| in the heart of the town a proper building, responding to the require-
ments of the children, in which to house a pilot… |
| Of the many things that I have heard and read during the days
following Gianna Gobbi's death, I particularly like what a… |
| OBITUARY: GIANNA GOBBI
by Camillo Grazzini
On January 29, in her eighty-third year, Gianna Gobbi suddenly,
unexpectedly,… |
| STUDY-CONFERENCE IN STRASBOURG,
AUGUST, 1962
by Vera Gander and Camillo Grazzini
This year it has been the turn of eastern… |
| Above all, Mario Montessori was by
nature a true "citizen of the world,"
like his father and grandmother… |
| MARIA MONTESSORI AND SUPRANATURE:
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
by Camillo Grazzini
IN MEMORY OF MARIO M. MONTESSORI JR.
In memory of… |
| Figure 5. A quadratic equation: its geometric representation. Bergamo, 1965.
The interesting thing is that with Maria's… |
| Before giving a few specific examples or illustrations of those
"pearls," I wish to point out some important… |
| In the same AMI Communications cited earlier, I read an interesting
article by Professor P. Krishna. In his article, "… |
| reference but perhaps for an underlying need of absolute certainty and
structure.
Like early human beings, I am a hunter and… |
| with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud-
ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen… |
| Thus, in this year's first issue of AMI Communications, Renilde
Montessori gives the "acknowledgement of the… |
| soon as she came to know my theory, the great Maestra used it in
support of all her own scientific pedagogy."
In… |
| is a translation by the Montessori Educational Research
Center from the French De /'En/ant a I' Adolescent (Desclee… |
| should ask ourselves whether it is up to us to give life to this great idea
of the Erdkinder community, or whether it would be… |
| (e) A "Montessori" syllabus (possibly unjfied/integrated)
of
the academic curricula adopted by the… |
| What guarantee, after all, can the Erdkinder community offer
parents? There are no existing Erdkinder communities (in the… |
| Back in 1974, I suggested toMarioMontessori,Jr., that he ask those
involved with the Erdkinder experiment to procure the… |
| The latter would examine what Dr. Montessori proposes as a program
for each subject, even though she really only gives us an… |
| From this perspective, it is completely counter-productive and also
contrary to Montessori's thinking to have individuals… |
| psychological maladjustment (mental barriers, timidity) may be ad-
mitted ... " (Adolescence, Schocken 119).
It… |
| midway between the two positions. It provided remedial measures
and brought hope for the future. 9
Also for the Erdkinder… |
| 6. PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE
All the institutions mentioned earlier, as well as the Erdkinder
community itself, incorporate two… |
| source of the social harmony which accelerates individual
progress. (Adolescence, Clio 74)
Of course, an important part of… |
| Landerziehungsheime or "education homes in the country." For ex-
ample, the one for youths from twelve to… |
| environments are to be found, and these gradually come to be managed
by the adolescents together with the adults.
Ideally,… |
| Young people from eighteen to twenty years of age Montessori
called II die Wuestenkinder, 11 which means II the children of… |
| From the restricted meaning of the physical surroundings we have
come to the idea of the surrounding conditions, be these… |
| "devotes Himself to manual work and exercises a craft" (Adolescence,
Schocken 134).
The adolescent Christ,… |
| 1. ADOLESCENT NEEDS AND MONTESSORl'S
ANSWER
Knowledge of the adolescent's characteristics, physical and physi-… |
| About the child, Montessori says that, though the child cannot
take part in the adult's work, the child is also "… |
| Thus I indicated that the paper was originally written for the
Adolescent Colloquium, which was held in Cleveland and… |
| A MONTESSORI COMMUNITY FOR
ADOLESCENTS
by Camillo Grazzini and Baiba Krumins
Indicating the theoretical underpinnings for… |
| Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. Adyar, Madras,
India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1949.
