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Sequence 123in the stories of India. Prehistoric man, wherever you find him, cannot distinguish between sleep, death, and a faint. You… |
Sequence 126to escape marriage with the father. The mother is dead before the story is opened, and that is why the father is wanting to… |
Sequence 168Montessori talked a good deal about the "spiritual preparation" of the teacher(1936, pp. 115-123), and it… |
Sequence 200Wire Jfillontessori Jfillaterials ®uilh t&nllh.ee ~ont.essori 4717 Chesapeake Stteet NW, Washington, OC 20016 (202)… |
Sequence 79Th&i;young' child de- mands, "Help me to doit myself.n:rheado- lescent demands, "Help me to… |
Sequence 168<crr4e Jl:l[antessari Jl:l[ateria!s ®uil~ Tiat?hee ~ontessori 4717 Chesapeake StreetNW, Washington, DC 20016 (202) 362… |
Sequence 66who spoke a language no one knew and made boxes of caroed ivory for rare medicines imported from India. 7bere was a sailmaker… |
Sequence 9THE ECOLOGY OF TIIE MIND by Luciano Mazzetti The title of this lecture, "The Ecology of the Mind," comes… |
Sequence 33THE DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro, M.D. Introduction In our growth… |
Sequence 59We give far too much attention to the conscious, and hardly any to the unconscious. And yet, it is the unconscious which… |
Sequence 60were in a Catholic country, so it can be ascribed to the Catholic religion. But it happens in India, it happens in Africa, it… |
Sequence 61"Mother, when am I going to plll on this corsage thal you have?" In Italy these are often made with velvet,… |
Sequence 62was already filled with this respect for life. Obligations and religious feelings come into sight if we have the chance to… |
Sequence 64A six-year-old's drawing of the Good Shepherd and sheep (lstituto Assunzione, Rome). 60 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. /9, No… |
Sequence 65THE CHil.D AND TIIE ADULT by Sofia Cavalletti 7be one who makes himself as little as this little eh ild is the greatest i:n… |
Sequence 72References Albe rich, E. 0972). Natura e compiU di u.rza catechesi modenza. Torino-Leumann: LDC. Aquinas, St. T. (tr. 1941… |
Sequence 161teaching, which are now standard fixtures in the early education scene in America. Dr. Montessori was strongly influenced by… |
Sequence 190~auh.e.e 4f.l!{ont.essori 4717 Chesapeake StreetNW, Washington, DC 20016 (301) 251-6319 Traditional, internationally approved… |
Sequence 91900 1910 1920 1930 1980 1990 Timeline of Montessori Adolescent Programs 1907: Casadei Bambini founded In Rome early… |
Sequence 84A complete selection of beautiful, appropriate, well-researched and tested materials for the Montessori classroom. All four… |
Sequence 18concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the… |
Sequence 33You, the teacher, with your knowledge and attitudes about guiding the process of normalization, are the most important part of… |
Sequence 117children will want to send their work out for publication. In our local newspaper, The St. Paul Pioneer Press, a segment of… |
Sequence 125Hopkins, L.B. (1987). Pass the poetry, please. New York: Harper Collins Children's Books. Koch, K. (1970). Wishes, lies… |
Sequence 182Haberman, M. (1991). The pedagogy of poverty versus good teaching. Phi Delta K.appan, 73(4). Hannaford, I. (1994, Spring).… |
Sequence 185IN MEMORIAM ELISE BRAUN BARNETT 1904-1994 On November 20, 1994, the Montessori community lost a tireless lover of children… |
Sequence 186In 1938, with the help of friends in India, she and her family managed to leave Austria before the War. She was to spend nine… |
Sequence 189Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was the first woman physician of her native country, Italy. She became interested in… |
Sequence 201References Montessori, M. (1962). The discoven; of the child. Madras, India: Kalakshetra. (Original work published 1948)… |
Sequence 204NAMTANEWS NAMT A Forges Ahead with Conference Projects In late September, 1994, with funding from the Hershey Foun- dation… |
Sequence 156UNIVERSALITY OF THE SPECIAL CHILD by Nimal Vaz Human beings are generally accustomed to taking survival for granted. At a… |
Sequence 169REFERENCES Coles, G. (1987). The learning mystique: A critical look at learning disabilities. New York: Pantheon Books.… |
Sequence 14these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 15In addition to help from her longtime assistants, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle, Montessori was accompanied by her son,… |
Sequence 17and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.… |
Sequence 55Greek art has survived all other arts as though it were immortal and superior to them all. Truth positively sought for is… |
Sequence 66The thought of so condemning greed and ambition seems alien for a society apparently rooted in greed and ambition, although… |
Sequence 73PEACE AND EDUCATION by A. M. Joosten AbsJoosten'scommentarycitestheMontessorieducationalviewpointasintegral to the… |
Sequence 107the abilities of children throughout the world. As early as 1910, she resigned her lectureship at the University of Rome,… |
Sequence 112REFERENCES Dewey, J. (1915). The school and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kramer, R. (1976). Maria… |
Sequence 26SLIDE SHOW TO INTRODUCE WHAT Is MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL? Maria Montessori was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Born in Italy… |
Sequence 27Maria Montessori died in 1952, but her work continues. Today there are close to five thousand private and approximately two… |
Sequence 69CONCLUSION Thus far we have looked at two intelligences and their relation- ship to the Montessori materials. We have looked… |
Sequence 102Gordon, E. E. (1990). A music learning theory for newborn and young children. Chicago: GIA. Madaule, P. (1994). When… |
Sequence 193By reframing Montessori's principles of human development in light of the whole school's development, we can move… |
Sequence 201independence in the child's life. Dr. Sears states, "Independence is not, in itself, one of our most important… |
Sequence 215birth 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… |
Sequence 219Nonetheless, the four triangles, and therefore the four planes, are distinguished two by two through the use of color. The… |
