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Sequence 2inquiry, and sharing ideas help us make predictions about ages and stages. We learn about the multitude of possible roles to… |
Sequence 3really mean? The dictionary says to explore is to search through with a view to making a discovery, to look into all parts of… |
Sequence 5One could see how little children, because of their inno- cence, can feel the need of God's presence in a purer and more… |
Sequence 7The end result of an ill-prepared environment, lacking in compas- sion and understanding, is a deviated human being-a human… |
Sequence 13Obedience is not merely compliance. Forced obedience is not the same as true obedience. If we make the child behave by fear,… |
Sequence 7The educator must not imagine that he can prepare himself for his office merely by study, by becoming a man of culture. He… |
Sequence 7It is not surprising that Ms. Dwyer renamed her reading classic, originally entitled A Reading Scheme for English (assembled… |
Sequence 1To WoRK Is NoBLE, TO BEHOLD Is DIVINE by David Kahn When Montessori schools struggle with finances, admissions, and finding… |
Sequence 8How much independence should an adolescent have? How do we help them "enter into society" while offering the… |
Sequence 5Because of our human tendency to perfection, we adults struggle to find the perfect solution, the perfect time, the perfect… |
Sequence 31career in psychology?" What is getting an A in an education course on classroom management going to have to do with… |
Sequence 1EIGHT MONTESSORI INSIGHTS by Angeline Stoll Lillard Here follows a small excerpt from Angeline Li/lard's new book… |
Sequence 5with how we know the very best learning takes place. Rather than memorize facts chosen by a faraway state legislative body,… |
Sequence 10ADOLESCENT: SLAVE TO THE PRE-COLLEGIATE OR INDEPENDENT LEARNER LOOKING AT THE WHOLE OF LIFE? But, having studied the… |
Sequence 17hensive formal education; the same themes that were lived out during the twelve-to-fifteen period developmentally now can be… |
Sequence 4family and her close contact with Annie Besant, she became familiar with theosophical thought at an early age. Her intention… |
Sequence 19With their boundless energy they questioned, explored and experimented in all areas of culture. The small botani- cal garden… |
Sequence 7part of the Ruffing mystique. You only realize what has actually happened to you after you leave, but that's why Ruffing… |
Sequence 4gether, and play together, after a while you must meet each other's eyes over and over again and cannot hide behind masks… |
Sequence 8adolescents are being prepared for entry into society, it's not enough to have teachers-do you know what I mean? They… |
Sequence 10a child. Just as Frank Lloyd Wright declared that architecture must be a constant breaking out of the traditional structure of… |
Sequence 13goals must be the realization of the values of the human personality and development of mankind" (Education and Peace… |
Sequence 15weekly trips to Cuen tepee: The school is on the land. The work is daily. At Cuentepec, the students must strive for community… |
Sequence 18Anyone who works with adolescents knows that they have feel- ings, strong feelings, angry feelingsr loving feelings, but most… |
Sequence 19subplanes of parent-infant class, infant, and toddler (ages birth to three), preschool (ages three to six); lower elementary… |
Sequence 4catered to. Cosmic education both deepens and narrows our view of the universe. The Great Lessons are outlines to give the… |
Sequence 8conditions he cannot walk no matter how much liberty he's given to do so. On the other hand, the individual who cannot… |
Sequence 13The other fact is that this independence, this continuous conquest toward independent functioning-which gives us existence as… |
Sequence 4And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of… |
Sequence 8duction, soil analysis, seed ordering, planting, watering, weed- ing, harvesting, decisions about how much to preserve for our… |
Sequence 4of Mexico and California, today we are exploring new ways to refine our understanding of organisms and molecules at the micro… |
Sequence 14experiences are so deeply felt is partly explained in the following quote from Abraham Maslow: "Perhaps [our]… |
Sequence 13Sometimes very tiny children show a precocious skill and accuracy of movement that must arouse our wonder. If an environment… |
