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NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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essence of Montessori, who in a variety of ways contributed to make Montessori a dynamic force in education here and around…
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THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE by Marianne Moore Marianne Moore's eloquent characterization of the…
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furnish examples of these. "Excuse me," said a child to a visitor commenting in a classroom that this was…
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father, space pilot, dog, when one does not yet know what it means to be one's self? Again, as Montessori is based on…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History

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THE GENIUS OF MONTESSORI HISTORY by Larry Schaefer This keynote will focus on two things: Maria Montessori and her pedagogy…
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a dramatic and attention-grabbing sequence of headings and subhead- ings: Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, ... Cambrian Period,…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 03 The First Plane of Development

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Montessori will never grow and develop as fully as it could until teachers are convinced that, because Montessori is to do…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 05 Reminiscences and Thoughts about Montessori Day Care

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activities, so much the better. They could go off together to buy the ~vening paper, or walk the dog, etc. If children see…

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

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OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR THE CHILD AGED Six TO TWELVE: SOCIAL, MORAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS by Kay…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 05 Toward Key Experiences for the Adolescent

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The crucial point of the whole question is the manner in which he considers the child, and this cannot depend on external…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 07 Ruffing Montessori School Peace Curriculum: An Informal Narrative

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RUFFING MONTESSORI SCHOOL PEACE CURRICULUM: AN INFORMAL NARRATIVE by John Long John Lang's implementation of a peace…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 19 The Kibbutz, Boy’s Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder

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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 25 Emerging Psychological Characteristics of Farm Life

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you look at the long history of the West, that's the fight for the Western soul, and usually the period of the classical…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 32 Geometry and Erdkinder

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So the position I am standing in right now is in many ways excruciatingly awkward-not only because the idea of emphasizing…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 01 Child Development Under Three: The Foundations of the Personality, the Family, and the Montessori Method

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What about paternity leave? How many companies in this country give paternity leave? A family is not just a mother and a baby…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 08 Independence of the Young Child from Birth to Three

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INDEPENDENCE OF THE YOUNG CHILD FROM BIRTH TO THREE by Judi Orion This article explores the idea of independence from a…

NAMTA Journal 27/1 12 Lifetime Development as Seen Through the First Three Years of Life

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a great whining place. You can just sit here and whine as long as you like." But when a toddler has learned to…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 13 Building the Biocentric Child

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an individual level, perhaps as parents, in the way we rear our own children; but we also create it on a cultural level in the…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 04 Reading, Writing, and Mathematics: Explored and Discovered Rather Than Taught

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cusp, children who were tougher, noisier, and more rational, dangling between the two planes of development-I looked at them…

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

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and their expanding intellect (97-109). The prepared environment of the Erdkinder includes a working farm, a "museum…

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

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Q. But she did. She said it. She said exactly what you said, that starting with the bacteria, each organism actually created…

NAMTA Journal 28/1 13 Teaching Nature: From Philosophy to Practice

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A second way nature education is problematized is through the sentiment that we should avoid nature at all costs. Many…
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which does not forsake nature but rather celebrates the American landscape as part and parcel of our natural heritage. Where…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 10 Working with Parents: Building the Spirit through Collaboration

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Don't get discouraged with a child. Re- member that the child that comes each morning is not the same as the one that…

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

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of childhood." We realized that everything we were learning con- trasted strongly with our traditional state training…
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Starting in the 1950s and continuing throughout the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, AMI organized elementary study…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 17 My Tribute to Mario Montessori

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reference but perhaps for an underlying need of absolute certainty and structure. Like early human beings, I am a hunter and…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 20 Obituary: Gianna Gobbi

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Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi jointly worked out a program that seemed to correspond to the needs of the various ages,…

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

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Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi jointly worked out a program that seemed to correspond to the needs of the various ages,…
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reference but perhaps for an underlying need of absolute certainty and structure. Like early human beings, I am a hunter and…
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Starting in the 1950s and continuing throughout the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, AMI organized elementary study…
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of childhood." We realized that everything we were learning con- trasted strongly with our traditional state training…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 04 Finding the Spiritual Thread in Montessori Work

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(Creating cohesion by stnlimenl with th~ads of developed WlLL) • individual • personal • parallel (by age 6 or 7) (…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 09 Developing Character, Will, and Spirit

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that he or she has the necessary capabilities to function, thrive, and contribute to the community? Can education "…

NAMTA Journal 29/2 13 Making an Ecological Contribution: Entrepreneurial Good Work

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organic cotton, we lost a bout $20 millioninsales. Weknewwewere going to lose a lot in sales, but we lost about $20 million…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 02 Places for Belonging: From Womb to Home to Montessori School

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Montessori speaks about to occur, we must take the next step. We must "give" this environment over to the…

NAMTA Journal 30/1 15 Educateurs sans Frontières: Living out the Vision

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EDUCATEURS SANS FRONTIERES: LIVING OUT THE VISION by Charlene S. Trochta Charlene Trochta's review of her experience of…
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to forty years in the field; several were not long out of training. I looked forward to revisiting Montessori's legacy…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 04 The Right Use of Intelligence in the Montessori Elementary Classroom

