| Preface
by David Kahn
Throughout 2007, the year that marks a century since the first Casa dei
Bambini, NAMTA has toured… |
| Special Acknowledgements
There would be no exhibit without the generous contribution and leadership of
Thomas Mueller,… |
| contacted Dr. Montessori to help
with an urban renewal project in
the San Lorenzo District of Rome.
The press referred to… |
| What They Showed Us
One day, in great emotion, I
took my heart in my two
hands as though to encourage
it to rise to the… |
| the scientific apparatus I designed (or
the first Children's House. (The
Discovery of the Child, 1948)
Another Children… |
| Italy, continued
Writing on che chalkboard, an early Italian Montessori school, dote
unknown. "They revealed a… |
| PARTIAL LIST OF
LECTURE APPEARANCES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MASONIC TEMPLE
S•1urd•y December 6, 8 P. M.
NEW YORK CITY
CARNEGlll… |
| America Welcomes Dottoressa Montessori
Elementary class, The Washington Montessori School, Washington D.C., around I 9 I 6
18… |
| the Children's Houses firsthand in
the years up to 1915, returning to
write books and articles in support
of the new… |
| From Nova Scotia to San Francisco
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Seated for lunch in the glass-walled classroom, Palace of Education and Social Economy,… |
| The First American Children's House,
Tarrytown, New York, from 191 I
These photographs of the
Montessori school at… |
| American Media, continued
McClure's Magazine, May, 191 I
This issue of McClure's magazine
carried the first… |
| found its way into Head Start and
public magnet schools, joining the
War on Poverty, while established
private Montessori… |
| Far Journey to the Southlands
REPORT
Montessori Methods
of Education.
M. M. SIMPSON.
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| In New Zealand, the first mention of
the Montessori method is in the
state schools in Wanganui as early
as 191 I. Miss… |
| The Seminari-Laboratori de Pedagogia, Barcelona
Elementary doss, Esco/a Municipal
Montessori, Barcelona, 19 30s
Neu Col… |
| education of children. She prepared
a children's chapel, called an Atrium,
so children could have a living
experience… |
| Haus der Kinder, Vienna:
The Young Child's Adventures in Space
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Looking out, looking in. Haus der
Kinder, Vienna, 19… |
| Musica Montessori and the Art of Woodworking, continued
Original folio of musical selections collected by Elise (Lisi) Broun… |
| A spontaneous explosion into
singing was repeatedly observed in
Vienna and later again when Lisi
worked with children in… |
| Oasis for Montessori Expansion
Elementary students sketching from nature,
Amsterdamsche Montessori School, 1930s
The role of… |
| portive from very early on; this
atmosphere helps to explain how
the Montessori schools could
survive through such difficult… |
| A cypical Dutch classroom, Eerste
Nederlandsche Montessori School, 19 30s
Botanical drawing at the Amsterdamsche
Montessori… |
| Natural History Drawings, continued
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Amsterdamsche
Montessori-
school, A.F.J.… |
| The Model School at Laren, Netherlands, continued
Documents from the Model
School at Laren, Netherlands,
1938-1939
At Laren… |
| Psycho-Disciplines, continued
For more than a decade in
Barcelona, with the collaboration of
her son, Mario Montessori, Dr… |
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| In 1925, Clara Grunwald
founded the Deutsche Montessori
Gesel/schaft. In 1926, Maria
Montessori held a training
course in… |
| Our observation of children
has made us realise that work
is man's fundamental instinct
and that the child can work… |
| Furniture and Architecture for Children's Houses
Montessori exhibition accompanying the
Congress on Early Childhood held… |
| Teaching Materials, continued
Material for developing the
auditory sense
Three of six sound boxes, each producing
a… |
| Information about the Montessori
teaching materials that were not yet
available in Germany around that
time is given in the… |
| A Montessori Beacon to the World
Sometimes very tiny children
show a precocious skill and
accuracy of movement that
must… |
| "the sole authorized manufacturers
of Montessori materials for Great
Britain and the Dominions."
Around… |
| A Scottish Montessori School
The child has a great passion to
learn. If he did not, how could
he find his bearings in the… |
| with the paintings of famous artists
and the installation of large murals
of famous places around the world.
