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

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, uwhat is the point of all this?" We…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 10 Research: The Montessori Research: A Review of the Literature

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Boehnlein, Mary. (1984). A study of college/uruversity accredited Montessori teacher training programs. NAMTA Quarterly, 9, 49…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 01 Of Roots and Wings

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OF ROOTS AND WINGS by David Kahn A philosophical outlook on the parent's role in Montessm-i, educa- tion, this article…
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just intellectual ones. For example, the social relations of the school are like little prairie fires flaring up and dying…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 03 Elementary Montessori and Parent Education

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I strongly urge Montessori directors and directresses to collect com- ments by their students on Montessori education. I began…

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 07 Cosmic Education and the Physical Sciences

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Footnotes 'Maria Montessori (1948) To Educate the Human Potential 5th Edition 1973, Kalakshetra Publica- tions Press,…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 10 Exploring with the Nine to Twelve Child

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scale, another time computing the relative distances between the plan- ets to a scale that would fit in the classroom. The…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 12 Interview: Introducing Luciano Mazzetti

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INTRODUCING LUCIANO MAZZETTI Luciano Mazzetti Dr. uuciano Mazzetti is the president of the International Montes- sori Center…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 01 Montessori Education: Interactive Idea for Human Understanding

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The Montessori idea is unfinished by design. Some complain that the curriculum presented in Montessori training is incomplete…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 04 Response to Generous Understanding: Knowing Ourselves and Each Other (Terranova)

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RESPONSE TO GENEROUS UNDERSTANDING: KNOWING OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER by Charles Torranova I want to thank David Kahn for…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 07 Whole Books and Beginning Reading

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language approach in which all aspects of language study support the acquisition of meaning from print and from oral…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 05 Montessori and the Bahá'í Faith

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Although externally her life was affected by political forces, within she remained detached as this statement indicates: Not…
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&location must be considered as most imponant; for as diseases in the world of bodies are extremely contagious, so, in…
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this principle in this way will surely make a difference in our world. In The Promulgation of Universal Peace, 'Abdu…

NAMTA Journal 17/3 28 The Children's Garden

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The adolescents may choose to design the garden for community ser- vice: to beautify the city; to provide flowers to nursing…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 10 Old Truths, New Children

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Orn TRUTIIS, NEW CHIIDREN by Edwin J. Delattre, Ph.D. Holding up such exemplars of intellectual diligence as Helen Keller and…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 07 A World Core Curriculum

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION SAMPLER 7bese pragmattc descriptions of adolescent program components which provide an operational view…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 13 Discipline

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NAMTANEWs The Montessori Academy Is Full A new kind of summer program intended to encourage depth, The Montessori Academy…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 03 Nurturing the Creative Personality

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concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the…
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Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to…

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

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It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex…

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

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It is complex-not simply taught, but demanding continuous study and investigation of all aspects of life. It is complex…
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Teachers have to know strategies that concern their own move- ments. "The teacher should study her own movements, to…
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concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 03 A Day with Dr. Maria Montessori and Her Youthful Charges Is an Eye-Opener for the Average Parent

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To the Montessori "bleachers" the serving of the luncheon of milk and crackers is the most interesting part…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 08 Commitment to Peace

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misery as it does in prosperity, in oppression as in freedom, in war as in peace, and that he did not really know what life is…

NAMTA Journal 21/1 01 Three Slide Shows for Parents

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Mary: I allow my little boy to dress in the kitchen. Usually he wants to stay near me at the start of the day. Sally: I…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 04 The Verbal/Linguistic and Visual/Spatial Intelligences

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At birth-before words, language, abstract reasoning, cognitive patterning, and conceptual thinking-were images. The brain…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 08 Maintaining the Montessori Metaphor: What Every Child Wants and Needs

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If you're a Bell Curve thinker, you think that a quarter of the people don't even have intel- lect and most of…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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"potentialities which determine his development"; "there exists within this inert being a global…
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full control of all one's energies, which is the result of the maturation that has been reached. The Four Planes In her…
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ergies that are repressed lead to inferiority complexes, the weakening of personality, lack of responsibility, listlessness,…
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Mon te.:;sori has drawn in the middle of her chart, between the drawing above and that below, between "nature&…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 02 To Dance with the Adolescent

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To DANCE WITH THE ADOLESCENT by Larry Schaefer Dr. Schaefer's vivid metaphor of the dance unites his vision of…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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self-evident and emotionally satisfying, and the child is never left wondering, "What is the point of all this?&…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 07 Transforming Children into Storytellers

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graders. Fifth graders frequently dread telling it to their entire class, although after the fact they usually appreciate the…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 04 Motivation: The Foundation of Successful Learning

