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Sequence 119Attention Grabber The Butter Battle Book, by Dr. Seuss (New York: Random House, 1984), was read to the students. Yes, middle… |
Sequence 194• Values and Attitudes Having worked with all of the above models that explore Place as Pedagogy, it is easy to applaud the… |
Sequence 206I repeat the same thing about money in order that the immorality and error bound up with it may be destroyed, and we must… |
Sequence 216exercise his mental powers. Instruction is considered the on! y goal in secondary school, but what sort of instruction? What… |
Sequence 293WHY NOT CONSIDER ERDKINDER? by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Dr. Peter Gebhardt Seele describes the Erdkinder ideal in relation to… |
Sequence 340exist in other cultures. We're not supposed to speak of Western chauvinism now, but I think that I can prove to you that… |
Sequence 341ence, and material overabundance. The nature of human nature being what it is, we would quickly, as Nietzsche said, sink into… |
Sequence 342critics. I think in this case the Right was right, that eventually our capitalist system would create so many goods and… |
Sequence 343What happened? What made this unique culture? I've argued, and I think I can make the argument very briefly this morning… |
Sequence 344The Greeks found out that this new diversi- tied scheme gave each farm family au- tonomy that could not be undermined by… |
Sequence 346In addition, diversified crops don't require the same soil and climatic conditions. With diversification, now farmers… |
Sequence 347started to have threshing floors, presses, small little agricultural production centers right on their farms or shared by a… |
Sequence 350We have that legacy of dynamism in the West, for good or for evil. The danger for a Western army is always another Western… |
Sequence 351In the Hellenistic period we will see farms of 5,000, 10,000, 15,000- the largest I know of was over 70,000 acres in Egypt.… |
Sequence 381happen. But the reality is that probably a.ll of the schools in this room, or the majority of them, are in urban environments… |
Sequence 391microcosm. They re- semble a child's aquarium. In his au- tobiography, Loren Eiseley writes that his most important… |
Sequence 408HUMANITIES PROJECTS 2000-2001 Study of the Maya I. Study of Living Things II. Technology and the Building Up of Civilization… |
Sequence 436students be able to choose to study any period, any person, any technological achievement at any time? There are good reasons… |
Sequence 446In some ways, it started with our election study, when two people were invited to each represent the views of Gore and Bush on… |
Sequence 494and basic algebra. Therefore, the next stage of mathematics must use and develop this power of abstraction. The second… |
Sequence 5132. Lay down a baseline and measure it as accurately as possible and precisely as necessary. This is the most important stage… |
Sequence 542bottom line pressures? From journalistic sensationalism or the patenting of genetic breakthroughs, some prac- tices that… |
Sequence 556Balancing Creativity and Service Although creativity and social service may seem dichotomous notions, it is the combination… |
Sequence 561brings wholeness rather than fragmentation to one's life and requires the courage to use life-affirming principles to… |
Sequence 585• Understanding work as a product of commerce necessary to community life, leading to a beginning view of economic… |
Sequence 51ATTACHMENT PARENTING: A STYLE THAT w ORKS by William Sears It is important to fully explore the questions of attachment and… |
Sequence 106Around five to six months of age, precisely because his motor abilities have improved so much, the child may decide to get out… |
Sequence 195USING THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY FOR PRE-ADOLESCENTS: ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY p ARENTHOOD by Judi Orion The life cycle of… |
Sequence 248gree/Masterspreferredandmustbe OCCS qualified as director 1 or di- rector 2. School administration ex- perience minimum 2-3… |
Sequence 260,--------------------------- - --- ---- of ll0children. Currently our school has one toddler class, three primary and one… |
Sequence 48Goo's CosMic PLAN AND THE WORK OF THE CHILD by Carol Cannon Dittberner Integrating the broad vision of cosmic education… |
Sequence 79EXCELLENCE AND ETHICS IN BUSINESS I would like to say a few words about what happens at the other end, once you are into… |
