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

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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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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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Camillo Grazzini The first section of Mr. Grazzini…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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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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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 01 The Montessori Vision of Adolescence

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A MONTESSORI VISION OF ADOLESCENCE by Lawrence Schaefer Dr. Schaefer's deve/,opmental outlook for the adolescent arises…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 11 The Black Coat: Using Therapeutic Stories in the Classroom

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THE BLACK COAT: USING THERAPEUTIC STORIES IN THE CLASSROOM by Daniel Bachhuber Utilizing the art of storytelling, Mr.…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 05 School Profiles: Milwaukee: Ten Constructive and Influential Years, 1976-1986

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School Profiles: A series of brief portrayals of Montessori urban programs viewed from a personal as well as institutional…

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

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BUILDING CORRELATIONS: COSMIC EDUCATION AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT Part One by David Kahn Looking at the classical Montessori…

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 14 AMI Montessori: Back to the Future

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basically teachers turned trainers. How objectively valid is that pro- cess in terms of maintaining Montessori heritage?…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…
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was taking the RAFers through enemy territory to a place near Bel- gium where they could cross to go back home. And my two…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…
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child can experience in nature that there is something eternal, present everywhere and always, which seems to have organized…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 12 Tribute to Linda Soule Preston

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TRIBUTE TO LINDA PRESTON By David Kahn In Memory of LINDA SOULE PRESTON April 4, 1938 - March 20, 1988 Memorial Service…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 07 Preliminary Report on the Educational Effectiveness of a Montessori School in the Public Sector

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Research PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF A MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR by Tim Duax Dr.…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 03 The Montessori Movement (1956)

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director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 07 Needs of the Elementary-Age Child: Montessori Principles, Strategies, and their Practical Implementations

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Elementary-Bergamo, Italy zoo, our goal may be the study of a class of the chordates; our goal in visiting a beach may be the…

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 07 Production and Management

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Key Personnel • David Kahn, Project Director David Kahn holds a B.A. in fine arts with a minor in classics from the…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 08 Selected Appendices (introduction)

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Key Personnel • David Kahn, Project Director David Kahn holds a B.A. in fine arts with a minor in classics from the…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 09 Hershey Montessori Erdkinder Project—A Preliminary Proposal

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APPENDIX I HERSHEY MONTESSORI ERDKINDER PROJECT A Preliminary Proposal by Michael Bagiackas Hershey Montessori School has…

NAMTA Journal 17/3 02 Development of a Montessori Outdoor Environment

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INTRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT OF A MONTESSORI OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT by Michael Bagiackas Toleration by earth's ecosystems to…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 01 Reinventing Montessori: Perils and Possibilities

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EDITORIAL REINVENTING MONTESSORI: PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES by David Kahn To what degree is the fundamental test of…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 02 On the Preservation of Montessori Ideas

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EDITORIAL ON THE PRESERVATION OF MONTESSORI IDEAS by Tim Duax I have heard it asked, don't Montessori trainers adhere…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 02 The Fertile Field of Imagination

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THE FERm..E FIEID OF IMAGINATION by David Kahn Starting/ram a precise definition of imagination in Montessori terms, David…
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sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagina- tion" (Montessori, 1948, p. 15). Imagination Through Space and Time…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 04 Good Books to Support Children's Research

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Goon BooKS To SUPPORT CHilDREN's REsEARCH by Mary Maher Boehnlein, Ph.D. In this review, Mary Boehnlein takes a…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 04 The Pedagogy of Time

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teachers of history. We must become students of history because a knowledge of the past is essential to thinking clearly. I…

NAMTA Journal 19/3 01 Survey of Montessori Adolescent Programs: Interpretive Commentary

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particularly in maLh, science, and writing, but also of note were history, foreign languages, geography, and grammar. Thinking…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 06 The Place of Reading Recovery in Montessori Schools

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THE PLACE OF READING RECOVERY IN MONTESSORI SCHOOLS by Mary Maher Boehnlein, PhD Dr. Boehnlein discusses the Reading…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 07 Cosmic Education and Literature-Based Teaching

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COSMIC EDUCATION AND LITERATURE- BASED TEACHING by Daniel Bachhuber Daniel Bachhuber provides a practical gttide to the…
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In my Bergamo training course, we learned that one of the goals of grammar study at the 6 to 9 level is style analysis in the…
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part) of the disturbing hormonal changes of adolescence, the child of 9 to 12, Montessori believed, is a stronger learner than…

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

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part) of the disturbing hormonal changes of adolescence, the child of 9 to 12, Montessori believed, is a stronger learner than…
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In my Bergamo training course, we learned that one of the goals of grammar study at the 6 to 9 level is style analysis in the…
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COSMIC EDUCATION AND LITERATURE- BASED TEACHING by Daniel Bachhuber Daniel Bachhuber provides a practical gttide to the…
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THE PLACE OF READING RECOVERY IN MONTESSORI SCHOOLS by Mary Maher Boehnlein, PhD Dr. Boehnlein discusses the Reading…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 13 Report on Academic Achievement in a Private Montessori School

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REPORT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN A PRIVATE MONTESSORI SCHOOL by Tim Duax, PhD A research study at an established private…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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THE FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by Camillo Grazzini Camillo Grazzini presents two charts designed by Maria Montessori to…
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What I propose to do today is not to repeat, or even to summarize, what has already been said by Montessorians preceding me,…

