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Sequence 4Children are observed spontaneously praying to the Good Shepherd. A child suffering from leukemia told me, "He helps… |
Sequence 5Ii is difficult to leach children about God by only using words. God is abslracL, but Christ is concrete. And what is around… |
Sequence 6questions and the answel's in the scl'iµtul'e. We can re:;pond that "One time Jesus said 'I am… |
Sequence 8"Found Sheep," which is not scolded by the Good Shepherd but car- ried happily on his shoulders. With great… |
Sequence 7feelings of others. Why couldn't he pursue his mission and still be accepted by others? Seems to me he'd have a… |
Sequence 6The old literacy, if we can call it that for clarity's sake, derives from the assumption that lmowledge is objective and… |
Sequence 8whether it can be done on a sufficient scale under present conditions? And the best guess is, probably not. That is why so… |
Sequence 2Dr. Montessori lectured from 9 A.M. until 12 noon and 3 P.M. to 6 P.M. every day. Saturdays_ were ow· practical days, our… |
Sequence 10can't that runle get there if he has to keep going another half? I have heard kids say there has to be something wrong… |
Sequence 3The ultimate goal of this colonialization project was for the kids to make a presentation to their parents who were going to… |
Sequence 2everything else that's imponanc in the schools, and that everything that is imponanc in the school is affected by the… |
Sequence 8stand that you can't teach biology or anything else unless you're a philosopher. So those are some examples. I could… |
Sequence 2she and her students would look better. This has not achieved a meaningful improvement in instruction or achievement. Those… |
Sequence 10into the depth of that information. I came across an American Indian scholar who has more information on Indians than I have… |
Sequence 11TB. Well, I believe that something can be done and we ought to do it, and beyond that I am encouraged by the extent co which a… |
Sequence 28children's transition from orality to literacy as unqualified progress, we were to view it as a trade-off made for… |
Sequence 38ground. New York: Oxford University Press. Opie, I., & Opie, P. (1985). The singing game. New York: Oxford University… |
Sequence 9awful. I hated it," I answered firmly. I had a feeling that she would not appreciate that response. It turns out I… |
Sequence 1A six-year-old's drawing of the Good Shepherd and sheep (lstituto Assunzione, Rome). 60 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. /9, No… |
Sequence 6highlighting the contrast between the solemn, aloof teacher who sits as one enthroned on high before an audience that hears… |
Sequence 3which, Dr. Zener maintains, is what every Montessori presentation is all about, the Montessori materials. Dr. Zener integrates… |
Sequence 3The first reason has to do with scholarship based on the old model. Consider the recent book The Bell Curve (Herrnstein &… |
Sequence 5like me came to say that we're human beings, we're not just calcula- tors to fit into IBM jobs, we're human… |
Sequence 10You want them to get busy with all the things I saw out here in the exhibits. You want them to see a banquet out there. You… |
Sequence 17and needs, then you have to create the environment. Even if it's not necessary to get a job at IBM, that's okay; if… |
Sequence 14When something is amiss in our classroom, in our school, among the parents, or within ourselves, why not take Montessori'… |
Sequence 7about intellectual development at all, but deal more broadly with the kind of people we hope children will turn out to be,… |
Sequence 13Methods of Working with Basically, the methods that I'm putting on the other side of this ledger begin with what I'… |
Sequence 8The old culture of discipline is based on what we perceive as right and wrong with regard to the child, without paying… |
Sequence 8corporate agriculture-farm owners don't want to live where they farm because it's boring, it's dirty; they… |
Sequence 17to you is that the traditional paradigm of explaining Western culture to students, that is, the multicultural approach, I find… |
Sequence 20own culture. We're better people than that"-not to say, "Oh, don't do that. We've got to go… |
Sequence 23on the Left. Most of the hypocrisy that I see is on the Left, an affluent, very, very affluent liberalism that will not live… |
