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Sequence 5mathematical achievement on the Standard school tests. Kimmins asked that he be allowed to administer a series of individual… |
Sequence 8accelerated as a consequence of using the Montessori materials. Subjects were in their second year in three different… |
Sequence 15tions differed depending upon whether or not she was present when the behavior ocurred. Turner (1978) designed a test for… |
Sequence 18McCormick, C. & Schnobich, J. (1969). IES Arrow-Dot performance in two Montessori preschools. Perceptual Motor Skills… |
Sequence 5I want students to be able to answer the question-What is a Mon- tessori school?-and to be very much conscious of what we are… |
Sequence 2of beliefs, its ability to ignite the enthusiasm and commitment of teach- ers, stems from a spiritual and undiluted energy… |
Sequence 7will find policies of the school negotiable. She will repeatedly have difficulty doing those structural things that parents do… |
Sequence 2easy for him to make the bed each morning. A small Pinocchio hat rack held his pajamas and his outdoor coat. A large piece of… |
Sequence 3touching remembrance of a visit to Hiroshima. She spoke of her own dedication to peace and education and managed to dig a hole… |
Sequence 4bedside table was a prayer book, and a new book by Luciano Mazzetti (speaking at the Summer Washington Conference) and a note… |
Sequence 10Montessori. This confounds the results and perhaps explains why Banta found only slight differences between the Montessori and… |
Sequence 11scale periodically throughout the year. Second, it is not clear if the study was done in January of the first year the child… |
Sequence 9behavior by males is absolutely unknown in the animal kingdom except in chimps and humans. So if one is interested in the… |
Sequence 7topographical features mentioned in each tale or look at beginnings and endings. Children can write further adventures of a… |
Sequence 6can see it - North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia." As she named the continents her hand… |
Sequence 1WHOLE L\NGUAGF.: A WHOLE EDUCATIONAL REFoRM by Yetta M. Goodman and Kenneth S. Goodman Citing the progressive movement of… |
Sequence 10of President Wilson. Montessori lectured in cities in South America, and, of course, conducted many courses in India during… |
Sequence 5In the beginning our data consisted of interviews and questionnaires. To achieve greater precision we developed with time a… |
Sequence 1DISCOVERY OF THE CHILD by HiJdegard Solzbacher D,: Montessori, who was a scientist and physician and not a trained educa-… |
Sequence 20Stories A small group of children can write a collective story. The direccress asks questions and writes down rhe children… |
Sequence 20viduals and social organizations to deal with complexity and change in ways which are both adaptive and creative. The emerging… |
Sequence 1EDITORIAL REINVENTING MONTESSORI: PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES by David Kahn To what degree is the fundamental test of… |
Sequence 13In particular, their myths, and the range of techniques used to transmit them, differ significantly. It is inevitably… |
Sequence 27achieving the development of the human personality, rather than the narrower one of providing culture only, then a close… |
Sequence 6A Montessori teacher who is willing to learn and change based upon his or her own ob!3etvations and careful record keeping… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and… |
Sequence 167MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and… |
Sequence 5cues that he is giving you about where he needs to sleep. You are also trusting yourself to respond to your baby's needs… |
Sequence 3viewed her educational principles from the very start as anything less than a contribution to the whole planet. Accordingly,… |
Sequence 2Maria Montessori died in 1952, but her work continues. Today there are close to five thousand private and approximately two… |
Sequence 4Because no classroom can contain the an- swers to all of the child's questions, "going out" is a… |
Sequence 7Decision-maki_ng by the students is important. Under the guid- ance of the resident adults, they decide what to plant, which… |
Sequence 75. Manufactured Equipment and Play Structures The primary function of most manufactured play equipment is to support gross… |
