea of the Erdkinder

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altar for their First Communion. 19 The practical work of learning composting techniques, maintaining and enhancing the…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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le was in chis spirit thac she undercook further scientific study of chil- dren. They were to her fellow human beings who…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 03 Language Unfolding In the Child

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Opportunities occur every day co enrich the child's vocabulary. The following activities are very useful and can be…
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Reading Analysis The child is shown how words have a particular place in a senrence: subjecr-predicare-objecr-clauses. She…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 04 The Child and the World of Nature

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In a 1.946 lecture in London Montessori said, "Education today needs one reform. If it is to prepare man for the…
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names of fruits and vegetables he sees as he is being pushed along the aisle of the grocery store, or kinds of cars, or colors…
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books are not enough. Mario Montessori Sr. reminded us of this when he noted how difficult it is to help children understand…
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names of different animals and plants-wonderful words like "red- winged blackbird" and "white-…
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the sun awakes them in the morning .... But instead of this, we anxiously ask ourselves how we can make a child sleep after…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 05 All-Day Montessori: The Human Concern

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We have the legacy of Dr. Montessori's work passed down to us like a guiding light for our mission today. Dr. Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 06 Developing The Mathematical Mind

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There is an interesting complement to these studies that Mario Montessori (1948) describes: The child absorbs a language…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT: FRAMEWORKS FOR INVENTION by David Kahn Extrapolating from the primary and elementary curriculum…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 10 Educational Administration and the Montessori Model: A Comprehensive, Interdependent Approach

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rationalistic, deterministic view. The educational environments she cre- ated were clear alternatives to the traditional…
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I. Organizational change is natural and fundamental; organizations are always in Aux. 2. Mose imporranc organizational…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 05 The Development of Autonomy in Children: An Examination of the Montessori Educational Model

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Montessori views personal autonomy as interconnected with social re- sponsibility and the evolution of human societies. The…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 13 The Montessori Erdkinder: Three Abstracts

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but also because it listed Maria Montessori as one of the four visionary educators of the century whose work was instrumental…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 01 Absorbent Mind Update: Research Sheds New Light on Montessori Theory

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Minsky, M. 0985). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. Montanero, S. Q. 0991). Understanding the Human Being:…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 02 The Fertile Field of Imagination

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physical limits of the prepared environment and builds the child's critical attention around a span of the concept.…
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favorite books or plays. An imagination makes it easier for me to see the ideas behind a story or a character. Most…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 11 Philosophy and Practice: Primary Considerations for the Implementation of an All-Day Montessori Program

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re you willing.to be open d to abando,n the com- n presupposition ejudice) that "children ed 'to have ~ hot…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 01 The Adolescent and the Future

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THE AooLESCENT AND THE FUit.JRE by Margaret E. Stephenson Miss Stephenson presents adolescence in a definitive theorectl…
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Dr. Montessori expressed her hope "for a normal development, that fortunately does not depend on what we attempt to…
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These two territories became the properties of the societies and nations of man, as time went on, and the story of man was…
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Around six, the child un- dergoes a greattransfor- mation. He is now no longer satisfied with the society of his family and…
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logical characteristics and each needs a prepared adult to help the individual help himself. The four planes of development…
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product of a Casa dei Bambini and a Montessori elementary class which have followed vigorously Dr. Montessori's formula…
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But Or. Montessorl's pri- mary concern for the ado-, lescent was that he should be allowed a life of activ- ity and…
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contacts. Running the shop would necessitate a study of commerce and exchange, of supply and demand, of the rules of book-…
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achieving the development of the human personality, rather than the narrower one of providing culture only, then a close…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 03 Maria Montessori's Contribution to the Cultivation of the Mathematical Mind

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F~&A~--------------- MARIA MoNTFSSOm's CONTRIBUTION To nm CULTIVATION OF TIIE MATIIEMATICAL MIND by Mario M.…
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bars of four are added. This makes the two sides reach the value of seven. To complete the square of seven, a space is left…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 11 Scientific Pedagogy Revisited

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and must be carried out by teachers in their own classrooms. Although much verbal agreement has been given to this original…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 12 Breakthrough in Evolution: Toward a Partnership Future

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F~I'-------------------- BREAKTHROUGH IN EvoLunoN: TowARD A PARTNERSIDP FUITJRE by Riane Eisler Jn The Chalice and…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 01 Truth in Parenting

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P~----------- TRum IN PARENTING by David Kahn Expen·ence has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 05 Dr. Maria Montessori and the Child

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DR. MAruA. MONTESSORI AND THE CHILO by Dr. Mario Montessori I hope that you are not going to be disillusioned by what I say.…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 12 Montessori and Learning Disabilities

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the teacher must awaken the spirit of the child. They considered the moral preparation of the teacher to be the key to…
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behavior and learning such as posture and coordination, the development of directionality and laterality, and the development…

NAMTA Journal 19/3 01 Survey of Montessori Adolescent Programs: Interpretive Commentary

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of life when young people lhrive on real life experience and active involvement. And lhe adults seemed to the adolescent…
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ment, parents often feel differently about continuing if it is an option to go directly into high school after finishing…
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art ................... . music ............... . reading ........... . French ............... . Spanish ............. .…
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This is the picture that emerges from the survey data of Median Montessori Middle School. That Median is in only its sixth…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality

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discoveries. He also becomes aware of his class-mates in whom he takes an affectionate interest" (Montessori, 1949/…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 04 Montessori as an Aid to Life

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students performed higher than expected. In fact, the homeroom teachers had to be convinced that is was really the students…
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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 14 In Memoriam: Nancy McCormick Rambusch 1927-1994

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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…
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students performed higher than expected. In fact, the homeroom teachers had to be convinced that is was really the students…
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discoveries. He also becomes aware of his class-mates in whom he takes an affectionate interest" (Montessori, 1949/…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 15 Training the Montessori Teachers

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example, I should discuss the Montessori method and its practical working with any student who asks me, I should not discuss…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 02 Maria Montessori and the "Glass House"

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In addition to help from her longtime assistants, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle, Montessori was accompanied by her son,…
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and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.…

NAMTA Journal 21/1 01 Three Slide Shows for Parents

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unconscious, brings the reader to a full understanding of the power of the unconscious in learning, and of how emotional…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 05 The Personal Intelligences: Linking Gardner to Montessori

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• Good and strong preparation of teachers/ guides Two quotes follow, giving us food for thought about the future. First, in…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 10 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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WHY NoT CONSIDER ERDKINDER? by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Answering possible objections and citing his own personal experiences,…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 11 The Elements of Social Life and the Montessori Adolescent

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gether. If they could function so beautifully in an environment de- signed for their psychological characteristics, could the…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 06 Northwoods Montessori Full-Day Program

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Our long-range planning committee developed a task force to study full-day programs. The task force was comprised of all the…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 03 Evaluating Experiences in Adolescent Programs

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Development" 1 and more detail in From Childhood to Adolescence (French first edition 1948). What were the…

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