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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 12/1 07 Psychic Activity during Prenatal Life

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PSYCHIC ACTIVITY DURING PRENATAL LIFE by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro, M.D. Dr. Montanaro's refreshingly clear…

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…

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 15/3 06 The Meaning of "Maternal Care"

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THE MEANING OF "MATERNAL CARE" by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro The role of the faJJier and rrwtlier in…

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 18/3 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 21/2 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 14 Parenting for Independence

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tinely tells parents that there is no set number of years (italics added) to nurse (Sears, 1992, p. 120). To further…

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 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 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 03 Past, Present, and Possible: A Montessori Global Perspective

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us listen to the words of Maria Montessori, for she is reminding us that if we can do what we have just been saying, We find…

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

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DISCOVERING THE REAL SPIRITUAL CHILD (PART 2) by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro presents an intellectual view…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 03 Montessori in Early Childhood: Positive Outcomes along Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions

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• an anxious concern for life • love for people and things • emotional wellness • warm, expressive, outgoing, and optimistic…

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 26/2 01 Language Acquisition

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LANGUAGE ACQUISITION by Silvana Montanaro Dr. Montanaro' s concise presentation of language development in children…

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 27/1 06 Parenting for Independence

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the baby in a sling. These recommendations, however, may easily become obstacles in the path of natural development and delay…
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The fundamental disagreement between attachment parenting and Montessori philosophy lies in the definition and importance of…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 09 The Development of Coordinated Movement

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED MOVEMENT by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro discusses the stages of movement in…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 10 The Developmental Crises of the First Three Years

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THE DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Encouraging parental awareness regarding…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 14 Using the Assistants to Infancy for Pre-Adolescents: Anticipating a Healthy Parenthood

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ing to watch the children. I put up the female anatomy first, and I went through all the external anatomy and I went through…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 15 The Assistant to Infancy: A Special Educator

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THE ASSISTANT TO INFANCY: A SPECIAL EDUCATOR by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro introduces the origins of the…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 03 How Sensitively Times are Sensitive Periods?

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children we love and work with. Thank you for your attention. It has been an honor to share these thoughts with you.…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 01 A Montessori Life as a Spiritual Journey—Part I

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A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 1 by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro speaks of how Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 02 A Montessori Life as a Spiritual Journey—Part II

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A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 2 by Muriel Dwyer Muriel Dwyer' s caution that the best-laid plans do not…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 04 Redefining Who We Are: The Work of Learning Community Facing Adolescents/Facing Ourselves

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REFERENCES Joosten, A.M. Learning From the Child. Amsterdam: Asso- ciation Montessori lnternationale, n.d. Reprinted from…

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 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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Japan: Precision and Refinement As early as I 912, an article on Montessori appeared in the Japanese newspaper Nanchouhou.…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 03 Early Childhood Principles: An Aid to Adolescent Practice

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act of a mother breast- feeding her baby. It provides "the possi- bility of a repeated daily experience of a…
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And, following from that, with language comes the ability to develop and express complex thought. How does this relate to…
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hear a baby's cries in the next room and ignore it, saying, "Oh, babies cry. They'll outgrow it.&quot…

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

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WHY IT Is IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE CHILD by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Citi11g the words of Marin Montessori, Dr. Montanaro…
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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 03 Children's Education and the Future of Humanity

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CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro This final chapter of Dr. Mo11tanaro…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 10 Montessori from the Start: Foundations for Independence

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Lynn and I were attending the AMI International Congress in Amsterdam in 1979 when Dr. Silvana Montanaro first described Dr.…

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 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…

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 35/2 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 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 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 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 36/3 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…

NAMTA Journal 37/1 05 Revolutions in Curriculum: Tenth Grade as a Turning Point and a Challenge at Montessori High School

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MONTESSORl'S CONCEPTION OF EDUCATION FOR ADOLESCENCE The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a…
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In addition, closer partnership with local middle schools offers a path to develop an aspect of the high school that is at…
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Montessori's path for a science of peace is clear and radical and so optimistic that the junior class is doubtful it can…

NAMTA Journal 37/2 05 A Person of His Time and Place: Montessori Perspectives on a Geography and History

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child as the agent of change. In The Discovery of the Child (67), Montes- sori writes of a British family who lived in India…
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humanity. It is this latter part, culture, that which represents the study to be carried out in the schools, the universal…

NAMTA Journal 37/2 09 An Adventure: the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

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sis of the Good Shepherd, that propelling force, as we said, which has carried forward almost a half-century of catechesis, is…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 14 Deepening Cosmic Education

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143 Leonard • Deepening Cosmic Education brought to their newly settled areas of the world. Elementary children love this…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 16 Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions toward Erdkinder

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162 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 What we elementary Montessori teachers have to remember is that the real…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 30 Epilogue: The Child and the Environment

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ePiloGue: the child and the environMent by Molly O’Shaughnessy Molly wrote this article thirteen years ago. It is a fitting…
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ePiloGue: the child and the environMent by Molly O’Shaughnessy Molly wrote this article thirteen years ago. It is a fitting…

NAMTA Journal 38/2 06 The Work of the Hand

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106 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 2 • Spring 2013 meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal…

NAMTA Journal 38/2 10 Playful Learning and Montessori Education

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155 Lillard • Playful Learning and Montessori Education Some child-development specialists maintained that pretend- ing…

NAMTA Journal 39/1 09 The Positive Personality of the Montessori Adolescent

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158 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 1 • Winter 2014 The issue of adaptability looms. The adolescent becomes the skater,…

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