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Sequence 22The simplicity of his early years and his life with Dr. Montessori gave him a rare quality: the ability to mix and be"… |
Sequence 40THE INTEGRATION OF CULTURES: THE MONTESSORI CONTRIBUTION by Winfried Bohm translated by Devan Barker In this masterful… |
Sequence 66MONTESSORI IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CHALLENGE, THE DREAM, AND THE PROMISE by Orcillia Oppenheimer The African challenge is… |
Sequence 67South Africa is the southern tip of the African continent. A country of contrasts-from the trees of the dinosaurs to the… |
Sequence 113TURMOIL Reality of Turmoil The argument whether the Sturm und Orang (storm and stress) of the teenage years is a natural and… |
Sequence 154formidable rival nominations backed by the Anglo-Saxon world: the International Red Cross and the Bernadotte Foundation.… |
Sequence 203A further argument for emphasizing local environmental research by children is that genuine ecological understanding involves… |
Sequence 211Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild… |
Sequence 18love." "With eternal love I love you" say the prophets of Israel (Isaiah 54:8,Jeremiah31:3). &… |
Sequence 52Our mother, 1 five years in America and fresh to the ways of Ameri- can Catholicism, was not daunted by being a woman. A lay… |
Sequence 166When they are in high school, are former Montessori students reaching out to others? Are they volunteer tutors? Are they… |
Sequence 111in the year 1000, we find a series of settlements around the planet with a smaller number of hunter-gatherer bands that are… |
Sequence 49The child's mind between three and six can not only see by intelligence the relations between things, but it has the… |
Sequence 63Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo… |
Sequence 137The child needs to continue experiencing the living environment- the wilds, plants, animals, rocks, various kinds of terrain-… |
Sequence 85In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the… |
Sequence 353start to see that Mexico developed in a way that did not completely embrace this Western paradigm. I can tell you that… |
Sequence 355to follow an indigenous Aztec pattern of development. That's a very cruel thing to say, but it's absolutely true.… |
Sequence 150the Children's House, let them first know a friendly world, which they can love, admire, and feel at one with. Where they… |
Sequence 190to a philosophy class about Thoreau. Now I don't know about you but when I was sixteen or seventeen years old I wasn… |
Sequence 15A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 2 by Muriel Dwyer Muriel Dwyer' s caution that the best-laid plans do not… |
Sequence 94In all organisms, the major task is to produce more calories than what you consume and be able to pass on your genes to the… |
Sequence 71ill fi9. • equilottrol 1rian9I< fig. 2 acutt•a09ltJ iSO<tel,s 1rion9le \ \ \ \ \ \ f,9.3 OCUl<… |
Sequence 128only can this be understood as a particular type of peninsula, but also it brings in the third dimension, which is absolutely… |
Sequence 195Therefore, from this point of view, the Erdkinder community is Montessori's instrument, an original and innovative… |
Sequence 196midway between the two positions. It provided remedial measures and brought hope for the future. 9 Also for the Erdkinder… |
Sequence 217the training of Montessori teachers: in Europe (Bergamo, Dublin, London, Paris, Perugia, Rome); in Asia (Bombay, Colombo,… |
Sequence 38Yet I come to London, and every blessed child speaks good English. Who taught them? Where were the professors, the books, the… |
Sequence 76A PATH FOR THE EXPLORATION OF WRITING AND READING by Muriel Dwyer Connecting the Montessori idea of exploration and… |
Sequence 86What you have to remember is that when the children start work- ing with the moveable alphabet and can put out the pictures of… |
Sequence 89have time for questions. But you'll find all the stages in the booklet. Still, the last stage is not to be forgotten-… |
Sequence 149capabilities and keeping children in an unnecessary state of depen- dency. He points out that until recently "people… |
Sequence 180HOPE IN HARD TIMES by David W. Orr Here we stand at midnight, all six billion of us huddled together upon our small bank and… |
Sequence 181scientists, at the center of the vortex, ought to be "mindful of how their work might be applied, and do all they can… |
Sequence 12It is not surprising that Ms. Dwyer renamed her reading classic, originally entitled A Reading Scheme for English (assembled… |
