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

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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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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…
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The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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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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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…
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The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 07 Psychic Activity during Prenatal Life

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CHAPTER 2 The Sensorial Richness of Prenatal Life The idea that nothing penetrates the uterus is definitely outmoded. The…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 13 Building Correlations: Montessori Education for Moral Development

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be able to operate successfully; these persons in conjunction with each other should form a coherent body of positive growth…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 11 The Nature and Theory of Silence Activities in the Children's House

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could make the children silent and yet claim freedom. The age-old misconceptions of freedom and discipline surfaced for…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 14 AMI Montessori: Back to the Future

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intensity of the Montessori vision that makes the system work; knowl- edge of the materials is bound by the interiority of the…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 01 The Botanical Cards

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THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori This insightful article illustrates the underlying developmental principles which…
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stand. They would bring this back and take another which contained other pictures to which to apply other names. Experience…

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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depend on sunshine, water, earth, men and animals. This is a real aspect of the world's functioning. We saw purpose in…
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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 13/3 01 Introduction

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observe her subjects in a holistic manner; consequently, her research was naturalistic or ethnographic. From her first…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 05 Other Studies of Montessori Children of Middle Socioeconomic Status

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A critical factor in this study is what was measured. Bereiter did not measure what the Montessori program was teaching by the…
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Commentary The design and execution of this study is quite acceptable, but one criticism of the study would be the small…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 08 Conclusions and Needs

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Meizitis, S. (1972). The Montessori method: Some recent research. Interchange, 2, 41-59. Montessori, Maria. (1967). TM Abs…

NAMTA Journal 14/1 03 Montessori and Cultural Diversity

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6 Montessori, Bducationfor a New World, 16•17. 7 Montessori, Rcamstn«:tion in EducnLum, 6. 8 Paulo Freire, Pedagogy qf the…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 08 A Comparison of Lower and Upper Elementary Montessori Students with a Public School Sample

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References Banta, T.J. Tests for the evaluation of early childhood education: The Cincinnati Autonomy Test Battery (CATB). In…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 03 Response to Generous Understanding: Knowing Ourselves and Each Other (Boehnlein)

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function of the child with regard to the formation of the human personal- ity (p. 15). Oui· civilization has not yet devised…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 02 Normalization

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So the character traits that we call virtues spring up spontaneously. We cannot teach this kind of morality to children of…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 03 Movement

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Dewey, John. (1956). The ch:ild and the curriculum: the sclwol and soci.ety. Chicago: Univer- sity of Chicago Press. Hunt,…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 07 Montessori and Suzuki

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3. The student demonstrates automatic execution of the skill. E.g: Can you tell me how "0 Come Little Children&…

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 16/3 02 The Idea of the Erdkinder

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The biodynamic fann seeks to fanction as a self-sustaining, total organism comprising humans, plants, animals, water, and…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 05 Montessori and the Bahá'í Faith

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conuibuted to her being somewhat ostracized by the scientific and educational establishment and her being labeled as &quot…
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promptings of the moral self, that erects obstacles and barriers in the way of the development of intelligence, that condemns…
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References 'Abdu'l-Baha. (1982). The promul,gation of universal peace. Wilmette. Baha'{ Publishing Trust.…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 03 Language Unfolding In the Child

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References Goffstein, M.B. (1979). Natural history. New York. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Goffstein, M.B. (I 984). A little…

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

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Footnotes 1 • Maria Montessori, To Educate the Human Potential. Madras, India. Kalakshetra Publications, 1973, p. 4. 2 •…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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invention, it also provides the holistic, integrated basis for clarifying complex tensions between human and natural systems.…

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 05 The Development of Autonomy in Children: An Examination of the Montessori Educational Model

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Bruner, Jerome S. ( 1971 ). The relevance of education. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Chadwick, Bruce A; Bahr…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 01 Absorbent Mind Update: Research Sheds New Light on Montessori Theory

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Minsky, M. 0985). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. Montanero, S. Q. 0991). Understanding the Human Being:…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 02 The Fertile Field of Imagination

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References Egan, Kieran (1992). Imagination in Teaching and Learning. Chicago: U of Chicago. Montessori, Maria (1965; first…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 06 Literature and Grammar

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kitchen. Adding section by section, piece by piece, they discovered the style pattern and saw that the repeats in Malory are…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 07 Folk Tales, Fairy Tales and History: Uses and Classification

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by the husband. This cycle is found among the Native Americans of the eastern United States and Canada as well as among the…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 01 The Adolescent and the Future

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logical characteristics and each needs a prepared adult to help the individual help himself. The four planes of development…
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product of a Casa dei Bambini and a Montessori elementary class which have followed vigorously Dr. Montessori's formula…
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of the race. And we have the adolescent to prove otherwise to us. "If we gave the world to the small child,&quot…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 05 The Keepers of Alexandria: A Missing Link for Montessori History? An Introduction.

