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NAMTA Journal 12/2 02 A Montessori Cultural Environment with Southeast Asian Refugee Children

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A MONTESSORI MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT WITH SOUTHEAST ASIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN by Mw-iel W Adcock Ms. Adcock's…
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Another issue of particular importance was language. Within the classroom the children spoke Vietnamese, Laotian, Chinese,…
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The adults soon realized that the children's response was indeed substantial; concentration and independence began to…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 14 Feature: One World, One Drum

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ONE WORLD, ONE DRUM by Tom Sipes My first teaching assignment was in a Catholic seminary in East Africa, in the town of…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 10 A Selection of Children's Books for Montessorians

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A SELECTION OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR MONTESSORIANS By Charlene S. Trochta Twenty-Five Favorites: Some New, Some Old…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 09 Darwinism Defined: The Difference between Fact and Theory

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understand the past, but don't pretend to predict the future. We can't see past processes directly, but learn to…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 06 Research of Cognitive/Intellectual Development

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Dependent variables in the study were the motor skill of eye-hand co-ordination, visual perception skills of figure ground and…
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The children were from middle income families and were restricted to four-year-olds attending school for the first time and…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 02 The Art of Inquiry

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government should be constituted-as seriously as anyone I have read or met. His many volumes of correspondence are laced with…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 01 Montessori Education: Interactive Idea for Human Understanding

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that is overwhelming for the moment? (Elicits the collaboration of the group) Sarah: Individualizing, Lois-have you tried…

NAMTA Journal 15/3 10 Becoming Attached

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Attachment theory was itself born of three unlikely parents: ethol- ogy, developmental psychology, and psychoanalysis -…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 11 Interview: Keeping in Touch with Montessori Roots (An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena)

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are able to visualize any given lrnowledge. By 18 you have envisioned the whole universe. Then at 18 you decide what your…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 01 The Montessori Contribution to Educational Reform—A Prologue

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References Brown, Rexford G. ( 1991). Schools of thought: How the politics of litera,cy shape thinking in the classroom. San…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 15 Change and Restructuring

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But I think that these more basic issues of working on collaboration, working on redefining the role of the teacher, on…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 08 The Intellectual Lives of Teachers

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Had the faculty done the right kind of homework and thought clearly about the words they were using and encouraging their…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 06 Literature and Grammar

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the t i n ings ngl o- fY, au & f>eau ng is po- ttry, tincf:'from the p f other na- tions, f…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 10 Old Truths, New Children

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as "the first child porno" (The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition, p. 92). While we walk through…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 01 World Montessori: Renewal through Cooperation

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WORLD MONTESSORI: RENEWAL THROUGH COOPERATION by David Kahn What is the task confronting education? It is above all the task…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 02 Maria Montessori and the "Glass House"

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MARIA MONTESSORI AND THE "GLASS HOUSE" by Alan Bonsteel, MD Dr. Bonstee/' s article not only conveys…
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these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"…
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In addition to help from her longtime assistants, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle, Montessori was accompanied by her son,…
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lecture extensively to wider audiences, including a combined session of the 53rd annual convention of the National Education…

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 23/1 07 The Epic of Evolution Conference: Taking the Journey Back Home

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THE RESURGENCE OF COSMIC STORYTELLERS by Brian T. Swimme Brian Swimme' s insight into the Story of the Universe…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 11 Self and Evolution

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agency of genes, which contain the program for the development of structures and functions within the biological organism.…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 13 Emerging Psychological Characteristics of Farm Life

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the spectrum. On the small end-20- and 30- and 40-acre farms-we see a person who inherits a farm and finds out that if raisins…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 10 The Importance of Engagement: A Preliminary Analysis

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Maslow, Abraham H. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. NY: Viking, 1971. Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. Trans.…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 11 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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formidable rival nominations backed by the Anglo-Saxon world: the International Red Cross and the Bernadotte Foundation.…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 16 Maria Montessori: A Learner Taught by Children

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MARIA MONTESSORI: A LEARNER TAUGHT BY CHILDREN by Robert G. Buckenmeyer In 1915, Maria Montessori traveled to San Francisco…
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phenomenon have more disas- trous effects than in education. Teachers have the best inten- tions, but best intentions kill…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 02 Discovering the Real Spiritual Child (Part 1)

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I wish you to enjoy the vision of the human being in the first season of life, blossoming at the warmth of a Person, or of a…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 08 Science and Faith: Maria Montessori's Principles of Education

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the teacher and the scientist an Apostolic spirit. This Apostolic spirit sees not only the spirit of study about the child but…

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

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The Last Bargain "Come and hire me," I cried, while in the morning I was walking on the stone-paved road.…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 12 Ecology and Human Destiny

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the ecological sense of our connection to the cosmos and other genera- tions of living beings. Our own personal destiny cannot…

NAMTA Journal 24/3 09 The Cultural Significance of the Story of the Universe

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THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STORY OF THE UNIVERSE by Brian Swimme Edited by Connie Barlow This article portrays the…