Sequence 13Dwyer, Muriel. "Opening of the 52nd Montessori Interna- tional Course in Child Development." Montessori… |
Sequence 151work of the spiritual sphere in our world through the eyes of the missionary. This is the true story of a missionary in… |
Sequence 137We tell many stories of the great and famous inventions and discoverers of history from Archimedes to the present, and other… |
Sequence 138The piece of metal that holds the eraser is caUed the ferrule and is made of brass (a combination of zinc and copper). Zinc is… |
Sequence 76courageous, generous habit of existence, free from the pull of fashion, money, and power, driven by a relentless curiosity in… |
Sequence 77In Montessori's time also stood a major figure in European and British intellectual life: W. Somerset Maugham. He was… |
Sequence 35education of children. She prepared a children's chapel, called an Atrium, so children could have a living experience… |
Sequence 106South Africa: Grassroots Networks South Africa: Montessori in the Context of Social Reform Jenco School, o villoge-operoted,… |
Sequence 108Montessori in Africa, continued Helping one another, Uma Lourdes School, Soweto (near Johonnesburg), I 998 Mosizokhe… |
Sequence 110Children's House co/or toblet work at Telperion Farm School, 1998 Montessori in Africa, continued Inter }oho C/… |
Sequence 150Montessori Farm Programs in Africa, Australia, and Mexico Shepherding pygmy goats, Telperion Farm School. serving ages 3-18… |
Sequence 30of life on the planet was near its all-time high. We arrived equipped with the capacity to devastate that diversity wherever… |
Sequence 92Work that would be impossible for one alone becomes feasible as a group enterprise; the discoveries and inventions of a few… |
Sequence 186In reality, a human being does not actually become what it exam- ines, but it seems it can edge workably close. One obviously… |
Sequence 260K\.1', is a , ibrant learning l'm·iron- ment and weltomes ;ipplication-, from qualif1l'CI \.1onte--"… |
Sequence 91cycle. This is so vitally important because this experience is the most direct way for a child to access the laws of nature,… |
Sequence 266Nationalist and Independence Movements A. Origins of independence movements in Africa and Asia; B. Methods of achieving… |
Sequence 106Language, what an amazing human characteristic this is! And as we think about language, there are many questions that might… |
Sequence 108Therefore, this idea of language as being something that divides as well as something that unites is very important and very… |
Sequence 112Only if the child can fulfil] his task of adaptation in relation to all aspects of the surrounding environment, including the… |
Sequence 148of study. As I travel through, I'll give you some hints about how we've done it with children. When r asked John… |
Sequence 159is supposed to be in Coptic and Latin. In the text that the children read, the Coptic is translated into English. For this… |
Sequence 216native peoples, and his leadership helped his state to become a leader in the struggle for American values, for peace,… |
Sequence 30systems that exist in the world today. "The basic structures for our behavior are innate. The specific details of how… |
Sequence 13say that we have lived in peace and we have had a Lot of conflict. Peace is the capacity to face the conflicts, overcome the… |
Sequence 22Montessori School. Together we ran four full lnternational courses. Then the political situation changed and many of those… |
Sequence 26assistance in developing a funding submission and, with the help of other international colleagues, a proposal was developed… |
Sequence 32REFERENCES By-laws of the Association Montessori lnternalio,rnle. Am- sterdam: AMI. AMI Strategic P/a,1 2008-2012. Amsterdam… |
Sequence 77A Story of Morlem-Dny No111nds: The Mb11ti In the northeastern corner of a Central African country called the Democratic… |
Sequence 79Because of their nomadic way of life, the Saa mi do not have permanent houses. They use easy-to-move tents, which are… |
Sequence 99and there are 192 countries that are members of the United Nations (UN). But that's not the end of the issue. There are… |
Sequence 112Culturally, Kerala had some interesting quirks as well. The Nair caste (the second highest) accorded women a lot of power. A… |
Sequence 123participation in actions meant to bring social justice to people in the classroom, in the community, all over the world. We… |