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he thinks he can go anywhere, and the urge to explore and discover his world has to be limited rather than pushed. Motivation…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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Introduction MARIO MONTESSORI: IN SEARCH OF A DEEPER FREEDOM A LIFE 1 S JOURNEY OF EDUCATIONAL IDEAS by David Kahn When…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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where we - d with t and spi• At the time, Dr. Montessori and I cer- tainly felt the inner burden of the situation. It was…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 07 Preparing Ourselves to See the True Nature of the Child

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It is important for us not to change the vision of Dr. Montessori by creating a reductive attitude to what we do, by focusing…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 04 Discovering the Real Spiritual Child (Part 2)

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order to make it possible for me to do my journey with the support of an unconditional love." Montessori wrote,…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 06 The Totonaca People and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

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moment of a real encounter with the incarnate God. They knew Jesus walking from town to town as they do, hungry, thirsty,…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 07 Doing What the Heart Already Knows

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chairs in a bare beige room, the sun beating hot and yellow through drawn shades. My fear of Father Moore was the same terror…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 12 Ecology and Human Destiny

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The theme of nature as promise, however, allows us to take the same scientific information that feeds naturalism and cosmic…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 02 Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for the New Research

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this idea on its head, she once commented at a gathering to honor her, "The highest honor and the deepest gratitude…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 05 Toward Key Experiences for the Adolescent

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To DANCE WITH THE ADOLESCENT by Larry Schaefer Larry Schaefer's metaphor to "dance" with the…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 08 Designing for the Needs of Adolescents: An Interview with John McNamara

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Afterward: Extending beyond the six weeks was continued work on refining their mission statements in preparation for…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 11 Reflections from the Farm

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Everything about the children ment clearly urges middle schools to has a history, and if the stu- transform the fundamental…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 18 Some Characteristics of a Montessori Erdkinder Compromise

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have not had Montessori Our thoughts were that those children would be very carefully selected, certainly not children with…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 19 The Kibbutz, Boy’s Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder

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Joosten: I don't think there is a yes or a no. Is it either or? There is a blend. We can't go outside to an…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 21 Montessori High School

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The Montessori Erd- The Montessori Erdkinder, insofar as it kinder concept is far from a is a home away from home for the…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 22 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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For all that, I thought it must be possible to apply certain funda- mental principles of the Montessori method to secondary…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 01 Child Development Under Three: The Foundations of the Personality, the Family, and the Montessori Method

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forty-five years prior to any of the early brain research on the potentials of children under three. So once again she was a…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 03 Dr. Maria Montessori and the Child

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The mother was shocked, she had never thought about that. We teach the children not to lie, but we lie, almost every day, one…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 04 Finding the Spiritual Thread in Montessori Work

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ables him to grow, teaches him to speak, and thus perfects him" (The Secret of Childhood 36). It was Betty…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 13 How my Students see Their Adolescent Experience and Turn Out in Life

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personal relationship with your teachers and you're on a first name basis you become more comfortable with adults and…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 17 The Lenses of Cosmic Education

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This is the phenomenon we call the "normalized class." It is so unique that I think we often take it for…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 19 Human Development and the Adolescent

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as we came into the hospital room. My father said, "Mary, I'd like you to meet my daughter and tell her about…

NAMTA Journal 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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Italy, continued Writing on che chalkboard, an early Italian Montessori school, dote unknown. "They revealed a…
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Enacting a story from the infancy narratives, the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, Mount St Peter's, United States, 1993…
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Notes and Sources, continued Montessori in England, Scotland, and Ireland Montessori teachers have been training in London…

NAMTA Journal 33/2 01 Montessori and the Special Needs Child

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MONTESSORI AND SPECIAL EDUCATION MONTESSORI AND THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD ........................................... 1 by…

NAMTA Journal 33/2 10 Getting the Lowdown on the Slowdown

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GETTING THE LOWDOWN ON THE SLOWDOWN by Mel Levine and Mary-Dean Barringer Brni11-based research is providing new strategies…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 04 Psico-Aritmética and Psico-Geometría

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to the Montessori-Pierson Estates, that gave me the possibility to do this very interesting (at least for me!) work. Let me…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 06 From Childhood through Adolescence: Journey of the Spirit

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REFERENCES Blake, William." Auguries of Innocence." 1803. Blake, William. So11gs of /1111oce11ce n11d of…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 07 Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions Toward Erdkinder

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Fabre, J. Henri. Tlte Life of the Spider. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1915. Kahn, David. "The Kodaikanal Experience-Part…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 02 Why It Is Important to Know the Child

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In this book we shall consider the different stages of human de- velopment and try to understand their significance with the…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 15 Child Development Tips for Prenatal to Three: Insights and Suggestions from Montessori Teachers

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8. Prepare yourself for the birthi11g of your child. You may want to consider taking a birthing class and think about your…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 04 Tutoring without Crutches: Extra Support and Inclusion for the Older Montessori Child with Learning…