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that are real and necessary in order to take the path to maturity. Thus, for the purposes of introducing the Story of…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 06 The Child and the Adult

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References Albe rich, E. 0972). Natura e compiU di u.rza catechesi modenza. Torino-Leumann: LDC. Aquinas, St. T. (tr. 1941…

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

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of life when young people lhrive on real life experience and active involvement. And lhe adults seemed to the adolescent…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 04 Montessori as an Aid to Life

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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 08 Toward Key Experiences for the Adolescent

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Hopkins, L.B. (1987). Pass the poetry, please. New York: Harper Collins Children's Books. Koch, K. (1970). Wishes, lies…

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

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References Montessori, M. (1962). The discoven; of the child. Madras, India: Kalakshetra. (Original work published 1948)…
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Haberman, M. (1991). The pedagogy of poverty versus good teaching. Phi Delta K.appan, 73(4). Hannaford, I. (1994, Spring).…
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Hopkins, L.B. (1987). Pass the poetry, please. New York: Harper Collins Children's Books. Koch, K. (1970). Wishes, lies…
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Clay, M. (1991). Becoming literate: The construction of inner control. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Clay, M. (1993). Reading…
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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 14 Universality of the Special Child

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REFERENCES Coles, G. (1987). The learning mystique: A critical look at learning disabilities. New York: Pantheon Books.…

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

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and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 11 Do Not Bequeath a Shamble—The Child in the Twenty-First Century: Innocent Hostage to Mindless Oppression…

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the abilities of children throughout the world. As early as 1910, she resigned her lectureship at the University of Rome,…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 04 The Verbal/Linguistic and Visual/Spatial Intelligences

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CONCLUSION Thus far we have looked at two intelligences and their relation- ship to the Montessori materials. We have looked…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 06 Movement, Music, and Learning: The Musical and Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligences

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Gordon, E. E. (1990). A music learning theory for newborn and young children. Chicago: GIA. Madaule, P. (1994). When…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 14 Parenting for Independence

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independence in the child's life. Dr. Sears states, "Independence is not, in itself, one of our most important…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 17 The Four Planes of Development

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birth to 3 years of age, the child from 3 to 6 years, the child from 6 to 12, concerns a much more detailed look at individual…
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Nonetheless, the four triangles, and therefore the four planes, are distinguished two by two through the use of color. The…
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incorporate are not mutually exclusive but mutually enriching. Conse- quently, our understanding of the four planes of…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 04 The Casa of Sèvres, France

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THE CASA OF SEVRES, FRANCE by Margot Waltuch Margot Waltuch's pictorial documentation and personal description of her…

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

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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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answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason…
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The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the…

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 22/1 10 Growing Schools for Human Growth

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REFERENCES Montessori, M. {1966). The secret of childhood. New Delhi: Orient Longmans. (Original work published 1936)…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 11 Philosophy Statement for the North Avondale Montessori School

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Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Harper Collins. Healy, J.M. (1990). Endangered…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 08 Character and Moral Development

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of the intellect for its own sake. The reasoning mind has a much grander task: The work of humanity that always loves more,…

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

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REFERENCES Gebhardt-Seele, P. (1997). Evaluating experiences in adolescent programs. The NAMTA Journal, 22(1), 14-21.…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 11 The Normalized Child

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It is possible to conceive a universal movement for human reconstruction which follows a single path. Its sole aim is to help…

NAMTA Journal 22/2 13 Discovering the Hidden Person

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Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 03 Cultivating Spontaneous Self-Discipline

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Branden, N. (1997). The art of living consciously. New York: Simon & Schuster. Briggs, D.C. (1970). Your child's…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 08 The Evolutionary Story: The Human Role

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Theologically, the responsibility of the human is to perceive the evolutionary universe as the primary revelatory experience…

NAMTA Journal 23/1 14 Erdkinder under Construction: What the Farm Schools Showed Us

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Grazzini, C. (1996). The four planes of development. The NAMTA Journal, 21(2), 208-241. Kahn, D. (1997a). Normalization and…

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

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"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is…
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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…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 03 The Botanical Cards

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Child working with Botanical Cards, Laren, Holland, 1939 lO The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 23, No. 2 • Spring 1998
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Laren, Holland THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori The Botanical Cards are one of the items of the Montessori…
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and "Where is the fruit?" Eventually we made several groups of envelopes which dealt with flowers and fruit…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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Mario Montessori standing behind Maria Montessori at the Theosophical Society, 1947. Seated at right: Sir Archibald Nye,…

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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that existed; nature's equilibrium would be maintained. The moun- tains, the rain, why didn't it rain here, and why…
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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 24/1 02 World Odyssey: Revelations of the Possible

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THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE Since Maria Montessori inaugurated the first Casa dei Bambini in 1907, Montessori schools have…
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Montessori. As a first step, every document kept at the AMI has been photocopied. This task has now been completed and the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 04 The Integration of Cultures: The Montessori Contribution

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With that vision, however, Maria Montessori joins the ranks of the great educational philosophers of all time and gains the…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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Margot Waltuch, Ada Montessori, and Mario Montessori Baarn, Holland, 1963 50 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. I • Winter 1999
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She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live…
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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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several languages. His genuine kindness attracted them all. He under- stood the immense importance of their inner power, their…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 06 Montessori in South Africa: The Challenge, The Dream, and The Promise

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REFERENCES Bly, Robert. The Sibling Society. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesely, 1996. Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 07 Preparing Ourselves to See the True Nature of the Child

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It is important for us not to change the vision of Dr. Montessori by creating a reductive attitude to what we do, by focusing…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 08 Revisiting the Process of Normalization

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The true nature is like gold-waiting underground to be discovered and brought to light. After many episodes of normalization…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 11 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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better still, to the value of work in general, "with its wide social connotations of productiveness and earning power…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 15 Story Upon Story

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Hakim, Joy. "Reading, Writing, and ... History." History Mat- ters! (May 1996): 19 pars. 1 Dec. 1998 &lt…

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

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not yet fully formed: he has not yet gathered about him the last folds of his robe of flesh and of love which is made up of…
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Montessori, Maria. Education for a New World. Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1946. Montessori, Maria. The…

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

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Tire Earthworm. Haughley, Suffolk: The Soil Association, n.d. Fil kin, David. Stephen Hawking's Universe. New York: Basic…

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