Sequence 84A History of War and Peace "Enchance. Mademoiselle." An exercise in grace and courtesy, Paris, 1918… |
Sequence 14complexities involved in the maintenance or the loss of life. One message that is apparent is that Life is fragile and… |
Sequence 10The specifics, however, depend greatly on the values of the child's parents and society. If a family and culture,… |
Sequence 43exhibited in the later, experienced, seasoned tone of the old Plato of his last work, The Lnws. Intimidating? You bet. In… |
Sequence 51Latin or Greek, a sort of formal stream-of-consciousness prose with little punctuation-in written manuscript form, not even… |
Sequence 10the good leader, the good manager will exercise that power in a partnership structure. These are very important distinctions… |
Sequence 8How do we both direct and protect the power of the will so that it can grow? This, in my opinion, is our greatest challenge… |
Sequence 14Here's the kick ending. "To ensure moral salvation, it is primariJ y necessary to depend on oneself, because in… |
Sequence 5This is why an integration of the special needs child in a class of normal children is possible. Montessori tells us that It… |
Sequence 13For example, a common reason for referral is that the child is observed to be quite vulnerable to distraction and to have… |
Sequence 6Through MIP, we developed a program for adolescents with AS called the Prelude to Inclu- sion(\ which embraces the… |
Sequence 11practice tl1e skills site was /eami11g, and to 111ake a real co11trib11tio11 to her co11111111nity me111bers. Iliad allowed… |
Sequence 3Two-year-olds are sometimes called "the terrible twos." But in an environment that meets their needs, they… |
Sequence 9These words are simple and deep, but clear enough for an older elementary child to grasp. Other areas of creative endeavor in… |
Sequence 12comes of their studies, they are met with a mixture of alternative, complementary, and unrelated studies, provided by their… |
Sequence 2PEDAGOGY OF PLACE: DEEPENING ERDKINDER PRINCIPLES WITHOUT THE f ARM by Pat Ludick Pedagogy of Place is now a standard of… |
Sequence 11ing the second year of our program, a student with a passion for marine biology set up a fifty-gallon marine reef aquarium.… |
Sequence 4Figure 1. Timeline of mathematics. Graphic by David Waski. primary tracking mechanism used in our schools today. It has bad… |
Sequence 4plines. We need to con- centrate on the per- sonal story as it relates to the adolescent, by including subjective The plan… |
Sequence 2"new child," the "spiritual embryo," endowed with inner wisdom, independence, dignity,… |
Sequence 4be left behind. This truly synthetic endeavor implies a drive forward towards a higher and spiritual goal, a better world,… |
Sequence 5courses in the constant back and forth between self and other, in the dynamics of going out for ex- ploration and coming… |
Sequence 11children are offered more and more challenge to their hand-under close supervision-we find they are capable of doing many… |
Sequence 5I think the best example is language. Yes, as Judi mentioned, children can become bilingual or trilingual, but there is a… |
Sequence 4into adolescence. (My future plans, when all of us are on one cam- pus, would be for the sixth-years to continue as… |
Sequence 21Learningdisabilitiescan affect some or all of the following domains: reading, attention, or language (articulation,… |
Sequence 3weather, built environments, and the social circumstances of daily life). Carefully designed natural environments can help… |
Sequence 14the circle in printing the letter b; they form the circle before drawing the vertical line in printing the letter d. Anna… |
Sequence 2When I met Dana she was three years old. She was lying on a mat in an overcrowded day room of an institution surrounded by… |
Sequence 6John Dewey, the American philosopher, has a very interesting idea. He says, if you want to know what is going on, one way to… |
Sequence 141 understand in the U.S. a lot more than elsewhere. A late discov- ery is that children's attention span is getting… |
Sequence 28(The Culture of Educntio11), that we have to come to a point today where it is difficult to persuade youngsters that there is… |
Sequence 7Finally, we need to tell stories that arise out of the children's interests. If a child comes in and shares something… |
Sequence 19a lesson on some of these things that they've had before is kind of boring for them because there isno context for it. So… |