An important… |
| Bringing Montessori to Children in Special Need
Some of the children [ tubercular
patients] were mobile, others were
n!… |
| Historic Montessori Items, continued
Small red and blue number rods
When Nancy Jordan worked in Dublin with
children who… |
| The Second Co/or Box with artificial silk
thread tablets
This is a sensorial material for refining the co/or
sense. Today… |
| There was not a separation between
indoors and outdoors.. . . Laughingly,
we used to say, "There is never any
bad… |
| Factory where handicapped war veterans
manufactured furniture and materials for
Montessori classes, Paris, I 9 I 8
France,… |
| In Europe we had aprons far
each activity. I think this
came down from the Middle
Ages, when each trade had
its own costume… |
| Discovering the Universal Child
Montessori child. Sophia College,
Bombay, around I 94 2
Working outside, Allahabad, I 9 28… |
| Cosmic Education for the Elemen-
tary-aged child. Dr. Montessori
researched the needs of the child
under three, culminating… |
| An Auspicious Beginning
Small images from top to bottom:
Dr. Montessori meeting children in
Kotohena with the first… |
| Lower and Upper Elementary
Montessori school and in 1950 was
reluctantly recognized by the newly
independent government as… |
| South Africa: Grassroots Networks
South Africa: Montessori in the Context of Social Reform
Jenco School, o villoge-operoted,… |
| Outdoor work, Zamo Care Centre, Daveyton,
East Johannesburg, 1998
Composting at the Montessori Centre, near
Johannesburg, I… |
| Tanzania: The Help the Children Project
Selecting a handmade mop, Montessori
Nursery-school, Koriokoo, Dar es Saloom,… |
| Thai land, Pakistan
Pouring milk, Thailand, 2006
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Thailand: Developing the
Child's Potential
An early 20th-century… |
| Pakistan, from 1939
The Montessori movement in
Pakistan goes back to I 939, when
Maria Montessori conducted her
first… |
| Japan: Precision and Refinement
As early as I 912, an article on
Montessori appeared in the
Japanese newspaper Nanchouhou.… |
| China: Rapid Expansion
Since the first two Montessori
classrooms appeared in China in
1994, Montessori has become more… |
| Movement and Silence
Walking on the line was a daily occurrence about midday-often out-oJ-
doors .... The children [in Sevres… |
| In this passage written in 1967,
Claude Claremont described how to
start the Silence Game: "Setting her
chair in a… |
| Movement and Silence, continued
Children love silence and
immobility and practice it
spontaneously. One day [in
Sevres,… |
| Montessori College Oost, Amsterdam, 2000
Architect: Herman Hertzberger
Side view of the school
Technical lesson
Workshop… |
| Religious Education, continued
Pope John Paul II visiting on atrium in
Rome, /983
The atrium is in Nostro Signora de Lourdes… |
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work of… |
| Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences
"The eye that sees and the hand that
obeys:• South Africa, 2006
Dramar:ic… |
| paleontology, and zoology, as
well as natural history as a
whole. The third story tells the
origins of humans, with a… |
| Adolescent Boarding Program in the United States
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| Montessori's Social Mission
Montessori in Public Schools
Montessori today has almost 400
public schools throughout the… |
| Montessori and the Tibetan
Children's Villages
More than I 00,000 Tibetan refugees
live in India in exile in more than… |
| Margot Waltuch and Amos, 1933
Peace and Education, continued
A Time for Peace on Earth
Sandwiched between two world
wars,… |
| You [Maria Montessori] have
very truly remarked that if we are
to reach real peace in this world
and if we are to cany on a… |
| Peace and Education, continued
Montessori and Children
with Disabilities
Munich, Germany, was the place of
origin for one… |
| Peace and Education, continued
Montessori in Latin America:
From Argentina to Mexico,
1911 to 2007
Montessori schools had… |
| Montessori and the Australian
Indigenous Communities
Since the mid-1980s, Montessori
learning programs have been
developing… |
| Peace and Education, continued
Caring for Young Refugees: Montessori in Southeast Asia
Political upheavals in Southeast Asia… |
| Exploring Language, continued
The alphabet in direct
connection with spoken
language-that is the way to
achieve the art of… |
| Rome, 1886
Los Angeles. I 915
United States, 19 I 7
United Kingdom, 1929
1870
Maria Montessori born on August 3 I in… |
| /915
Second trip to the United States, accompanied
by her son. Mario. Addresses International
Kindergarten Union and… |
| India, 1939
1928
The book Das Kind in der Familie, based on
lectures she gave in 1923 in Vienna, is published
in Germon. (… |
| Translation: "The f,ttle carriages travel by
rhemselves in !he descent borne by gravity and
!hey tum and tum along… |
| Letter from Morio M. Montessori to
Morgot Woltuch, February 6, /950
This letter, written during Morio Montessori's
80… |
| A Montessori Journey 1907 to 2007
Patrons
Anonymous Donation through Si Helena Monressori School
Association Montessori… |
| Photo Crediu, continued
Elise Broun Barnett Collection
Soro Brody
Helen Brophy
Kannekar Butt
Coring for Young Refugees… |
| Welcome to the Children's Mural
This portion of the exhibit was created from over 800 pieces of work submitted by 35… |
| Notes and Sources on the Historical Panels
by Gerard Leonard
Introduction
The following is not a complete bibliography of… |
| The Journey Begins
As early as 1898, Dr. Montessori was promoting educational reform as
a means to end social inequities.… |
| Notes and Sources, continued
What They Showed Us (Italy)
The photos of the first Casa dei Bambini and the Casa in Milan are… |
| Far Journey to the Southlands (Australia and New Zealand)
We are indebted to Debbie Senoff-Langford of Chicago for graciously… |