Sequence 120CIVILITY AND CITIZENSHIP: THE ROOTS OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION by Patricia Ludick This article weaves into the adolescent… |
Sequence 161components describes the real parameters of a philosophy of educa- tion, the important ones in any case. Today l'm going… |
Sequence 197interesting that this is what he drew from that. Six million Jews die, and he's talking about indifference and wonder.… |
Sequence 6history, in the earth's logic, in nature's bounty, in the wonders of the human-built world. We are keepers of human… |
Sequence 16The totality of the cosmos may not be compartmentalized into subjects. Subjects are helpful for the teacher to keep order… |
Sequence 66The first and third planes, ages zero to six and twelve to eighteen, are periods of creation of characteristics that were not… |
Sequence 124closing or revolutionizing the traditional types of employ- ment. ... there is a need for a more dynamic training of… |
Sequence 163extremely valuable and will have these larger social and political effects. With that, let me begin to talk about the topic… |
Sequence 170This shift of focus from objects to relationships is not an easy one because it is something that goes counter to the… |
Sequence 12need to go inside of our being and get in con tact with our "True Self," the divine core where divine Light… |
Sequence 59cient history, astronomy, geology, and chemistry-in other words, a cosmic curriculum. The work of the child at the second… |
Sequence 88memorization of puzzle words, or math facts, our goal should be to hear the child asking questions such as these: "… |
Sequence 96upset if they are given any kind of gift, which is what anthropologists used to do originally when they visited. They left… |
Sequence 119to provide any kind of alternative to these old traditional ways of development. Then there is this fourth category, which is… |
Sequence 192an Extended Day Program as well as both Before and After School Pro- grams. Please contact: Maureen Quinn 168 Turnpike… |
Sequence 28But this cosmic vision belonged not only to Maria Montessori; it belongs to the whole of our Montessori movement. It imparts a… |
Sequence 44This is the time, says Montessori, "when the social man is created but has not yet reached full development"… |
Sequence 52The "Energies" of Infancy In the lecture that Montessori gave with the help of this second chart (Second… |
Sequence 118also" the mother with six children of different ages is far better off than the mother with one."… |
Sequence 136Figure 7. World Map Showing the Main Peninsulas of the World. Etymologies The teacher or children can research the stories or… |
Sequence 236We consider mathematics from three points of view: arith- metic, algebra, geometry. Under the guidance of our experience with… |
Sequence 291on 12 lovely acres with vegetable and flower gardens, fitness course, farm animals and a nature trail through our wooded… |
Sequence 7inquiry, and sharing ideas help us make predictions about ages and stages. We learn about the multitude of possible roles to… |
Sequence 77really mean? The dictionary says to explore is to search through with a view to making a discovery, to look into all parts of… |
Sequence 103One could see how little children, because of their inno- cence, can feel the need of God's presence in a purer and more… |
Sequence 135The end result of an ill-prepared environment, lacking in compas- sion and understanding, is a deviated human being-a human… |
Sequence 141Obedience is not merely compliance. Forced obedience is not the same as true obedience. If we make the child behave by fear,… |
Sequence 163The educator must not imagine that he can prepare himself for his office merely by study, by becoming a man of culture. He… |
Sequence 212For more information please con- tact: Margo S. O'Neill, Head of School at moneiU@villamontcssori.com. Khalsa… |
Sequence 12It is not surprising that Ms. Dwyer renamed her reading classic, originally entitled A Reading Scheme for English (assembled… |
Sequence 6To WoRK Is NoBLE, TO BEHOLD Is DIVINE by David Kahn When Montessori schools struggle with finances, admissions, and finding… |
Sequence 140How much independence should an adolescent have? How do we help them "enter into society" while offering the… |
Sequence 203CLASSIFIEDS California New World Montessori is seek- ing a primary and a lower elemen- tary teacher. We have one infant/… |
Sequence 20405, followed by the natural exten- sion to an Adolescent program with the Arts Center as the prepared envi- ronment. Enroll… |