Sequence 42ma th /handbook/Teacher/ In trod uctoryExplorations / Introductory Exp I orations.asp>. Anderso11, Sherwood.… |
Sequence 15In Appendix A, "Erdkinder," Montessori makes clear that the entire educatjon of the adolescent must address… |
Sequence 10In Appendix A, "Erdkinder," Montessori makes clear that the entire educatjon of the adolescent must address… |
Sequence 1HIGH ANXIETY, THE SEQUEL by Patrick F. Bassett Patrick Bassett offers wan11th, h11111or, and opti111is111 for independent… |
Sequence 3REVISITING SKILLS This historical approach helps tremendously with one of the big- gest challenges I face, and that is the… |
Sequence 11Now, if we solve for II and v in terms of p, then we know what y is.* Let us now solve this system of equations. Solve (1)… |
Sequence 18participation in actions meant to bring social justice to people in the classroom, in the community, all over the world. We… |
Sequence 1FROM PEACEMAKER TO PEACEBUILDER by Judith Cunningham Judith C1111ningha111 introduces the Montessori Model United Nations (… |
Sequence 12needs, something larger and greater than their obvious goals was being achieved. With each additional new idea and discovery,… |
Sequence 12to nature stimuli on morning nature walks would yield restorative benefits (e.g., better concentration, greater ease of… |
Sequence 27were tracked across the school day by segregating the pools of Tuesday /Thursday and Wednesday /Friday ESM signals into three… |
Sequence 7The transformation of that class, from a collection of mostly ragamuffin, untutored, good-hearted children was simple,… |
Sequence 13Rather than writing rhapsodically with no formal limitations, Beethoven uses a given form and then innovates within that.… |
Sequence 26Pink writes: Ultimately, [intrinsically motivated] behavior depends on three nutrients: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. [This… |
Sequence 6Not that the first and third periods (as I am describing them) aren't important. Without a carefully prepared first-… |
Sequence 17Second Period-Work of the Student with Adult Guidn11ce • Research, experimentation, reading, inquiry, discus- sion, and data… |
Sequence 36disparate writers, one the sixth century BC Greek philosopher Hera- clitus who said, "You can't step in the same… |
Sequence 25about storytelling, we're on solid ground to say that when engaged in storytelling, children are processing at many… |
Sequence 15a table, then say tnble and pause, the child will practice the word. In any case, now the new child knows what we call a table… |
Sequence 7sonal formation and practical training to be able to make it happen. The primary goals of Montessori education are the… |
Sequence 13Summarizing the key findings of Stuart Brown's research forces us to take a close look at the following realities: 1.… |
Sequence 2PERSONAL EXPRESSION by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker fll view of the creative expressions of 1n11sic, the arts, and /a11g11age, La11… |
Sequence 5importance of this particular sensitivity in the adolescents we work with or, on the other hand, how often, out of genuine… |
Sequence 1p AYS TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIA NAMTA by David Kahn On December of 2011, Megan Tyne, Executive Director of the Montessori… |
Sequence 15Montessori focuses not on the evils or the threats created by science and technology (though we know she felt them deeply-as… |
Sequence 9Jn Ed11cntio11 and Peace, Montessori writes, Young people can become passionately involved in doing calm, serene, beautiful… |
Sequence 20APPENDIX 1: COLONIAL AMERICA PROJECT DIRECTIONS, SPRING 2010 Colonial America Project As we are changing perspectives from an… |
Sequence 3A word about the title: before Sofia died in August 2011, she was able to give her "yes" to the final draft… |
Sequence 634 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 intertwine. This may explain the fascination which these gadgets hold… |
Sequence 284 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 have to put them in these sand boxes? The American professor was telling… |
Sequence 6112 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 We can make the human race better by assisting the child in building his… |
Sequence 6158 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 critical first- and second-plane years? If the answer is yes, one can… |
Sequence 5187 Orr • Place and Pedagogy nurturing relationship with a place.5 Good inhab- itance is an art requiring detailed knowledge… |