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

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In 1915, Dr. Montessori traveled to California to attend the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. She…

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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In 1915, Dr. Montessori traveled to California to attend the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. She…

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…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 11 The Hand-Thought-Language Nexus

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THE HAND-THOUGHT-LANGUAGE NEXUS by Frank R. Wilson Frank Wilson's scholarly book depicts cognitive scientists and…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 26 The Farm Experience: Its Importance in a Child's Life

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become a mechanic. They become less connected with the land. They use capital from off the farm to subsidize losses on the…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 14 Bringing the Biosphere Home

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to a philosophy class about Thoreau. Now I don't know about you but when I was sixteen or seventeen years old I wasn…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 11 Deep Ecology: Educational Possibilities for the Twenty-First Century

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synchrony. New experiences and understandings reconfigure these au tom a tic patterns. Learning is required when an en…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 05 On Geometry Classified Nomenclature

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NAMTA Journal 29/1 14 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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Therefore, from this point of view, the Erdkinder community is Montessori's instrument, an original and innovative…
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midway between the two positions. It provided remedial measures and brought hope for the future. 9 Also for the Erdkinder…

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

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midway between the two positions. It provided remedial measures and brought hope for the future. 9 Also for the Erdkinder…
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Therefore, from this point of view, the Erdkinder community is Montessori's instrument, an original and innovative…
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NAMTA Journal 29/2 09 Developing Character, Will, and Spirit

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capabilities and keeping children in an unnecessary state of depen- dency. He points out that until recently "people…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 12 Hope in Hard Times

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HOPE IN HARD TIMES by David W. Orr Here we stand at midnight, all six billion of us huddled together upon our small bank and…
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scientists, at the center of the vortex, ought to be "mindful of how their work might be applied, and do all they can…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 08 The Elementary Child's Place in the Natural World

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CorneJ1, Joseph Bharat. Sharing Nature with Children: The Classic Parents' and Teachers' Nature Awareness Guide-…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 09 The Moral Development of Adolescents: A View from the Farm

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them through and onward, or at the very least, lie in wait until a fertile time when the memory of what they experienced with…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 09 The Adult Montessori School Community: Finding a Balance

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We are not alone. We cannot do everything. We can do many things. Thank you for your kind attention. REFERENCES Greenleaf,…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 08 From the Garden to the Farmhouse: Farm Life and Education for Children Under Six

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off the roof will be collected in large cisterns for watering the gardens and washing. We also chose to use straw bale…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 09 Deepening Cosmic Education

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to hold in our hearts and minds the big picture, and for the love of our children and the future, to keep our own fire of hope…

NAMTA Journal 31/3 02 Nature and Embodied Education: A Key Role for Montessori Research

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Louv, R. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 2005. Martindale…

NAMTA Journal 31/3 04 A Brief Theoretical Note and Exempla Drawings Toward a Montessori Architecture

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courageous, generous habit of existence, free from the pull of fashion, money, and power, driven by a relentless curiosity in…
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In Montessori's time also stood a major figure in European and British intellectual life: W. Somerset Maugham. He was…

NAMTA Journal 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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From Nova Scotia to San Francisco J Seated for lunch in the glass-walled classroom, Palace of Education and Social Economy,…
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education of children. She prepared a children's chapel, called an Atrium, so children could have a living experience…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 02 The Child in Nature: Montessori's Answer to the Ecological Crisis

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of life on the planet was near its all-time high. We arrived equipped with the capacity to devastate that diversity wherever…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 07 Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions Toward Erdkinder

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cycle. This is so vitally important because this experience is the most direct way for a child to access the laws of nature,…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 06 Language: The Song of Life

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Therefore, this idea of language as being something that divides as well as something that unites is very important and very…
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Only if the child can fulfil] his task of adaptation in relation to all aspects of the surrounding environment, including the…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 14 The New Adolescent Ages 12-15 and 15-18: Optimal Roadmaps for Disciplines-Based Studies

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a lesson on some of these things that they've had before is kind of boring for them because there isno context for it. So…
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ma th /handbook/Teacher/ In trod uctoryExplorations / Introductory Exp I orations.asp>. Anderso11, Sherwood.…

NAMTA Journal 35/1 07 An Administrative Process for Vision by Consensus using Whole Systems Theory

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Berry, Thomas. "It Takes a Universe." Save the Hermitage. June 3, 2009 <https:/ /beholdnature.org/tbh…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 02 Montessori and the Building of Peace

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other ways. This child has grown into this environment where he knows it is to his benefit to look for all things that he…

NAMTA Journal 35/3 08 Nurturing the Moral, Imagination with History, Geography, and Peace Studies

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Culturally, Kerala had some interesting quirks as well. The Nair caste (the second highest) accorded women a lot of power. A…