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computers on student writing. They found, rather predictably, that "on average, students who use computers when…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 10 2009 NAMTA Baseline Special Education Survey

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cent Springs). Schools often provide a list of local resources and referrals for evaluation. 10. Sometimes a student can be…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 13 Helping Montessori Educators Reach All Kinds of Minds

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HELPING MONTESSORI EDUCATORS REACH ALL KINDS OF MINDS by Mary Jo Dunnington Schools Attuned is one of a suite of…
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"Schools Attuned has helped our teachers go beyond the diagnosis that the kids come in with-like ADD-and helps them…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 15 Inclusion: A Preparation for Life

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INCLUSION: A PREPARATION FOR LIFE by Pam Shanks Rai11tree Montessori Sc1too/ is a model that deserves front and center…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 05 Teacher-Student Relationships for the Montessori Continuum

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Linda Davis began her Montessori work in 1971. She has an AMI Elementary diploma a11d has worked with children from ages three…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 12 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Elementary and Adolescent Continuity

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ln our classical elementary curriculum, there is a lot of biology, but of course, very Ii ttle of modern biology. Modern…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 14 The New Adolescent Ages 12-15 and 15-18: Optimal Roadmaps for Disciplines-Based Studies

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on gaining self-knowledge, and literature is a great tool for self- discovery. An excerpt from Sherwood Anderson's…
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Rota, Gian-Carlo, & Fabrizio Palombi. /11discrete Thoughts. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser, 2008. Steen, Lynn Arthur…

NAMTA Journal 35/1 06 School Promotion: How it is Changing

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We have small business-card size tent cards with our mission and three points about our school. We give these to parents to…

NAMTA Journal 35/2 05 Technology and the Adolescent: Finding the True Balance in the Prepared Environment

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knowledge and intelligence. At risk of oversimplification, our ancestors shared stories around the fire. Fire was a…

NAMTA Journal 35/2 14 The Integrated Science and Mathematics of Dr. Claude Claremont, Disciple and Colleague of Maria Montessori

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to produce our own towers with nothing more than rulers, pencils, scissors, construction paper, some sguares of cardboard (for…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 08 Nurturing the Moral, Imagination with History, Geography, and Peace Studies

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Mary, with her brother and father, searched for, col- lected, and sold "curies" (short for "…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 09 Montessori Internationalism and Peace

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Emphasizing what I saw that was good, I was able to give talks to these teachers, but after all these years of internal…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 13 Montessori Elementary Education: Pathways to Global Understanding

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CONCLUSION If Dr. Montessori's principles and ideas on education were adopted universally through group consensus, this…

NAMTA Journal 36/1 05 How Science and History Lead to Community Service

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We need to 111ake it clear to tlte children that there is so 111uclt left to discover. In this world of immediate information…

NAMTA Journal 36/1 08 Structure and Spontaneous Learning

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Pink writes: Ultimately, [intrinsically motivated] behavior depends on three nutrients: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. [This…

NAMTA Journal 36/1 12 The Power of Concentration

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Carver, Charles & Scheier, Michael. "Themes and Issues in Self-Regulation of Behavior." Perspectives…
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Morf, Carolyn. C. & Mischel, Walter. "Epilogue: Self- Regulation, Vulnerability, and Implications for Mental…

NAMTA Journal 36/1 14 Initiation to the Knowledge that Is the Pride of Our Civilization

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Historical preparation allows for great latitude, the sine qua non of which is a broad concept of the basic outline of the…
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Romans, and if we are, how? Or, how are we the same? This will be our topic for discussion one night. Our work will also at…
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Growth in our adolescent program is strong, and as it continues, we expect that within the next year or two, we will have to…

NAMTA Journal 36/2 09 Chapter V—Proposal for a Scientific Pedagogy

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50 Part One - Toward the Children's I louse: The Formation Years House, and others followed in Via dei Campani and in…
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66 Part One - Toward the Children's I louse: The Formation Years such as the Vita N11ova, of which she quoted some…

NAMTA Journal 36/2 11 Chapter I—On the Move with the "New Child"

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104 Par/ Two - For a Science of 1he Formation of Man towards the Children's Houses. In 1910 there were another two…

NAMTA Journal 36/2 17 Index of Illustrations

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211 Maria Montessori Through the Seasons of the '·Method'" Index of Illustrations Illustrations I, 2, 9,…
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212 Maria Montessori Through 1he Seasons of the "Method"' desks". Illustration 8: The…

NAMTA Journal 36/3 14 The Study of the Earth and Living Nature

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THE STUDY OF THE EARTH AND LIVING NATURE by Jacqui Miller Apart from 1/lerely nlludi11g to tlte biologicnl sciences, Jacqui…

NAMTA Journal 36/3 16 Practical Life at San Lorenzo: Implications for Erdkinder

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processes of observation, comparison, reasoning, knowledge, and socialization, without overlooking emotional development. In…

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