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THE RIGHT USE OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM by Kay Baker Kay Baker carefully summarizes Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 07 Eight Montessori Insights

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The model of the school in Montessori education is also different. Rather than being modeled on the factory, a Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 10 The Child as Spiritual Teacher for the Adult

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CULTIVATING THE MONTESSORI SPIRIT THROUGH f AMILY LIFE by Gerard Leonard Looking back at his own childhood, Gerard Leonard…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 11 Cultivating the Montessori Spirit through Family Life

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in every skill imaginable, sports team schedules for eight- and nine- year-olds that would put the best of us in the emergency…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 12 Montessori Without Borders

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life, and I have had several opportunities throughout these years to work in this area. In one occasion, during the time that…

NAMTA Journal 30/2 14 Lessons from Taliesin West: NAMTA's Montessori Architecture Symposium

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A diverse set of challenges faces the architect when trying to facilitate graciousness of movement for dozens, sometimes…

NAMTA Journal 30/3 01 The 2005 Montessori School Salary Survey

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• West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 04 Extending the Syllabus without Distortion

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and minute care as is given to the baby. ("Dr. Montessori's Third Lecture" 177) At adolescence we have…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 09 Science Study for the Erdkinder: Philosophical Considerations

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SCIENCE STUDY FOR THE ERDKINDER: PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS by David Ayer David Ayer's reexamination of the…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 12 "The School where the Children Live"

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gram at which the students spent one day a week working on a small farm. Just when we finally admitted that we couldn't…

NAMTA Journal 31/1 27 The Montessori Potential at the Grove School

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THE MONTESSORI POTENTIAL AT THE GROVE SCHOOL by Gena Engelfried This short article presents a composite of the…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 02 More Parent Involvement: Refining Parent Education – with an Emphasis on Assistants to Infancy

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MORE PARENT INVOLVEMENT: REFINING p ARENT EDUCATION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY by Judi Orion Starting from…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 06 Liberty: Spiritual Freedom and Moral Responsibility

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LIBERTY: SPIRITUAL FREEDOM AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY by Eduardo J. Cuevas Mr. Cuevas' universal article about freedom,…

NAMTA Journal 31/2 09 Deepening Cosmic Education

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which ensures the purity of the sea-water and the purity of the air during the many millions of years is called life&quot…
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The piece of metal that holds the eraser is caUed the ferrule and is made of brass (a combination of zinc and copper). Zinc is…

NAMTA Journal 31/3 01 Montessori: Children, Nature, and Growing Up Green

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Rathunde, Kevin, & Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. "Middle School Students' Motivation and Quality of…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 04 The Schools our Children Deserve: Helping Parents Understand the Rationale for Alternative Education

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THE SCHOOLS OUR CHILDREN DESERVE: HELPING PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION by Alfie Kohn A/fie…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 05 The Original Principles of The Silent Journey

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to isolate one element out of a complex, the isolated parts and their separate behaviors never explain the associated…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 08 Learning to Love the Natural World: A Unifying message for Parents and Teachers

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If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of…

NAMTA Journal 32/1 10 A Montessori Approach to Learning Another Language

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puppet presentations, and Total Physical Response (TPR) to intro- duce vocabulary are all recommended. Art projects, food…

NAMTA Journal 32/3 01 The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit

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Son Francisco, CA. photo by Angela Zohlen New York, NY, photo by Jerry Speier David Kohn guiding students through the exhibit…
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School bus of Calgary Montessori School, Calgary, Canodo, I 9 2 9 Montessori's Beginnings in Canada Alexander Graham…
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Cosmic Education for the Elemen- tary-aged child. Dr. Montessori researched the needs of the child under three, culminating…
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Rome, 1886 Los Angeles. I 915 United States, 19 I 7 United Kingdom, 1929 1870 Maria Montessori born on August 3 I in…
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A Montessori Journey 1907 to 2007 Patrons Anonymous Donation through Si Helena Monressori School Association Montessori…
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Photo Crediu, continued Elise Broun Barnett Collection Soro Brody Helen Brophy Kannekar Butt Coring for Young Refugees…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 01 Montessori: Pathways to Education Reform, 1907-2007

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Dr. Maria Montessori's first work, Tlte Mo11/essori Method, was published in English in New York in 1912. It was an…
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trees, and all life that emanates from the natural world (Montessori, From C!tildhood to Adolescence 19). This inner…

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

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INDEPENDENCE There are other qualities developed in Montessori children that will serve them as well when it comes time for…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 04 Universal Moral Development: The Basis for Human Unity and Peace

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UNIVERSAL MORAL DEVELOPMENT: THE BASIS FOR HUMAN UNITY AND PEACE by Allyn Travis Because the elementary years represent t!,e…
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we have had people immigrate to Wisconsin from countries where parental corporal punishment is permissible. Beating your…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 11 The Montessori Model United Nations