Sequence 4430 Part One - Toward the Children's /louse: The Formation Years wages of their male colleagues - and intellectually,… |
Sequence 23the later attachment to the words we use for those actions. "Never give more to the mind than you do to the hand,… |
Sequence 162BECOMING AN ADULT: p ATHWAYS TO MATURITY by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Dr. Csiksze11t111i1Iayli begins with Mo11tessori's… |
Sequence 163mammals tend to rely on genetic instructions for how to behave or what to do. But for humans, we have to learn how to become… |
Sequence 178are prepared for in a sense but we can't use our abilities, courage, determination, choice, and decision-making powers… |
Sequence 35the environment in which I was born (India) several decades ago. In those first years of my life, I absorbed the ways of my… |
Sequence 39The Role of the Mneme Dr. Montessori uses the word 11111eme when talking about the special kind of memory of the young child… |
Sequence 76child as the agent of change. In The Discovery of the Child (67), Montes- sori writes of a British family who lived in India… |
Sequence 152142 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 we can help the child see how each contributes an essential part in the… |
Sequence 167157 Leonard and Allen • Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions Toward Erdkinder work” (Montessori, The… |
Sequence 296286 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 affinity for growing things. Nature must continue to be a constant in… |
Sequence 6256 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 1 • Winter 2014 In the elementary years, as children learn about world history and… |
Sequence 182176 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 1 • Winter 2014 the classroom into the real world and examining how individuals shape… |
Sequence 216210 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 1 • Winter 2014 Friends who do not go to a Montessori school are always asking me what… |
Sequence 148142 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 40, No. 1 • Winter 2015 The Cobb School has a sister school in Bhutan, which is a small kingdom… |
Sequence 6156 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 40, No. 2 • Spring 2015 is a cultural and social exploration of engaging with a constantly… |
Sequence 126 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 41, No. 1 • Winter 2016 month old means sitting and reading a story to the end, or thumbing… |
Sequence 5446 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 41, No. 3 • Summer 2016 MOLLY. Did reading that chapter inspire you to develop the post-diploma… |
Sequence 5951 O’Shaughnessy and Patell • Interview on the History of Observation MOLLY. It does not mean just let them go on their way… |
Sequence 341335 Luborsky • The Role of the Occupational Therapist Bal-A-Vis-X Bal-A-Vis-X, or BAVX, stands for Balance, Auditory, Vision… |
Sequence 343337 Luborsky • The Role of the Occupational Therapist Listen: this might be using an mp-3 player, playing • a drum or a… |
Sequence 105The Casa dei Bambini: Paths to Culture page 104 or history, dependent upon a higher order of mental ability? A friend of… |
Sequence 5754 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 43, No. 3 • Summer 2018 Emilie’s best known contribution to knowledge is her translation of Isaac… |
Sequence 5855 Allen • Of Natural Science million years a mere episode of world-history. Such studies as geology and astronomy help us… |
Sequence 7471 Christian • The Anthropocene: Threshold 8 Reprinted from Origin Story: A Big History of Everything. London: Allen Lane/… |
Sequence 7572 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 43, No. 3 • Summer 2018 gunship, with its seventeen cannons and its ability to sail fast in… |
Sequence 7673 Christian • The Anthropocene: Threshold 8 twenty nations signed the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), which… |
Sequence 1818 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 44, No. 2 • Spring 2021 Rooted in the word revolution is the word evolution. Evolution is… |
Sequence 6262 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 44, No. 2 • Spring 2021 JOEN BETTMANN… |
Sequence 95Leonard & Allen • Experiences In Nature 95 Courtesy of Mr. Katsuhiko Yorita, Information Center, Okinawa, Japan,… |
Sequence 28A first task is lo lead children to recognize explicitly certain basic patterns in a (·on<-rt't r society,… |
Sequence 8Belgium, the States, France and Italy. I would like to add what I have seen myself directly, or indirectly through past pupils… |