Montessori, Maria. To… |
| Lastly, in December, 1951, on the occasion of the third anniversary
of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, UNESCO invited… |
| evolution is the unity of mankind. In the psychosphere
there should now only be one civilization. (Unpublished
proceedings)… |
| Nature and, moreover, makes use of them, thus creating
new possibilities. His technical skill has harnessed the
forces of… |
| any lifetime is that which takes the human being from the helpless
state of the newborn babe to the child, who not only… |
| and unceasing toil of these agents explain so many of the phenomena
with which we are familiar: day and night, summer and… |
| mankind and with mankind alone do we have the psychosphere, for
"something new came into the world with man, a… |
| shared direction and a common goal in our work. In stark contrast to
this, there is cosmic education, which is for the second… |
| lends depth of meaning to the expression chosen and used by Montessori
herself.
COSMIC VISION
The Montessori vision of the… |
| Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. 1936. Trans.
Barbara Barclay Carter. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1958.
Montessori… |
| plishments. Appreciation he must have; his uncertainty
demands constant re-assurance. He should be given every
opportunity of… |
| principle requires a commitment from the individual: the
commitment of the individual to the group. (From Child-
J,ood)
4.… |
| An example of this was given by a teacher who had a child
who was always coming to her, telling her the naughty
things that… |
| ing nature, and Man. It also means to understand the "cosmic task" of
each element and of each force in the… |
| And in a lecture given at Cambridge, Montessori says that "Cul-
ture becomes identifiable with the construction of… |
| does not become great until man, given the courage and
strength, uses it to create. If this does not occur, the
imagination… |
| tacked what she saw as general abuses of this human faculty: sixty
years ago (in The Advanced Montessori Method) she denounced… |
| In The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori writes:
The picturing, or conjuring up, of things not physically
present depends on a… |
| treats the insect as though it were a machine rather than a living being,
and children of this age are well known for their… |
| A. The World of the Abstract: The Age of Why
In From Childhood to Adolescence, Dr. Montessori writes that this
child
has… |
| circle" (Montessori, From Childhood) of the family-a fact which ex-
plains the physical ubiquity of this child.
Wtto… |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILD IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
by Carnillo Grazzini
WHERE Is THIS CHILD?
A child of elementary… |
| Foreword by Margaret Drummond. The Italian edition
isComeconobbiMaria Montessori. Rome: Vita dell'infanzia,
1956.… |
| Once upon a time, there was a Montessori manufacturer who
produced this material in an erroneous fashion: The concept of pen… |
| Through the work of his hands,
those "hands of divine light," to
use Maria Montessori's expression,… |
| only can this be understood as a particular type of peninsula, but also
it brings in the third dimension, which is absolutely… |
| INTRODUCTION TO uKEYS TO THE WORLD:
THE SECOND PLANE OF EDUCATION"
by Camillo Grazzini
Forty-three years ago,… |
| differences also by providing each elementary environment (be it six
to nine or nine to twelve) with a full set of advanced… |
| mistress, she is able, without danger of exhausting her
strength, to remain all day with children who belong to
such diverse… |
| The Child, Society and the World: Unpublished Speeches and
Writings
This book (Clio Press) includes a lecture given by Maria… |
| summed up in the request "help me to think by myself." This new-
found need for mental (and moral)… |
| This clear separation would help communication both within the
adult Montessori community and also with the world at large.… |
| own sake, but the aim is for the children to use these sensitivities in
order to acquire a basis of culture in relation to… |
| than one of our four canonical sections or areas for the Children's
House.
Perhaps it is also worth pointing out that… |
| to this further exploration are not set by the number of different fields
of learning or knowledge, but by the psychology of… |
| In an address given by Dr. Montessori in 1935("The Psychology
of Mathematics), she affirmed the following:
... these… |
| "THE MATERIALIZATION
OF ABSTRACTIONS"
In Psicoaritmetica, in the chapter titled" Algebra: Beyond… |
| pieces suitably colored and organized
in a linear formation or "bar."The whole
thing is a square prism with… |