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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…
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The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…
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The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 03 Low Income Families: A Reality of Urban Education

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With the move into the low income populations Montesserians will be able to address an oft voiced criticism of our work. Many…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 11 The Nature and Theory of Silence Activities in the Children's House

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could make the children silent and yet claim freedom. The age-old misconceptions of freedom and discipline surfaced for…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 03 Movement

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Dewey, John. (1956). The ch:ild and the curriculum: the sclwol and soci.ety. Chicago: Univer- sity of Chicago Press. Hunt,…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 10 Montessori Education and Children Placed at Risk of School Failure

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third of all American children. Several states already have school populations where minority children are in the majority.…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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10. Jerome S. Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Universiry Press, 1966). I l. Alexis Carrel,…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 02 Discovery of the Child

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DISCOVERY OF THE CHILD by HiJdegard Solzbacher D,: Montessori, who was a scientist and physician and not a trained educa-…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 01 The Importance of Montessori 2000

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THE IMPORTANCE OF MONTESSORI 2000 New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) was founded in 199 l by Lamar…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 02 Montessori 2000 Mission

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MONTESSORI 2000 MISSION T he United States of America is thirsting for bold, new education designs. The exponential knowledge…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 08 Selected Appendices (introduction)

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MONTESSORI 2000 MISSION T he United States of America is thirsting for bold, new education designs. The exponential knowledge…
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MONTESSORI 2000 New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) was founded in 199 l by Lamar…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 05 The Development of Autonomy in Children: An Examination of the Montessori Educational Model

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Bruner, Jerome S. ( 1971 ). The relevance of education. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Chadwick, Bruce A; Bahr…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 11 Philosophy and Practice: Primary Considerations for the Implementation of an All-Day Montessori Program

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Montessori talked a good deal about the "spiritual preparation" of the teacher(1936, pp. 115-123), and it…
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servation and discovery, freedom and discipline. These are not things which are switched off and on for certain periods…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 06 The Child and the Adult

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References Albe rich, E. 0972). Natura e compiU di u.rza catechesi modenza. Torino-Leumann: LDC. Aquinas, St. T. (tr. 1941…

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

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

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Haberman, M. (1991). The pedagogy of poverty versus good teaching. Phi Delta K.appan, 73(4). Hannaford, I. (1994, Spring).…
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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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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 14 Universality of the Special Child

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REFERENCES Coles, G. (1987). The learning mystique: A critical look at learning disabilities. New York: Pantheon Books.…

NAMTA Journal 21/1 03 Slide Show to Introduce What is Montessori Preschool?

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SLIDE SHOW TO INTRODUCE WHAT Is MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL? Maria Montessori was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Born in Italy…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 09 What It Means to Follow the Child

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We might now continue our conversation with Montessori: "Now that you have returned to your studies, what are you…
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each plane, is where children have opportunities to engage in and implement their expanding humanness, this hierarchical…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 12 The Normalized School: Montessori as a Way of Life

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THE NORMALIZED SCHOOL: MONTESSORI AS A WAY OF LIFE by Mary Zeman Mary Zeman offers a definition of the "nonnalized…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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birth to 3 years of age, the child from 3 to 6 years, the child from 6 to 12, concerns a much more detailed look at individual…
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Nonetheless, the four triangles, and therefore the four planes, are distinguished two by two through the use of color. The…
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incorporate are not mutually exclusive but mutually enriching. Conse- quently, our understanding of the four planes of…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 01 All-Day Montessori: Notes on the History of the Experiment

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ALL-DAY MONTESSORI: NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE EXPERIMENT by David Kahn The catch phrase "all-day Montessori&…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 05 All-Day Montessori: Making It Work

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matters like eating and resting during the course of the day must be addressed. Should lunch be prepared by the children on…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 03 Evaluating Experiences in Adolescent Programs

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When Maria Montessori set up her first class environment in San Lorenzo in 1907, there were many educational scholars who…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…
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The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 09 Evolution as Philosophy and Action