Sequence 3America were developed to imitate the solidity of traditional schools. Although they included multi-age groups, prepared… |
Sequence 5has commented, "Despite the implications of its name, literature does not seem to have been the invention of literate… |
Sequence 2A TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA f AY HILSON It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Pat Hilson on July 25, 1996. Pat… |
Sequence 4chance of surviving in the future. The philosopher George Santayana (1905) has said that the point of studying the past is to… |
Sequence 10studied, the experience of working with the earth and connecting it to curriculum only enhanced the learning. Despite the… |
Sequence 2"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is… |
Sequence 10AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 10one boy told me I had a cousin earthworm in Australia measuring twelve feet long, and it was discovered that I had five hearts… |
Sequence 3interests (Gardner), focusing on motivation and preparation for life- long learning (Eccles et al.), and many other ideas that… |
Sequence 6Because man is the talking animal, because language is so crucial to the human being and his life, language in the Montessori… |
Sequence 3National Erdkinder Consortium, a clearing house for Erdkinder devel- opment founded by Gang. Three previously unpublished… |
Sequence 6have not had Montessori Our thoughts were that those children would be very carefully selected, certainly not children with… |
Sequence 3MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL by H.J. Jordan Dr. Jordan, a collaborator with Maria Montessori, speaks of his conceptual framework… |
Sequence 7related to the farm work: studying the soil chemistry, the meteorology of the area, and the physics of the tractor motor. (If… |
Sequence 9twelve years, parents have their chance. Whatever wasn't achieved during that time cannot simply be made up. Another… |
Sequence 9Wheatley, Helen. "Erdkinder in Australia." Montessori Courier 2.3 (1990): 24-25. Wikramaratne, Lena. &… |
Sequence 15WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STUDY THE HUMANITIES IN A FARM SCHOOL CONTEXT? by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker Laurie Ewert-Krocker's… |
Sequence 8munities like Montes- sori communities are sometimes criticized for not providing enough peer choices for stu- dents to… |
Sequence 7Travel as a Father-Mother-Baby Unit While traveling on a speaking tour of Australia, I began to appre- ciate the "… |
Sequence 21A). As I said, most drugs tend to fall into Category C, which basically relieves the drug company of responsibility. Still,… |
Sequence 1ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION by Greg MacDonald Looking at the Montessori perspective including the psychological charac-… |
Sequence 4hunters in the Kalahari could be said to be "working" about three hours a day. That's about how much… |
Sequence 4only can this be understood as a particular type of peninsula, but also it brings in the third dimension, which is absolutely… |
Sequence 9Take, for example, the corals. These extract calcium carbonate from the water and, tiny as they are, they build up new land,… |
Sequence 93Take, for example, the corals. These extract calcium carbonate from the water and, tiny as they are, they build up new land,… |
Sequence 134only can this be understood as a particular type of peninsula, but also it brings in the third dimension, which is absolutely… |
Sequence 2TIMELESS DEDICATION: MONTESSORI FROM THE DEPTH OF THE SOUL by J oen Bettmann Joen Bettman.n 's touching article… |
Sequence 4family and her close contact with Annie Besant, she became familiar with theosophical thought at an early age. Her intention… |
Sequence 4from the whole to the detail and also from the detail to the whole. This reciprocal process leads to a fuller understanding of… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI ERDKINDER: THE SOCIAL EVOLUTION OF THE LITTLE COMMUNITY by David Kahn This talk was delivered in Sydney,… |
Sequence 3After twenty-seven years of conferences, colloquia, grassroots organizing, program implementation, and international… |
Sequence 2MORE PARENT INVOLVEMENT: REFINING p ARENT EDUCATION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY by Judi Orion Starting from… |