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mission: "The next generation of leaders will come from this program. Soon they will be sitting here, and it will. be…

NAMTA Journal 33/1 13 The Thoughtful School: Social, Emotional, Ethical, and Cognitive Education as the Schoolwide Landscape…

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fn this paper, I will summarize the fundamentals of current re- search-basedK-12 social, emotional, ethical, and aca-…

NAMTA Journal 33/2 09 Whole-School Approaches to Montessori Special Education

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WHOLE-SCHOOL APPROACHES TO MONTESSORI SPECIAL EDUCATION by Paula Leigh-Doyle, Jacquie Maughan, and Maura Joyce…
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program called Bal-A-Vis-X, overseen by an occupational therapist (seeGranke and Leigh-Doyle). This is part of our whole-…
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Administrators must foster a nonjudgmental environment, a community of humility, openness, receptivity to new information,…
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school. The fact that you serve a population under the age of five puts you into this very popular area of early childhood…
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Then we started the writing process. We needed to tell them in a language that they could understand, and I say this with all…
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This approach has also presented some challenges. One is that when we screen children across the board, we've had to be…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 06 From Childhood through Adolescence: Journey of the Spirit

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number lose any sense of innocence, of connection to that which is larger. But our students are not lost; they are finding…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 13 Mathematics, Science, and Technology for the Whole Third Plane: A Bird's-Eye View, Part I

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The Montessori perspective is to get students to operationalize the ideas themselves. If we ignore their way of thinking and…

NAMTA Journal 33/3 18 Implementing the Montessori High School Synthetizing Curriculum: A Beginning Approach

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ideas about gover- nance, social justice, and sustainability. Psy- chology helps students All disciplines are appropriate…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 04 The Montessori Infant and the Whole Developmental Continuum

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children are offered more and more challenge to their hand-under close supervision-we find they are capable of doing many…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 10 Montessori from the Start: Foundations for Independence

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what her gestures mean. When a child leans on another's table, the teacher's hands patting the table mean, &quot…
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allows us to operate in freedom. Children reveal their true selves to us through their work. Choice in work allows the child…

NAMTA Journal 34/1 11 Child Development Studies

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUDIES by Mary Reinhardt Ms. Reinhardt presents a practical article on upper ele111entary "appren…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 01 Montessori and Special Education: An Evolving Relationship

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promotes various Multisensory Structured Language Programs with a long history of success, all compatible with Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 02 Joyful Engagement: A Specific Lens for Observation in Montessori Primary and Elementary Environments

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stem, triggered by higher hormonal reactions. Such a child may seek out a much higher level of input as his homeostasis.…
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barrows with resistant loads, walking the labyrinth. At Hershey, we moved our library book bin far away from the library and…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 06 A Montessori Approach to Autism

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A MONTESSORI APPROACH TO AUTISM by K. Michelle Lane Miclte//e Lane founded n school tltat serves c!tildren so severely…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 07 Montessori Education, Neuropsychology, and the Child with Special Needs: Referral, Assessment, and…

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usual) talking about child development, and the beautiful way in which Montessori education meets all the needs of a child.…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 10 2009 NAMTA Baseline Special Education Survey

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2009 NAMTA BASELINE SPECIAL EDUCATION SURVEY analysis by Barbara Kahn Whnt does n survey of eighty-two Montessori schools…
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• 18% Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,…
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ln addition to the clinic, Rivendell Preschool is an inclusion model, accepting children with a variety of learning styles and…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 15 Inclusion: A Preparation for Life

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services had there been such a thing at the time. Dr. Montessori was "the first professional who saw that retardation…

NAMTA Journal 34/2 17 Profile: The Cobb School, Montessori

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PROFILE: THE COBB SCHOOL, MONTESSORI by Carolyn Conto Ross Tile Cobb School, Montessori, in Simsbury, Connectic11t,Jo11nded…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 04 Montessori's Role in Twenty-First-Century Educational Reform

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MONTESSORI' s ROLE IN TWENTY-FIRST- CENTURY EDUCATIONAL REFORM by Krishna Kumar Mo11tessori adolescent education finds…
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of its potential for shaping the teacher-student relationship. But that would be a necessary step to take if we were to…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 08 Montessori Approaches to the Classics for Elementary Study: The Keepers of Alexandria

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to how parts of it worked or didn't work. This approach was very successful because we could tweak it as we went along.…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 09 Language Tools for Studying the Classics in a Montessori Environment

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B. [Potentially included] New story: "Diversity and Unity of Languages-[n Search of Universal Communication&quot…

NAMTA Journal 34/3 10 Using Peace Stories and Timelines as Foundations for Interdisciplinary Work with Upper Elementary and…

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bridge from Asia more than fourteen thousand years ago. 1 The Powhatan, the Susquehanna, the Delaware, the Cherokee, 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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Rota, Gian-Carlo, & Fabrizio Palombi. /11discrete Thoughts. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser, 2008. Steen, Lynn Arthur…

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