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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 01 The Montessori Vision of Adolescence

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A MONTESSORI VISION OF ADOLESCENCE by Lawrence Schaefer Dr. Schaefer's deve/,opmental outlook for the adolescent arises…

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 13/3 04 Other Studies of Children of Low Socioeconomic Status

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d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 05 Other Studies of Montessori Children of Middle Socioeconomic Status

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d) exercises in sensory geometry and numbers. Three additional objec- tives were included in the Montessori curriculum: a)…

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 02 Generous Understanding: Knowing Ourselves and Each Other

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impulses that even now throb in thine own little selfish heart. Lift up thy eyes, behold that life, and then tum away, and…

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 16/2 01 The Montessori Contribution to Educational Reform—A Prologue

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References Brown, Rexford G. ( 1991). Schools of thought: How the politics of litera,cy shape thinking in the classroom. San…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 08 Whole Language: A Whole Educational Reform

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builds thought, language, and concepts. And this need for integration aero~ the curriculum guides the organization of time,…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 10 Coalition of Essential Schools

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COAUTION OF ~ENTIAL SCHOOLS by Michael Goldman In straight-forward language, Michael Goldman challenges the conference to…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 15 Change and Restructuring

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But I think that these more basic issues of working on collaboration, working on redefining the role of the teacher, on…

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 17/1 04 The Child and the World of Nature

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References Eisley, Loren. (1964). The unexpected universe. New York. Harcou re, Brace, and World, Inc. Lorenz, Konrad. (1990…

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 19/2 03 Mother-Child Bonding

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Maclean, P. D. 0985b). The triune brain in conflict. Fam.if;y, Play, and the Separation Call, 12. Maturana, H. R., &…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 10 The Natural Institution of the Family (An Abridgement)

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sex and postponed marriage age into the late twenties, it opted for the one- child family. Had China consulted me on its…

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…
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You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of…

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 11 Equal Opportunity and the Montessori Magnet School

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Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.…

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

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Bremer, J. (1985, Fall). Education as peace. The NAMTA Quar- terly, 11(1), 21-40. Capra, F. (1993). The turning of the tide.…
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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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You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of…
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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 20/2 02 Linking the Family and the School: The Importance of Parental Choice in Admissions

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Once a decision has been made to enroll a child, additional steps are taken to firmly initiate this partnership with parents…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 11 Montessori and Assessment: Some Issues of Assessment and Curriculum Reform

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Assessment (1992, p. 7), and the future of testing in America depends on issues of equity and the improvement of opportunities…

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 20/3 10 Maria Montessori: World Peace through the Child

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MARIA MONTESSORI: w ORLD PEACE THROUGH THE CHILD by E. Mortimer Standing E. Mortimer Standing's remarks concerning…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 11 Do Not Bequeath a Shamble—The Child in the Twenty-First Century: Innocent Hostage to Mindless Oppression…

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that we are now faced with a crisis of global proportions. This situation takes the form of a crisis in energy, food, ecology…
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REFERENCES Dewey, J. (1915). The school and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kramer, R. (1976). Maria…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 03 How Are You Smart? Multiple Intelligences and Classroom Practices

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How ARE You SMART?: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES by Bruce Torff The question "How are you smart…

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 12 The Normalized School: Montessori as a Way of Life

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When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'…

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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MARIA MONTESSORI ANO PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION During the two decades between the first publication of The Montessori Method 18 (…
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John Dewey's American pedagogy and William Heard Kilpatrick's realization of this (Project-Method, 1918); Carleton…
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The Italian government did not join the IBE and thereby indirectly favored the dominating influence of the Geneva group of…
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willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant…
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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 21/3 06 Northwoods Montessori Full-Day Program

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space is not very large, but it allows the children access to the outdoors at any time. We use this space all year long for…

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 08 Revisiting the Process of Normalization

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Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Trans. A. George. 1912. New York: Schocken, 1962. Montessori, Maria. The Secret of…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 13 Children's Participation: Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care

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Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 01 The Spiritual Development of the Child: Keeping the Balance

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center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 03 Two Tributes to Sofia Cavalletti

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ogy and Semitic culture and history. Over the years, I slowly became aware that, in addition to Italian and Hebrew, Sofia…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 13 Are We Succeeding in Nurturing The Spirit?

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford, England: Clio, 1994. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 02 The Casa Dei Bambini: A Century Concept

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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 14 Metanoia for Montessorians

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to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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to understand others' points of view and sees diversity as a strength to be tapped. 7. Without the commitment of both…
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Montessori, Maria. "The Four Planes of Education." AMI Communications (1971, #4), 4-10. Montessori, Maria.…

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…
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Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work. 1957. Rev. ed. New York: New American Library, 1984. Sternberg, R. &…

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 26/3 29 What Does It mean To Study The Humanities in a Farm School Context?

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Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. 1936. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1966. Standing, E.M. Maria Montessori: Her Life…

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 12 Lifetime Development as Seen Through the First Three Years of Life

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Hopefully this weekend has given you a little renewal of this vision. I want to give you two quotes. One is from E.M. Standing…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 13 The Impact of the Assistants to Infancy Program on Primary Children

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Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Clrildlrood. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. Notre Dame, IN: Fides, 1966. Standing, E.M.…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 06 True Work: Discovering the Path to Self-Perfection through the Prepared Environment

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Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. Trans. Barbara Barclay Carter. Calcutta: Orient Longmans, 1936. Montessori, Maria…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 04 The Four Planes of Development

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Philosophy of the Winnetka Curriculum, 1926); and those of two of Montessori's pupils: Makinden (Individual Work System)…
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1929); Edouard Claparede (with "individualized" education, 1921); Roger Cousin et (with the teamwork method…
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The Geneva group, intent as they were on putting forward their own methods, excluded Montessori more and more. The result was…
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of the method and excluding others meant distorting the very nature of the method. 10 The final result was that, as Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 13 Maria Montessori's Cosmic Vision, Cosmic Plan, and Cosmic Education

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And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 22 Camillo 26-01-04

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And also: "This solidarity between human beings, which projects itself into the future and is sunk in the remotest…
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of the method and excluding others meant distorting the very nature of the method. 10 The final result was that, as Montessori…
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The Geneva group, intent as they were on putting forward their own methods, excluded Montessori more and more. The result was…
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1929); Edouard Claparede (with "individualized" education, 1921); Roger Cousin et (with the teamwork method…
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Philosophy of the Winnetka Curriculum, 1926); and those of two of Montessori's pupils: Makinden (Individual Work System)…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 02 Timeless Dedication: Montessori from the Depth of the Soul

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child who stands before us with his arms held open, beckoning humanity to follow. (118-119) Thank you. REFERENCES…

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 29/2 05 Psycho-Grammar: Montessori's Reflections on Grammar and Psychic Development

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But grammar is a natural and enjoyable exploration if given at the right age. Even if you have a barrier against grammar…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 09 Developing Character, Will, and Spirit

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Montessori, Maria. The Discovery of the Child. 1948. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1967. Montessori,…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 10 The Adolescent and the Family: Love and Limits

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Maria Montessori mentioned love in lectures on adolescence in 1937 and 1938. She says that "a loving personality is…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 14 On Becoming a Citizen of the World: Can Montessori Achieve Its Aim?

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Montessori, Maria. Childhood Education. Translation of Formazione dell'Uomo [The Formation of Man]. 1949. Trans. A.M.…

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