Sequence 2THE SENSORIAL AWAKENING: THE CHILD UNDER SIX IMMERSED IN THE NATURAL WORLD by J oen Bettmann Joen Bettman' s medley of… |
Sequence 7notice that his soul has already become estranged from nature. We simply ask our children to adapt themselves to their prison… |
Sequence 14or kept. Dr. Montessori put it in the context of limits and also in relation to serving the spiritual life:" A child… |
Sequence 16The 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 2MONTESSORI COMMUNITY VALUES: SOWING THE SEEDS OF MORALITY by Greg MacDonald Greg MacDonald comes to the point of his paper… |
Sequence 1THE MONTESSORI CENTURY CONCEPT: A CONTINUING PROCESS IN REALITY by David Kahn When we look back to the origins of the… |
Sequence 3If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of… |
Sequence 3Preface by David Kahn Throughout 2007, the year that marks a century since the first Casa dei Bambini, NAMTA has toured… |
Sequence 28Far Journey to the Southlands REPORT Montessori Methods of Education. M. M. SIMPSON. '-"""… |
Sequence 29In New Zealand, the first mention of the Montessori method is in the state schools in Wanganui as early as 191 I. Miss… |
Sequence 30Australia and New Zealand, continued There were no great institutions, no demonstrations, no great work of propaganda by… |
Sequence 102Under Three, continued Core of the outdoor environment ond living things promotes intellectual os well os physical development… |
Sequence 103__J Preparation for meals and snacks is vital to the life of the community, Japan, 2006. The work of the hand, whether… |
Sequence 116Thai land, Pakistan Pouring milk, Thailand, 2006 116 Thailand: Developing the Child's Potential An early 20th-century… |
Sequence 148Montessori Farm Programs in Africa, Australia, and Mexico Shepherding pygmy goats, Telperion Farm School. serving ages 3-18… |
Sequence 157Montessori and the Australian Indigenous Communities Since the mid-1980s, Montessori learning programs have been developing… |
Sequence 164Rome, 1886 Los Angeles. I 915 United States, 19 I 7 United Kingdom, 1929 1870 Maria Montessori born on August 3 I in… |
Sequence 180Welcome to the Children's Mural This portion of the exhibit was created from over 800 pieces of work submitted by 35… |
Sequence 185Far Journey to the Southlands (Australia and New Zealand) We are indebted to Debbie Senoff-Langford of Chicago for graciously… |
Sequence 188Notes and Sources, continued Montessori in England, Scotland, and Ireland Montessori teachers have been training in London… |
Sequence 5Dr. Maria Montessori's first work, Tlte Mo11/essori Method, was published in English in New York in 1912. It was an… |
Sequence 13trees, and all life that emanates from the natural world (Montessori, From C!tildhood to Adolescence 19). This inner… |
Sequence 8mission: "The next generation of leaders will come from this program. Soon they will be sitting here, and it will. be… |
Sequence 13student we trained last year from Australia, Julie Retallick, went to help set up the school with Betty and they have been… |
Sequence 2THE UNITY OF COSMIC EDUCATION: INTEGRATING THE SUBJECT AREAS THROUGH A SYNTHETIC VIEW OF THE NATURAL WORLD by Greg… |
Sequence 6The right hemisphere reasoned holistically, recognized patterns, and interpreted emotions and non-verbal expressions. Nowadays… |
Sequence 7were younger, or perhaps you have observed children engaged in a similar pastime. First of all, l eliminated the "… |
Sequence 1ELEMENTARY MORAL OUTCOMES LEADING TO A SuccEssFUL ADOLESCENT Col\1MUNITY by Greg MacDonald Greg MncDona/d applies the… |
Sequence 7tales, we call it in Australia): 'Johnny did so-and-so.' 'Betty did such- and-such,' and so forth.&… |
Sequence 2FINDING PEACE AT AGE EIGHTEEN by Saraya van Someren Boyd Following a series of theoretical Colloquium presentations 011 the… |
Sequence 8stem, triggered by higher hormonal reactions. Such a child may seek out a much higher level of input as his homeostasis.… |
Sequence 12009 NAMTA BASELINE SPECIAL EDUCATION SURVEY analysis by Barbara Kahn Whnt does n survey of eighty-two Montessori schools… |
Sequence 2• 18% Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,… |
Sequence 11working together to create a seamless process of interaction with transitioning children. It is with these ideas in mind that… |
Sequence 2native peoples, and his leadership helped his state to become a leader in the struggle for American values, for peace,… |