Sequence 2It is no doubt that Maria Montessori saw a divine presence in young children which made them" all-powerful,"… |
Sequence 4center of our efforts to insure, in Gianna Gobbi's words, "healthy psychic life and [to pave] the way for human… |
Sequence 3in an experience of religious education known as the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd… |
Sequence 7At the beginning we reacted with some fatigue, because it was hard to see that themes that had been studied with great care,… |
Sequence 8But the point which always strikes the child-no matter what the child's environment or culture-is that the Good… |
Sequence 1Two TRIBUTES To SoFIA CAVALLETTI The following tributes were presented to Sofia c.avalletti at the NAMT A conference entitled… |
Sequence 2ogy and Semitic culture and history. Over the years, I slowly became aware that, in addition to Italian and Hebrew, Sofia… |
Sequence 3II Sofia dear: Thank you. Why? It is difficult to be essential when you would like to thank a wonderful friend for so many… |
Sequence 3ing for a relationship with the Creator and the creation, and we will not be satisfied unless this fundamental discovery can… |
Sequence 4order to make it possible for me to do my journey with the support of an unconditional love." Montessori wrote,… |
Sequence 2THE HISTORY OF THE CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD by Tina Lillig Ms. Lillig gives a concise histonJ of the Catechesis of… |
Sequence 3If we delay catechesis until the customary age of six, the child has moved into a new ethical stage in life when God is more… |
Sequence 4child. One is her demonstration, through numerous examples, of the catechetical potential of children as young as three.… |
Sequence 6joy of the children at their" awkward efforts" was the impetus for the pair to do something more organized… |
Sequence 7-------------------------------- -- Many catechists have observed that the atrium becomes even more important to older… |
Sequence 8atrium, children sometimes make a first discovery that they have an inner life. THE Gooo SHEPHERD The Catechesis of the Good… |
Sequence 9calling them out, the shepherd going ahead of them, the sheep follow- ing. This opens the way for them to work with the… |
Sequence 10AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 2THE TOTONACA PEOPLE AND THE CATECHESIS OF THE GooD SHEPHERD by Maria Christlieb Robles Illustrating the spread of the… |
Sequence 3religious sense. They are a way to worship and to express adoration, love, and a total gift of themselves, in a cosmic… |
Sequence 4an oral language and therefore oral tradition is very important. Their principal arts and crafts are embroidery and working… |
Sequence 5In March of that same year, they came back and we looked at history as a history of the gifts from God. I presented the… |
Sequence 9will help us to go deeper into this aspect of our work and to remain faithful to it." A big hope is ahead of us:… |
Sequence 1THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CHILD'S WORK AND COSMIC WORK by Gianna Gobbi Gianna Gobbi' s essay speaks to the &… |
Sequence 2ARE WE SUCCEEDING IN NURTURING THE SPIRIT? by Aline D. Wolf Aline Wolfs challenge to Montessorians to look seriously at our… |
Sequence 7And here's one by her friend Romana: THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE The shapely models are role models. Stop the arguing… |
Sequence 1OBITUARY MARIA CHRISTLIEB ROBLES Both the Montessori community and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd lost a friend,… |
Sequence 25adolescence and comes to adulthood. As we look around, the social situation at the present moment often seems to be destroying… |
Sequence 10fall asleep while playing without your knowing about it for half an hour. You are right there. If you are not, you have the… |
Sequence 5creatures can't do this. So the difference is not a quantitative differ- ence-it's not that we are a little bit… |
Sequence 21ronment! It was grand! I remember that he came to graduation, and once again he wept. Let us proceed to study the work and… |
Sequence 2And so again we're coming back to the perspective of the students and their families and their world-view, and moving out… |
Sequence 18So now, some considerations about the particularity and peculiar- ity of place. In Thomas Moore's book, The Re-… |
Sequence 1or Los Angeles. But the Greeks who began to live on the farm created a chauvinism about what they did and who they were.… |