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The great work for the child, as for all humans, is to become a conscious collabo- rator with the unfolding of the universe…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 10 Growing Schools for Human Growth

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REFERENCES Montessori, M. {1966). The secret of childhood. New Delhi: Orient Longmans. (Original work published 1936)…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 11 Philosophy Statement for the North Avondale Montessori School

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Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Harper Collins. Healy, J.M. (1990). Endangered…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 01 Finding Flow in Montessori

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FOREWORD: FINDING FLOW IN MONTESSORI Imagine a river in time, a time span of one hundred years. On the one side there is…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 08 Character and Moral Development

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of the intellect for its own sake. The reasoning mind has a much grander task: The work of humanity that always loves more,…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 10 Normalization and Normality Across the Planes of Development

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REFERENCES Gebhardt-Seele, P. (1997). Evaluating experiences in adolescent programs. The NAMTA Journal, 22(1), 14-21.…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 11 The Normalized Child

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It is possible to conceive a universal movement for human reconstruction which follows a single path. Its sole aim is to help…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 13 Discovering the Hidden Person

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Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 03 Cultivating Spontaneous Self-Discipline

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Branden, N. (1997). The art of living consciously. New York: Simon & Schuster. Briggs, D.C. (1970). Your child's…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 02 World Odyssey: Revelations of the Possible

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Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 04 The Integration of Cultures: The Montessori Contribution

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With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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returning to India again we got married. We are very happy to be all together here now .... Dr. Montessori is much better than…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 06 Montessori in South Africa: The Challenge, The Dream, and The Promise

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Prepare teachers through prolonged practice with observation of nature .... (Discovery 66-77) And when I talk about freedom…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 08 Revisiting the Process of Normalization

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Why is that? Why is that-especially in the face of the importance that Dr. Montessori gave to normalization? Is it that we…
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NORMALIZATION AS OUR PRIMARY WORK Perhaps this conference marks the next step in our development of Montessori's ideas.…
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The true nature is like gold-waiting underground to be discovered and brought to light. After many episodes of normalization…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 10 Cosmos, History, and the Human Spirit

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Tire Earthworm. Haughley, Suffolk: The Soil Association, n.d. Fil kin, David. Stephen Hawking's Universe. New York: Basic…

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 24/3 11 Art from the Universe Story: New Meaning for the Child

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Light Expanding, Radiant Rushing, Giving, Receiving It burns in all of us, The Giver REFERENCES Cajete, Greg. Look to the…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 01 The Casa Dei Bambini: Primary Perspectives Through Time and Space

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THE CASADEI BAMBINI: PRIMARY PERSPECTIVES THROUGH TIME AND SPACE by David Kahn The vision of San Lorenzo, the Casadei…

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

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Casa dei Bambini, San Lorenzo, Rome 4 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 25, No. 1 • Winter 2000
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THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A CENTURY CONCEPT by Elizabeth Hall Elizabeth Hall walks readers through early Montessori history, from…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 09 The Child and the Natural Environment

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.…
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THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A CENTURY CONCEPT by Elizabeth Hall Elizabeth Hall walks readers through early Montessori history, from…
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Casa dei Bambini, San Lorenzo, Rome 4 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 25, No. 1 • Winter 2000
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THE CASADEI BAMBINI: PRIMARY PERSPECTIVES THROUGH TIME AND SPACE by David Kahn The vision of San Lorenzo, the Casadei…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 03 Montessori in Early Childhood: Positive Outcomes along Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions

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• an anxious concern for life • love for people and things • emotional wellness • warm, expressive, outgoing, and optimistic…
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Montessori, Maria. "Child's Instinct to Work [Lecture, London, 1939]." AMI Communications (1973, #4): 6…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 07 Emerging Adolescence: Finding One's Place in the Cosmos

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with the gifts of its mission of free- dom, its colorful history of different peoples, its art and literature that tell that…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 13 Innovation within Limits: How Is It Possible? – A Summary of the Proceedings