Sequence 228century, no scientist or philosopher any longer believed in the idea of linear development during the prenatal period, in the… |
Sequence 232incorporate are not mutually exclusive but mutually enriching. Conse- quently, our understanding of the four planes of… |
Sequence 242willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant… |
Sequence 243nature of the method. 24 The final result was that, as Montessori herself writes: "The world of official education… |
Sequence 246In The Absorbent Mind, Montessori writes, "The child is endowed with unknown powers which can guide us to a radiant… |
Sequence 48THE CASA OF SEVRES, FRANCE by Margot Waltuch Margot Waltuch's pictorial documentation and personal description of her… |
Sequence 144The days are flying by. In two days I'll be home away from this place I can freely calJ home. Away from my house, my… |
Sequence 155Junior Great Books The Great Books Foundation 40 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 1-800-222-5870 Provides… |
Sequence 50is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you… |
Sequence 51For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown"… |
Sequence 58"IN Mv SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth… |
Sequence 60answers or ideological solutions to the problems facing humanity. Furthermore, on the personal level, Montessori had no reason… |
Sequence 62The first is like a river which carries substances to all parts of the body. But it acts also as a collector. In fact, the… |
Sequence 132Here is how another skater describes the utter absorption when one feels that a performance is going well: It was just one of… |
Sequence 133compared to the game. You can think about a problem all day but as soon as you get in the game, the hell with it! [In figure… |
Sequence 147chemicals is obviously an attempt to recapture some of the qualities of optimal experience by artificial means. Alcohol,… |
Sequence 178REFERENCES Montessori, M. {1966). The secret of childhood. New Delhi: Orient Longmans. (Original work published 1936)… |
Sequence 187The prepared environment must allow for social interaction and be multi-aged. Research sug- gests that "the human… |
Sequence 188Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Harper Collins. Healy, J.M. (1990). Endangered… |
Sequence 14But before we do that, let me talk a little bit about what these activities are like. After I did these original interviews,… |
Sequence 20The interesting thing is that when those conditions are there, people tend to want to do what they did to get that feeling,… |
Sequence 77I said, uoh my God, how can they use the word creative in connection with synchronized swimming?," which to me… |
Sequence 121of the intellect for its own sake. The reasoning mind has a much grander task: The work of humanity that always loves more,… |
Sequence 127NORMALIZATION AND NORMALITY ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn With the current emphasis on the four planes of… |
Sequence 141REFERENCES Gebhardt-Seele, P. (1997). Evaluating experiences in adolescent programs. The NAMTA Journal, 22(1), 14-21.… |
Sequence 179Figure 4: Persons in Community We must make a plan of development with the guide that the child gives us through the powers… |
Sequence 39between practitioners and philosophers is essential for the eventual development of an Erdkinder. Returning to the chart, Mr… |
Sequence 70It was also decided that the proceedings of the Colloquium would be transcribed, circulated to all the participants, and… |
Sequence 104Branden, N. (1997). The art of living consciously. New York: Simon & Schuster. Briggs, D.C. (1970). Your child's… |
Sequence 138visitor you'd be swept off your feet when you see what's happening with children. It interests me as to what they… |
Sequence 142fixed in your mind. What is your place in the cosmos? What is the child's place in the cosmos? What is our purpose on the… |
Sequence 152inventions of the scientific period, and culminated-not openly, but there was never any doubt-in the United States of America… |
Sequence 172So with medicine. The first recognition would be that there cannot be well humans on a sick planet. The way to human well-… |
Sequence 174Theologically, the responsibility of the human is to perceive the evolutionary universe as the primary revelatory experience… |
Sequence 197movements of the universe-that nature was both teacher and guide. Even as historical traditions arose in certain contexts,… |
Sequence 200The Psalms which reflect lamentation and thanksgiving might be seen as part of the cultivation side of the dyad. As injustice… |
Sequence 204To placate the powers of nature, to maintain order, and finally to obtain material benefits-all of these are reasons for the… |
Sequence 208REFERENCES Anderson, B.W. (1986). Understanding the Old Testament (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Anderson,… |
Sequence 326Grazzini, C. (1996). The four planes of development. The NAMTA Journal, 21(2), 208-241. Kahn, D. (1997a). Normalization and… |
Sequence 382MONTESSORI MATERIALS In Montessori schools the environment is the principal teacher, every piece of material carefully chosen… |
Sequence 7"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is… |
Sequence 8universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the… |
Sequence 9which evolves on its own terms. Like the child, as human culture grows with the passage of time, it becomes more conscious of… |
Sequence 14street the house of the priest was be- ing looted; farther up, at the end, a gutted church was still smoldering. From a… |
Sequence 32Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this… |
Sequence 33where we - d with t and spi• At the time, Dr. Montessori and I cer- tainly felt the inner burden of the situation. It was… |
Sequence 36direttamente da Dio. lo nascondo il mio immenso potere e lo uso per ridurre la mia divinita a umanita- per diventare come te… |
Sequence 37discoveries of Maria Montessori, which are set forth in this book, special assistants were trained to guide the mothers in the… |
Sequence 40Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to… |
Sequence 47Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children… |
Sequence 50Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &… |
Sequence 100to build a fire, you are expected to admire his fire even if it is a poor one. Once he has mastered the technique, however,… |