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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 03 An Overview of Adolescence

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thinking enabling young people to go beyond the here and now. Because of formal operational thinking the adolescent is able:…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 11 Research: Child-Initiated Activity: How Important is it in Early Childhood Education?

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As psychologists became involved in early childhood education in the 1960s, they developed early childhood curriculum models…
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research on teaching and childrearing has pointed to the superiority of an "authoritative" or "…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 12 Building Correlations: Cosmic Education and Moral Development, Part I

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But let us not diminish the prepared environment. The elemen- tary child has a kinship to the biological world which we bring…

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 13/1 08 The Pure Wonder of Young Lives

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questions and the answel's in the scl'iµtul'e. We can re:;pond that "One time Jesus said 'I am…

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 04 Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences: Our Gift to the Future

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the result of an accumulation of information, but of a continued trans- action with the mystery and wonder of a living world.…

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 08 Cosmic Education: Sowing Life, Not Theories

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Work as the cosmic expression is ever a necessity of life and a joy; its shirking means extinction, the doom of original…

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 05 Other Studies of Montessori Children of Middle Socioeconomic Status

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Tamminen, A. W. & Weatherman, R. F. (1967). An evaluatum of a presclwol training program for culturally deprived child…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 08 Conclusions and Needs

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Table 2 Summary of Findings: Do Low Socioeconomic Children Benefit from Less Than Three Years of Preschool? YES NON-…

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 15/1 07 Whole Books and Beginning Reading

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Useful Sources of Professional and Children's Books American Library Association 60 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 08 Oft-Told Tales

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ness or sneakiness;' "love" and "bravery" are among the many ideas that appear on…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 14 Early Childhood Education: The National Agenda

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we must now ready all children for school success. Some of these conditions include the fact that: • 1 in 5 American children…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 18 Multi-Cultural Perspectives and School Reform

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the common experience for fashioning questions in the right way to reveal what they know, rather than just revealing…

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 18/2 01 Absorbent Mind Update: Research Sheds New Light on Montessori Theory

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Hopkins, W.G. and Brown, M.C. 0984). Development of Nerve Cells and their Connections. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer- sity…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 05 Whole Language in the Montessori Classroom: Continuing the Story

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I suggested that the beginning of this trail might be found in what Piaget calls the symbolic or semiotic function, which…
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written language posses'sing su6- stantial linguistic knowledge imglicit in their spoken lan- guage. The major task…
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episodes. Specifically, there were the tales of Andersen, some of the short stories of Capuana, episodes of the life of Jesus…
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Loeffler, Margaret H. (1980). An Investigation of the Relationship of Protowriting (Invented Spelling) and Cognitive…

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 19/1 09 Reshaping Early Childhood Intervention To Be a More Effective Weapon Against Poverty

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disadvantaged infants and toddlers. This opportunity poses the most promising chance we have had since 1965 for our society to…

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

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Chfoa's society! Does this foretell a move to a state-ruled animal colony? And there is a further point to be made.…

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 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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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 12 Comparative Study of Peace Education Approaches and their Effectiveness

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ences in them, listen to each other better, and be both more tolerant and more compassionate. Teachers adopting these…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 15 Training the Montessori Teachers

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residence for the principals (Mr. and Mrs. Claremont), garden ameni- ties including a large field or paddock, very suitable…
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relapsed to the more humble position of a demonstrator or assistant to the notable per- son we should have been! But…

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 06 Movement, Music, and Learning: The Musical and Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligences

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dren who learn better with hands and movement rather than visually or auditorially. Young children experience the world with…

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 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 21/3 07 The Effects of Day Care on Infant-Parent Attachment in Children Under Three

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Howes, C. (1989). Infant child care. Young Children, 44, 24-28. Meyerhoff, M. K. (1992). Infant-toddler day care versus…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 04 Unifying the Urban Contribution: Moving Toward Erdkinder

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Figure 1. Practical Considerations (from "Study and Work Plans,• pp. 119-121) Museum of Machines Shop of Produce and…

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 22/1 06 The Telling of the Story

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THE TELLING OF THE STORY by Audrey Sillick Evoking storytelling as a human tendency, Audrey Sillick suggests that the story…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 02 Beyond Bribes and Threats: How Not to Get Control of the Classroom

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ambitious objectives, it is still not about these things on the working with side. We have to look at the extent to which we…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 03 Cultivating Spontaneous Self-Discipline

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• Spend lots of time with your young children. Engage in enjoyable and meaningful activities, such as games, singing, reading…

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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• Children as young as ten or eleven being involved in rape • Ten-or eleven-year-olds taking heroin and other drugs. Another…
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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 11 The Spiritual Challenge of Erdkinder – Part 1: The Passage from Imaginative Vision to Concrete Experience

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A. Practical Considerations Museum of Machines Shop of Produce and/or Crafts Hotel for Parents Dorm for Resident Young…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 13 Montessori and Early Childhood Education: A Contemporary Perspective

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when first announced. Even after accepting the theory, the scientific community of chemists still had to "beat nature…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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when first announced. Even after accepting the theory, the scientific community of chemists still had to "beat nature…

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 02 Language and Developing Brain

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overall melody and intonation. It's just like perceiving music. Chil- dren really are quite good at perceiving music.…

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 36 The Development of a Montessori High School as an Extension of the Farm School

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Erikson, E. H. Young Man Luther. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1958. Gardner, H. Creating Minds. New York: Basic…

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…
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parents-is something we call the Nido, or the situation for infants. I don't think anyone in this room would disagree…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 08 Independence of the Young Child from Birth to Three

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Young children, when they brush their hair, will basically just take a hairbrush and scoop it forward up over the back of the…

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 29/3 01 Muriel Dwyer: A Lifelong Explorer of a Montessori Kind

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MURIEL DWYER: A LIFELONG EXPLORER OF A MONTESSORI KIND by David Kahn But it is essential that we open our minds to this…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 04 Social and Moral Development: Importance of the Family

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children because every moment is special, important, quality time. Young children live in the moment; they are interested in…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 10 The Child as Spiritual Teacher for the Adult

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work of the spiritual sphere in our world through the eyes of the missionary. This is the true story of a missionary in…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 03 Elements of Erdkinder at the Farm School

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A. Practical Considerations Museum of Machines Shop of Produce and/or Crafts Hotel for Parents Dorm for Resident Young…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 31 The Montessori High School for the Study of Nature and Society

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:;i (1) ~ ~ ~ ~ i:: i -!'>- Iv Educational Syllabus for Erdkinder: Ages 12-15 A.Practical Considerations…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 04 The Schools our Children Deserve: Helping Parents Understand the Rationale for Alternative Education

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For math, and especially for younger children, I recommend the work of Constance Kam ii, a series of books titled Yo1111g…

NAMTA Journal 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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A spontaneous explosion into singing was repeatedly observed in Vienna and later again when Lisi worked with children in…
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Under Three, continued Core of the outdoor environment ond living things promotes intellectual os well os physical development…

NAMTA Journal 33/2 07 Montessorians Helping Children Who Learn Differently

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teacher can present materials to the at-risk child one-to-one, as Montessori frequently mentioned was crucial with this…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 09 Elementary Moral Outcomes Leading to a Successful Adolescent Community

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marmoset, or the generation of lasers, or whatever interest that group may be pursuing. It is the experience that is…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 13 Mathematics, Science, and Technology for the Whole Third Plane: A Bird's-Eye View, Part I

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problems or thirty geometry problems, when they've already mastered it and understand it after doing three or four. It…

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

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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 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.…
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The goa I is to be able as adults to exercise self-control in all areas of life: the ability to follow through, to make our…

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…

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