Sequence 226School for Sale For Sale: Montessori primary school, lo- cated in Healdsburg California, an hour north of San Francisco, in… |
Sequence 59career in psychology?" What is getting an A in an education course on classroom management going to have to do with… |
Sequence 103EIGHT MONTESSORI INSIGHTS by Angeline Stoll Lillard Here follows a small excerpt from Angeline Li/lard's new book… |
Sequence 107with how we know the very best learning takes place. Rather than memorize facts chosen by a faraway state legislative body,… |
Sequence 124ADOLESCENT: SLAVE TO THE PRE-COLLEGIATE OR INDEPENDENT LEARNER LOOKING AT THE WHOLE OF LIFE? But, having studied the… |
Sequence 131hensive formal education; the same themes that were lived out during the twelve-to-fifteen period developmentally now can be… |
Sequence 202family and her close contact with Annie Besant, she became familiar with theosophical thought at an early age. Her intention… |
Sequence 258Tel: 408-615-1254 oneworldmontessori@sbcglobal.net Positions Available Pacific Rim International School (PRINTS) is seeking… |
Sequence 260Denison is a magnet school in the Denver Public Schools and opened its first Children's House in 1986. Currently there… |
Sequence 82part of the Ruffing mystique. You only realize what has actually happened to you after you leave, but that's why Ruffing… |
Sequence 173gether, and play together, after a while you must meet each other's eyes over and over again and cannot hide behind masks… |
Sequence 288adolescents are being prepared for entry into society, it's not enough to have teachers-do you know what I mean? They… |
Sequence 372a child. Just as Frank Lloyd Wright declared that architecture must be a constant breaking out of the traditional structure of… |
Sequence 401goals must be the realization of the values of the human personality and development of mankind" (Education and Peace… |
Sequence 403weekly trips to Cuen tepee: The school is on the land. The work is daily. At Cuentepec, the students must strive for community… |
Sequence 406Anyone who works with adolescents knows that they have feel- ings, strong feelings, angry feelingsr loving feelings, but most… |
Sequence 437catered to. Cosmic education both deepens and narrows our view of the universe. The Great Lessons are outlines to give the… |
Sequence 74conditions he cannot walk no matter how much liberty he's given to do so. On the other hand, the individual who cannot… |
Sequence 79The other fact is that this independence, this continuous conquest toward independent functioning-which gives us existence as… |
Sequence 86And 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 194duction, soil analysis, seed ordering, planting, watering, weed- ing, harvesting, decisions about how much to preserve for our… |
Sequence 204of Mexico and California, today we are exploring new ways to refine our understanding of organisms and molecules at the micro… |
Sequence 25experiences are so deeply felt is partly explained in the following quote from Abraham Maslow: "Perhaps [our]… |
Sequence 33--- ------------------------------ seeming independence from nature and our bodily existence. The first Semitic aleph-beth… |
Sequence 159If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of… |
Sequence 249CLASSIFIEDS Arizona Certified Monte5sori Teacher<, Needed in orth Phoenix, Ari/ona Montessori school located in beau… |
Sequence 86A History of War and Peace "Enchance. Mademoiselle." An exercise in grace and courtesy, Paris, 1918… |
Sequence 37complexities involved in the maintenance or the loss of life. One message that is apparent is that Life is fragile and… |
Sequence 172exhibited in the later, experienced, seasoned tone of the old Plato of his last work, The Lnws. Intimidating? You bet. In… |
Sequence 176The time in the past is gone when Rome and Greece were mixed with the memories, sometimes justly unsympathetic memories, of… |
Sequence 177past, condemning one to waste time on issues that already have been solved or, at least, issues that have been put in some… |
Sequence 178young man is supposed to wear to the chariot races as well as what exercises will mold attractive feet and biceps to excite… |
Sequence 241the good leader, the good manager will exercise that power in a partnership structure. These are very important distinctions… |
Sequence 285fn this paper, I will summarize the fundamentals of current re- search-basedK-12 social, emotional, ethical, and aca-… |