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

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COSMIC EDUCATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE ROLE OF THE MATERIALS by Carnillo Grazzini The first section of Mr.…
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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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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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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts;and,finally,…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 09 Evolution as Philosophy and Action

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EVOLUTION AS PHILOSOPHY AND ACTION by Judith Cunningham-Scott Judith Cunningham-Scott's survey of the spiritual and…

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

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NORMALIZATION AND NORMALITY ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn With the current emphasis on the four planes of…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the…
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when the teacher observes the child's adaptation to the modern world, the educator becomes educated by just how the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this…
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discoveries of Maria Montessori, which are set forth in this book, special assistants were trained to guide the mothers in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 05 The Kodaikanal Experience: Kahn - Montessori Interview

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Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to…
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of creation should fashion that the e it but absorb it i h~y will feel that o lace to live in, a p ace w ere generosity…
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had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible…
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contained by a cylinder, it pushes together. When you take the sides of the cylinder off, it pushes together. Then you…
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Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 06 The Unconscious in History

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Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular…
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It was a delight to watch Mario with children of any age, in any country, immersed in any situation. Mario could speak with…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 11 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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A MONTESSORI COMMUNITY FOR ADOLESCENTS by Camillo Grazzini and Baiba Krumins Indicating the theoretical underpinnings for…

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

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ART FROM THE UNIVERSE STORY: NEW MEANING FOR THE CHILD by John Fowler An ardent devotee of Brian Swimme, Mr. Fowler…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 10 Pedagogy of Place: Becoming Erdkinder, The Montessori Program Design School, Program Design Position…

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PEDAGOGY OF PLACE: BECOMING ERDKINDER THE MONTESSORI FARM SCHOOL PROGRAM DESIGN POSITION STATEMENT by David Kahn and Laurie…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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PEDAGOGY OF PLACE: BECOMING ERDKINDER THE MONTESSORI FARM SCHOOL PROGRAM DESIGN POSITION STATEMENT by David Kahn and Laurie…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History

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In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the…
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The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then…
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The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The…
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The utter amazement of this life form, bacteria, their greatness, their generosity, their Herculean and transforming labors,…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 06 Cosmic Education

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We have to be careful that we recognize that Cosmic Education is not a scheme in which education is divided into subjects of…

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

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ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE…
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REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 05 The Montessori Farm School: Erdkinder Beginnings 2000

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THE MONTESSORI FARM SCHOOL: ERDKINDER BEGINNINGS 2000 by David Kahn David Kahn's report of the first stages of The…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 17 Erdkinder: The Experiment for the Experiment (Interview with Margaret Elizabeth Stephenson and A.M…

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Joosten: The individuals who would work in and for this experi- ment would work like concentric circles. At the center there…

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…
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Joosten: Some have disappeared and others have come in, etc. But whatever they use, whatever you see being used, will be a…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much…
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road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when…
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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 24 The Origins of Agrarianism and the Development of the Self

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really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 32 Geometry and Erdkinder

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GEOMETRY AND ERDKINDER by Nathaniel J. McDonald Nate MacDonald's chronicle of his first year of teaching geometry at the…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 36 The Development of a Montessori High School as an Extension of the Farm School

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Timeline: Montessori Secondary Development 1907-Rome: Opening of tht Ctlsa dri Biim&mi, the flm MonleSiori e,iperiment…
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Hershey Montessori School, Coo:ord Twp., OH (Laurie Ewert-l<rockex) Adolescent Program at Salila, SWedE!II 0enn y Marie…
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(Bergamo, Italy), the Farm School provides the basis for continuing authentic Montessori education through the end of high…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 12 The Natural World as Prepared Environment

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trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of…
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Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 08 Philosophy, Psychology, and Educational Goals for the Montessori Adolescent, Ages Twelve to Fifteen

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PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS FOR THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT, AGES TWELVE TO FIFTEEN by David Kahn This…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 09 Bringing the Montessori Three-Year Multi-Age Group to the Adolescent

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BRINGING THE MONTESSORI THREE-YEAR MULTI-AGE GROUP TO THE ADOLESCENT by David Kahn Speaking from direct experience at The…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 01 Camillo Grazzini: Innovation Within Montessori Theory and Methodology

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CAMILLO G RAZZINI: INNOVATION WITHIN MONTESSORI THEORY AND METHODOLOGY by David Kahn Visiting Bergamo, Italy, last summer…
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• The sequences of teacher training unfold step by step, showing how theory shapes methodology and methodology requires the…
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My interview with Camillo Grazzini hardly represents the depth of his life's work. But it does represent the integration…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 02 Bergamo Harvest

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BERGAMO HARVEST "Tit is is our destiny to sow! To sow everywhere, wit/tout ceasing, never to harvest." -…
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So we went to Bergamo, so we remember well, the soul of all humanity, the flow of civilization, the song of God Who Has No…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 03 An Interview with Camillo Grazzini: Celebrating Fifty years of Montessori Work

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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…
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In 1961 I was still teaching at the school in Brescia as well as lecturing at the Centre later in the day. I helped to give…
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Mario had "pearls," which still today remain inaccessible and incomplete. One such item was "an…
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Over four consecutive years both a Casa Dei Bambini and four elementary classes were opened, and by 1952 the school was…
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from the perspective of the details, which lend a depth of understand- ing to the whole. This threefold integration ensures…

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