Sequence 12to follow an indigenous Aztec pattern of development. That's a very cruel thing to say, but it's absolutely true.… |
Sequence 10happen. But the reality is that probably a.ll of the schools in this room, or the majority of them, are in urban environments… |
Sequence 4perspective, every day is a good day. We're the ones that say, "Oh, are you having a bad day today?"… |
Sequence 15weight, that is, less than two kilograms (5.5 pounds), are at higher risk for various neurological and mental problems. This… |
Sequence 30We're all tested for rubella immunity a tour first prenatal visit, and if you're not immune to rubella or have low… |
Sequence 3where we tend to be very general, where we could train ourselves to be more specific, our children would absorb a much richer… |
Sequence 22Q: I think there needs to be a distinction between emotional aspects versus embarrassment about the product itself. But from… |
Sequence 2LITURGY IN THE CosMic PLAN OF Goo by Sofia Cavalletti Sofia Cavalletti's conviction that the greatest realities are… |
Sequence 2Goo's CosMic PLAN AND THE WORK OF THE CHILD by Carol Cannon Dittberner Integrating the broad vision of cosmic education… |
Sequence 15REFERENCES Cavalletti, Sofia. II potenziale religioso tra i 6 e i 12 anni. Trans. Rebekah Rojcewicz. Rome: Citta Nuova… |
Sequence 2JOURNEYING WITH CHILDREN TowARD Goo by Rebekah Rojcewicz Rebekah Rojcewicz' s short summanJ of the Ca techesis of the… |
Sequence 3Where do such deep responses come from in children? What triggers them? What do they tell us about the religious nature of… |
Sequence 4Two MYSTERIES The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd has been called" the meeting ground of two mysteries: the mystery… |
Sequence 5In 1954, Sofia Cavalletti began a quest to understand the nature of the child's relationship with God, and to discover… |
Sequence 6most striking aspect of this drawing for me are the faces of the shepherd and the sheep around his neck. They have matching… |
Sequence 7THE ATRIUM And so we prepare a space, the atrium, where these great truths can be proclaimed and these mysteries explored. It… |
Sequence 8Jesus invites us to comprehend the depth and intimacy of his relation- ship with us, the providential love and care of the… |
Sequence 19Now I think we see that in early childhood the mastery orientation is rooted in the young child's will, which is a good… |
Sequence 2Let me explain, very briefly, how I entered the Montessori world and how this experience changed deeply my personal and profes… |
Sequence 1OBITUARY: GIANNA GOBBI by Camillo Grazzini On January 29, in her eighty-third year, Gianna Gobbi suddenly, unexpectedly,… |
Sequence 2Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi jointly worked out a program that seemed to correspond to the needs of the various ages,… |
Sequence 3Gobbi presented a synthesis of a part of her personal experiences with the children in a little book called Alcuni principi… |
Sequence 6Gobbi presented a synthesis of a part of her personal experiences with the children in a little book called Alcuni principi… |
Sequence 7Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi jointly worked out a program that seemed to correspond to the needs of the various ages,… |
Sequence 8OBITUARY: GIANNA GOBBI by Camillo Grazzini On January 29, in her eighty-third year, Gianna Gobbi suddenly, unexpectedly,… |
Sequence 2MODERN MONTESSORI IN SEARCH OF A Sout: A TRIBUTE TO SOFIA CAvALLETTI by David Kahn David Kahn's tribute to Sofia… |
Sequence 6elevated to a new status in a religious context. The signs and symbols, the scripture and liturgy, the presentation of the… |
Sequence 7chapter of her book Living Liturgy, Dr. Cavalletti establishes param- eters connecting creation with Cosmic Education: The… |
Sequence 8In the worship of God, we bring our whole lives with us, even that activity in which we use and enjoy the goods of this world… |
Sequence 11Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Church.… |
Sequence 2EXTENSIO ANIMAE AD MAGNA by Elizabeth Wymer and Keith Boehme Elizabeth Wymer and Keith Boehme explain the philosophy of two… |
Sequence 12nation. The lessons are to entice and inflame the interest of the child. The Montessori program at our school was initially… |
Sequence 16REFERENCES American Federation of Teachers. "Making Standards Matter, 2001." American Educator 25.4 (2001,… |