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Sequence 53information from them about haiku except that they loved it and they taught it to the children at their Montessori school in… |
Sequence 55Dr. McGregor Smith, retiring director of the Environmental Ethics Institute at Miami-Dade Community College in Miami, says,… |
Sequence 141TIME FOR SIXES AND SEVENS by Rilla Spellman Startingfrom an analytical understanding of the developmental process that takes… |
Sequence 182servation and discovery, freedom and discipline. These are not things which are switched off and on for certain periods… |
Sequence 61being? What makes a culture a culture? What makes a story a story? The philosophical question can provide a basis for an… |
Sequence 673. Economic Development-How have societies organized themselves economically? What conditions have caused changes in the ways… |
Sequence 9THE ECOLOGY OF TIIE MIND by Luciano Mazzetti The title of this lecture, "The Ecology of the Mind," comes… |
Sequence 101In an earlier chapter of "A Good Enough Parent," Bettelheim describes studies which compare Japanese… |
Sequence 25• choose well; need normalized core group • limited to 15% of class • limited to 20% of class • only after extensive… |
Sequence 35MONTESSORI AS AN AID TO LIFE by Hildegard Solzbacher Hildegard Solzbacher's direct encounter with Montessori values and… |
Sequence 83Children can also keep an alphabetically filed dictionary of their known words on index cards in a small file box. They can… |
Sequence 121sciousness, activate their personal schema. Have you ever been taken somewhere you didn't want to go? (Gilly is being… |
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 212STEP BY STEP MONTESSORI SCHOOLS in Minneapolis, Minnesota will be hiring certified, experienced Montessori teachers for the… |
Sequence 83faculty without increasing the number of students. I'm sure there are creative solutions which could reduce the number of… |
Sequence 94the Montessori educational community, yet he made most of his discov- eries in his own classroom working with a group of… |
Sequence 122MONTESSORI AND ASSESSMENT: SOME ISSUES OF ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM REFORM by Annette M. Haines INTRODUCTION This study… |
Sequence 129to make it all. And so I think that the focus ... is tohelp,asmuch as possible, as quickly as possible, and as early as can be… |
Sequence 9viewed her educational principles from the very start as anything less than a contribution to the whole planet. Accordingly,… |
Sequence 27Maria Montessori died in 1952, but her work continues. Today there are close to five thousand private and approximately two… |
Sequence 32The materials for written language first introduce the child to the marvelous twenty- six letters of the alphabet and their… |
Sequence 40Because parents are treated as col- laborators in Montessori, they are often invited into the classroom to share and… |
Sequence 105THE MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF THE MONTESSORI THEORY OF THE HUMAN TENDENCIES Kay M. Baker Dr. Baker… |
Sequence 114MAINTAINING THE MONTESSORI METAPHOR: WHAT EVERY CHILD WANTS AND NEEDS by Asa G. Hilliard In straightfonvard terms, Dr.… |
Sequence 130and needs, then you have to create the environment. Even if it's not necessary to get a job at IBM, that's okay; if… |
Sequence 155Junior Great Books The Great Books Foundation 40 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 1-800-222-5870 Provides… |
Sequence 6FOREWORD: FINDING FLOW IN MONTESSORI Imagine a river in time, a time span of one hundred years. On the one side there is… |
Sequence 10the trap-and when I say we, I mean psychologists who are studying children and learning-we fell into the trap of using the… |
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 30probably do it quite well, from what I can see, and that's not a problem in your type of schooling. The other thing to… |
Sequence 33greater in a Montessori than in a regular classroom, where we are afraid of giving kids control. Of course, in the Montessori… |
Sequence 40couple of different angles, one being parent education-that it's new language and a new way to talk about their child,… |
Sequence 60evolving society around us. That can be done through things like education, through the program you are doing, but also… |
Sequence 62Q: Do you think it's actually possible to directly teach people to make the optimum choice when their skill levels and… |
Sequence 81QUESTIONS ANO ANSWERS Q: As Montessorians, how can we can get our work selected by the culture? A: Obviously, if I had a… |
Sequence 95are male characteristics. Creative men, on the other hand, besides being masculine, also have sensitivity, openness, empathy,… |
Sequence 204Montessori Administration Sharon L. Dubble and David Kahn Week One (July 14-18), 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily Administrators… |
Sequence 22In terms of specific expectations, one was that our students had to take a state-required American Constitution test. We… |
Sequence 45standard, as Monte discussed. What help can we provide for these schools so that they do not hurt the good name of Montessori… |
Sequence 47hand, we have the visiting specialists, etc. Are these parallel or are they integrated? Kay replied that this issue needs… |
Sequence 60other. You need the autonomy, but, equally important, you need the community." And especially with young children,… |
Sequence 131the same elements that you see in Montessori and Sylvia Ashton Warner. For example, in all of these approaches is a deep… |
Sequence 244culture, not because it failed, but because it succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. In other words, using the old Platonic… |
Sequence 263And I said, "What do you mean?" And he said, "Well, you've got this Wal-Mart." Well… |
Sequence 351organization of story, logic, and truth, which comes to the inevitable realization that to serve is to balance one's… |
Sequence 7"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is… |
Sequence 41AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 89COSMOS, HISTORY, AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT by Gerard Leonard A rare weave of classroom examples, literary allusions, and… |
Sequence 161In a. very real sense the spiritual dimension permeated all of Montessori's work. I think that she never wrote a book… |
Sequence 165use real dishes and cloth towels rather than plastic and Styrofoam; we implement Cosmic Education in the elementary years; we… |
Sequence 182come the benchmark of quality education in Marin County and is highly regarded by Montessorians throughout the world. We… |