NAMTA Journal 36/3 10 Becoming and Adult: Pathways to Maturity

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are prepared for in a sense but we can't use our abilities, courage, determination, choice, and decision-making powers…

NAMTA Journal 37/2 03 History in the First Plane – Part I: The Foundation for Global Awareness and Peace

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the environment in which I was born (India) several decades ago. In those first years of my life, I absorbed the ways of my…
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The Role of the Mneme Dr. Montessori uses the word 11111eme when talking about the special kind of memory of the young child…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 09 The Kodaikanal Experience: Chapter I. Kahn-Wikramaratne Interview

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88 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Kodaikanal. During the first two years with the chil- dren, we had made…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 14 Deepening Cosmic Education

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143 Leonard • Deepening Cosmic Education brought to their newly settled areas of the world. Elementary children love this…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 15 The Elementary Child's Place in the Natural World

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150 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Phoebe Allen received her elementary training in Bergamo, Italy, in 1974…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 16 Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions toward Erdkinder

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157 Leonard and Allen • Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions Toward Erdkinder work” (Montessori, The…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 17 The Resurgence of Cosmic Storytellers

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171 Swimme • The Resurgence of Cosmic Storytellers Courtesy of Brad Bachulis Dr. Brian Swimme is a mathematical cosmologist…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 19 Place and Pedagogy

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188 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 larger curriculum which would include the study of relationships between…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 21 Deep Ecology: Educational Possibilities for the Twenty-First Century

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215 Capra • Deep Ecology: Educational Possibilities for the Twenty-First Century in complex, real-world projects through…

NAMTA Journal 38/1 30 Epilogue: The Child and the Environment

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292 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Ewert-Krocker, Laurie, & David Kahn. “The Erd- “The Erd- kinder…
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292 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 38, No. 1 • Winter 2013 Ewert-Krocker, Laurie, & David Kahn. “The Erd- “The Erd- kinder…

NAMTA Journal 39/2 15 Reflections: A Life's Work in Montessori

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222 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 39, No. 2 • Spring 2014 in Tokyo, London, or San Francisco would instantly recognize the same…

NAMTA Journal 40/1 09 Grace and Courtesy for the Whole School

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142 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 40, No. 1 • Winter 2015 The Cobb School has a sister school in Bhutan, which is a small kingdom…

NAMTA Journal 40/2 06 The Montessori Classroom: A Foundation for Global Citizenship

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109 Leonard • The Montessori Classroom humanity connects us; these are classroom essentials when we educate for peace. One…

NAMTA Journal 41/3 19 Attention

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369 Montessori • Attention the attention of children is the stumbling-block of their education. William James speaks of…

NAMTA Journal 43/3 05 Of Natural Science, Women's History, and Montessori's Theory of Knowledge

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54 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 43, No. 3 • Summer 2018 Emilie’s best known contribution to knowledge is her translation of Isaac…
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55 Allen • Of Natural Science million years a mere episode of world-history. Such studies as geology and astronomy help us…

NAMTA Journal 45/1 02 Back to the Future: Why Montessori Still Matters

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18 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 44, No. 2 • Spring 2021 Rooted in the word revolution is the word evolution. Evolution is…

NAMTA Journal 45/1 11 Experiences in Nature: Resolute Second-Plane Directions Toward Erdkinder

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Leonard & Allen • Experiences In Nature 95 Courtesy of Mr. Katsuhiko Yorita, Information Center, Okinawa, Japan,…

NAMTA Quarterly 01/1 09 Chaining Children with Drugs

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gist Francis M. Crinella of the Sonoma State Hospital in Eldridge, Cali• fornia, is among the dissenters: " ...…

NAMTA Quarterly 02/1 06 Literature and Grammar

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Claremont's Point of View: Literature and Grammar by Mrs. Francesca Claremont Transcribed and Edited by Jim and…
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things you meet in your reading which you want to remember. I stress the word make. Not to use a notebook, but to prepare the…

NAMTA Quarterly 02/3 04 Literature through History and Geography

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LITERATURE THROUGH HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY by Francesca Claremont Transcribed and Edited by Jim and Frances Fitzpatrick The…

NAMTA Quarterly 03/1 01 Maria Montessori's Erdkinder Experiment

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Editorial Report: Maria Montessori's Erdkinder Experiment by Ursula Thrush Ms. Thursh s Erdkinder Project has survived…

NAMTA Quarterly 04/3 06 The Development of the Child's Self

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the right side is a neutral object, one which is indifferent (not cathected, i.e., not covered by the child's interests…

NAMTA Quarterly 05/1 06 Kodaikanal Experience - Chapter I (Interview)

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What was the real contribution of Kodaikanal? Wasn't there already a Junior curricu- lum derived from Mrs. Joosten's…

NAMTA Quarterly 05/2 06 The Maria Montessori Farmschool/Erdkinder at Halfmoon Bay

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The Maria Montessori Farmschool/Erdkinder at Half Moon Bay (Press. release) Ursula Thrush's brave new world deserves…

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