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Renilde Montessori then presented her vision of origins and innovation. Inspired by the Taliesin community, she began with a…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 02 The Human Tendencies

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A man whose mind is stored with the knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of nature and of the laws of her operations…
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varies from stage to stage because of the way a child learns at each period of his growth and development. The adult, instead…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 03 The First Plane of Development

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his time, place and culture." 1 Within all life the germinal cell is endowed with a plan to bring the particular life…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 06 Cosmic Education

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impulse towards work." 1 She had noticed that impulse in the work of that first group of children she was asked to…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 08 Notes on the Montessori Adolescent

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Q:To what degree can you take the philosophical realizations of Cosmic Education that take place in the second plane (the…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 01 Celebrating Montessori's Great Work: Our Gift for the Future

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Montessori, Maria. To Educate tile Humnn Potential. 1948. Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1986. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 02 Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for the New Research

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Montessori, Maria. What You Should Know about Your Child. 1948. Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1966. Montessori, Mario.…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 04 Optimal Developmental Outcomes for the Child Aged Six to Twelve: Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional…

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REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential…

NAMTA Journal 26/2 03 Literary Approaches for the Child Under Six

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herself how a moment's insight is captured in the seventeen syllables of haiku, translated from the Japanese. As with…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 10 Cosmic Education: Linking the Human to the Universe

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You will notice that I talk about contents. Cosmic education, among other things, is about what to put before the children.…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 13 Building the Biocentric Child

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clams, jellyfish, starfish, sponges, spiders, vertebrates, leeches, lawyers, and other species began to develop. (Adapted…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 03 How Sensitively Times are Sensitive Periods?

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children we love and work with. Thank you for your attention. It has been an honor to share these thoughts with you.…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 05 The Whole Elementary Experience: Ages Six to Twelve

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as a model for the "Children's House" of San Lorenzo. Montessori gave the name "Erdkinder,…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 06 The Six-toTwelve Working Model

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The fundamentals of freedom and responsibility are paramount in the healthy functioning of such a class. The two must be kept…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 01 A Montessori Life as a Spiritual Journey—Part I

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of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering!" Once this…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 05 Work

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"This," she said, "is our hope-a hope in a new humanity that will come from this new education, an…

NAMTA Journal 28/3 05 Commentary on Two Manuscripts by Kevin Rathunde and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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REFERENCES Haines, A.M. Spontaneous Concentration in the Montessori Prepared Environment. Videocassette. NAMTA, 1997.…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 04 The Four Planes of Development

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matter. One might almost say they represent a kind of distillation of her thinking, observation, and reflection over many,…
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Montessori, Maria. From Childhood to Adolescence. 1948. Trans. The Montessori Educational Research Center. New York: Schocken…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 07 Maria Montessori and Algebra: The Binomial Theorem

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other hand, why is it that a few prisms keep their original colors? • How should we set about representing (by means of loose…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 08 On the Subject of Subjects

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This clear separation would help communication both within the adult Montessori community and also with the world at large.…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 09 Question and Answer: The Environment for the Six to Twelve Year Old Child

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differences also by providing each elementary environment (be it six to nine or nine to twelve) with a full set of advanced…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 11 Contrasting Land and Water Forms: The Method in Practice

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Foreword by Margaret Drummond. The Italian edition isComeconobbiMaria Montessori. Rome: Vita dell'infanzia, 1956.…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 12 Characteristics of the Child in the Elementary School

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environment. He is like the spider, whose web, whose field of action, is enormous in comparison to the animal itself (…

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

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1949. Montessori, Maria. To…

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

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1949. Montessori, Maria. To…
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environment. He is like the spider, whose web, whose field of action, is enormous in comparison to the animal itself (…
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Foreword by Margaret Drummond. The Italian edition isComeconobbiMaria Montessori. Rome: Vita dell'infanzia, 1956.…
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differences also by providing each elementary environment (be it six to nine or nine to twelve) with a full set of advanced…

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