Sequence 47Listening to poetry is art unto itself. Like listening to jazz or opera, it involves both a disciplined listening and a deep… |
Sequence 94Whenever possible, music and poetry may be related to things children say. For example, once at the beginning of June, three… |
Sequence 28father, space pilot, dog, when one does not yet know what it means to be one's self? Again, as Montessori is based on… |
Sequence 29furnish examples of these. "Excuse me," said a child to a visitor commenting in a classroom that this was… |
Sequence 56THE CASADEI BAMBINI: A PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE by Marianne Moore Marianne Moore's eloquent characterization of the… |
Sequence 61essence of Montessori, who in a variety of ways contributed to make Montessori a dynamic force in education here and around… |
Sequence 62cooked supper for all seven of us. The others washed up so the cook could retreat to her album work. By the time we arrived,… |
Sequence 71First a little political and geographical orientation: Romania is an Eastern European country. It is surrounded by the Black… |
Sequence 75Marcel, the Romanian professor who got Children of the World interested in doing Montessori in Romania, was and still is… |
Sequence 137The child needs to continue experiencing the living environment- the wilds, plants, animals, rocks, various kinds of terrain-… |
Sequence 176But the child "resists interference by the adult who thinks he can help him by his power. For this uncalled-for… |
Sequence 233when first announced. Even after accepting the theory, the scientific community of chemists still had to "beat nature… |
Sequence 25percent of people, both here and in Japan and Germany, where they have also done research, say "No, I don't know… |
Sequence 79THE GENIUS OF MONTESSORI HISTORY by Larry Schaefer This keynote will focus on two things: Maria Montessori and her pedagogy… |
Sequence 85In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the… |
Sequence 93a dramatic and attention-grabbing sequence of headings and subhead- ings: Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, ... Cambrian Period,… |
Sequence 42Montessori will never grow and develop as fully as it could until teachers are convinced that, because Montessori is to do… |
Sequence 55activities, so much the better. They could go off together to buy the ~vening paper, or walk the dog, etc. If children see… |
Sequence 76OPTIMAL DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR THE CHILD AGED Six TO TWELVE: SOCIAL, MORAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS by Kay… |
Sequence 174FOLLOWING THE HAND: THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE by Judi Orion Delineating the steps of development of the human hand from… |
Sequence 183one or both arms onto something so they can use their hands to manipulate. Once they are standing, they do not want to sit… |
Sequence 201Documenting Montessori expansion in North America, NAMTA has suggested since 1992 that further program design needs to be… |
Sequence 244Japan Saint Maur International School, Yokohama requires Montessori teachers for the 2001-2002academic year. Applicants,… |
Sequence 78still acknowledges the insect's ultimate goal: "Spin and die/ To live again a butterfly." Finally, if… |
Sequence 74The crucial point of the whole question is the manner in which he considers the child, and this cannot depend on external… |
Sequence 106RUFFING MONTESSORI SCHOOL PEACE CURRICULUM: AN INFORMAL NARRATIVE by John Long John Lang's implementation of a peace… |
Sequence 113just been watching a movie. As I exited, I noticed that many trucks were parked around the perimeter of the camp. Men started… |
Sequence 114Near the end of the war I leaned toward the Japanese side. And when the war ended I was sad. I was sad and relieved. I was… |
Sequence 251Joosten: Some have disappeared and others have come in, etc. But whatever they use, whatever you see being used, will be a… |
Sequence 341ence, and material overabundance. The nature of human nature being what it is, we would quickly, as Nietzsche said, sink into… |
Sequence 475THE PREPARED ENVIRONMENT by Laurie Ewert-Kroeker Using Robert Havighurst's Developmental Tasks of Normal Adoles- cence… |
Sequence 478So the position I am standing in right now is in many ways excruciatingly awkward-not only because the idea of emphasizing… |
Sequence 12What about paternity leave? How many companies in this country give paternity leave? A family is not just a mother and a baby… |
Sequence 73INDEPENDENCE OF THE YOUNG CHILD FROM BIRTH TO THREE by Judi Orion This article explores the idea of independence from a… |
Sequence 86some simple food-related activities that young children can do at home. I'm working in Japan right now. In Japan, most… |
Sequence 178a great whining place. You can just sit here and whine as long as you like." But when a toddler has learned to… |
Sequence 38Goo WHo HAs No HANDS by Mario M. Montessori Sometimes referred to as the "Story of the Universe," "… |
Sequence 48cusp, children who were tougher, noisier, and more rational, dangling between the two planes of development-I looked at them… |
Sequence 112and their expanding intellect (97-109). The prepared environment of the Erdkinder includes a working farm, a "museum… |
Sequence 195Q. But she did. She said it. She said exactly what you said, that starting with the bacteria, each organism actually created… |
Sequence 224Results of the study will be released at the Adolescent National Retreat taking place in Cleveland July 28-August 1, 2003, as… |
Sequence 2383531 Somerset Drive Prairie Village, KS 66208 Or call: 913-649-6160 E-mail: highlawn@juno.com. Maryland Summer with… |
Sequence 261economics from the Technical University of Munich and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Erlangen-Nurenberg.… |
Sequence 98teenagers-wake up, and they help out, and then the husband goes fishing or hunting for mushrooms, and then he comes back and… |
Sequence 144Don't get discouraged with a child. Re- member that the child that comes each morning is not the same as the one that… |
Sequence 189bonusoverfirstfouryears to encour- age faculty stability. Contact: Educational Director, Wendy Calise at 847-498-1105 Or… |
Sequence 21of childhood." We realized that everything we were learning con- trasted strongly with our traditional state training… |
Sequence 27Starting in the 1950s and continuing throughout the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, AMI organized elementary study… |
Sequence 228reference but perhaps for an underlying need of absolute certainty and structure. Like early human beings, I am a hunter and… |