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Sequence 13Thanks to Charlene Trochta, Charlotte Kovach Shea, Carol Alver, Sanford Jones; thanks to David Kahn and everyone else who… |
Sequence 14Montessori, Maria. To Educate tile Humnn Potential. 1948. Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1986. Montessori, Maria.… |
Sequence 46Koch, S., & D. Leary, eds. A Century of Psychology as Scie11ce. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. Lerner, R. 011 the… |
Sequence 74once those excess synapses are gone, the critical period is over and it must make do with its existing circuitry; there's… |
Sequence 117layers with the powers of observation and the proximity of the farm, it was our hope that these areas would seek their own… |
Sequence 137Despite the hardships, Elena's engagement and self-direction were also evident five years later, although life events had… |
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 206Connected Studies: • MTEC Erdkinder Study Project for the Third Plane of Develop- ment; Montessori Education and Optimal… |
Sequence 211IN MEMORIAM SISTER MARY JACINTA SHAY, R.S.M. DECEMBER 31, 2000 I wish I could have told Sister Jacinta goodbye in person.… |
Sequence 243a junior elementary classroom edu- cator for September 2001. This new class will be composed of level 1 children only and be… |
Sequence 5The use of language is to enable one to express the work of the intellect. The Child possesses a language which came… |
Sequence 90HOMO LOQUENS: LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF COSMIC EDUCATION by Margaret E. Stephenson Placing language in the context of human… |
Sequence 91Then, perhaps, we would have children and teenagers and also adults able to use language intelligently in a culture of… |
Sequence 126Deacon, Terrence William. Symbolic Species. New York: Norton, 1997. Montessori, Maria. Unpublished lecture. Dr. Maria… |
Sequence 216Zealand in that it is the only inde- pendent school providing Montes- sori education from 0-12 years. Located in Nelson, in… |
Sequence 9THE UNFOLDING DRAMA OF THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT IN AMERICA by David Kahn ACT ONE: IN THE BEGINNING Since the late 1970s,… |
Sequence 16some segment of Montessori consciousness. Another such crystalliza- tion point, for example, was Mario Montessori' s 1956… |
Sequence 23PaAJ 1: 1/ie, ttf~ e~ AN OVERVIEW OF ADOLESCENCE by Phil Gang Dr. Gang's overview of adolescence provides a backdrop… |
Sequence 31to be more realistic and open with close friends, and this helps them develop a clearer sense of themselves. At the onset of… |
Sequence 115toward that. It's also important for Montessori children to understand their Montessori heritage, to understand in a… |
Sequence 232The parents have to accept that you cannot give guarantees for one year. We can guaran- tee that we will get the child to a… |
Sequence 233Joosten: It is a kind of in-service training for a regular institution, so not like we have the pre-primary and primary people… |
Sequence 272Insofar as the Montessori Erdkinder is in loco parentis, we must provide common moral aims for the community. And although… |
Sequence 280After the Second World War, several secondary Montessori schools were founded in Germany. In general, they followed the same… |
Sequence 298A difficulty, certainly felt in Europe-but in this country too-is the anxiety related to curriculum: that students might not… |
Sequence 326really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire… |
Sequence 373is true that if a person blows a cylinder in a tractor right during harvest, someone will step forward. Farmers are the most… |
Sequence 394you had finished your work. And with most things, you didn't have to ask where they came from because you knew. You had… |
Sequence 4932. The development of practical skills and knowledge related to geometry through applications on the land. 3. The ability to… |
Sequence 494and basic algebra. Therefore, the next stage of mathematics must use and develop this power of abstraction. The second… |
Sequence 498the first principles-definitions, postulates, and common notions. Thus, although the language can be archaic and the… |
Sequence 575THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL AS AN EXTENSION OF THE FARM SCHOOL by David Kahn and Ron Stewart This very… |
Sequence 577Timeline: Montessori Secondary Development 1907-Rome: Opening of tht Ctlsa dri Biim&mi, the flm MonleSiori e,iperiment… |
Sequence 596CONTRIBUTORS Devan Barker was a founding faculty member of The Hershey Montessori Farm School, having completed his doctoral… |
Sequence 597Victor Davis Hanson is professor of Greek at California State University (Fresno) and lives on his family's farm in the… |
Sequence 10to work. Also with these expanded career opportunities, we experi- enced, in the United States, a great mobility of families.… |
Sequence 28logical needs, which are very close! y related to the child's biosoma tic growth. It is here that the teacher training… |
Sequence 97THE DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED MOVEMENT by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro discusses the stages of movement in… |
Sequence 183THE IMPACT OF THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY PROGRAM ON PRIMARY CHILDREN by Liz Hall When a Primary ( ages three to six) class… |
Sequence 186To sum things up in Dr. Montessori' swords, "A creature can be led astray by something that is in itself quite… |
Sequence 220THE ASSISTANT TO INFANCY: A SPECIAL EDUCATOR by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro introduces the origins of the… |
Sequence 224been tried out in the home and in Infant Communities. 1 For instance, a low, large bed is a great help for the sensory and… |
Sequence 253... Come To The Beautiful, Pacific Northwest For MONTESSORI TEACHER TRAINING AMI Primary Certification MACTE Accredited… |
Sequence 259The Post Oak School in Houston, Texas is accepting applications for AMI trained teachers at all levels for the 2002-2003… |
Sequence 18THE Goo Wtto HAs No HANDS-PART I by Peter Gebhardt-Seele The "cosmic tale" of God Who Has No Hands is put… |
Sequence 152Annan, K. We the Peoples. New York: United Nations Publications, 2000. BBC. Soul. Three part video series. London: BBC-TV,… |
Sequence 237Co-Administrator: Seeking a dynamic principal with strong administrative and interper- sonal skills, preferably with both 3… |
Sequence 11ALIGNING CLASSROOM PRACTICE WITH TRUE MONTESSORI ESSENTIALS by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Peter Gebhardt-Seele presents his… |
Sequence 30a skill, then she must consciously work to improve it. As guides of children under six, let us not be in a hurry to bring… |
Sequence 44children we love and work with. Thank you for your attention. It has been an honor to share these thoughts with you.… |
Sequence 59Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood. 1936. Trans. Barbara Barclay Carter. New York: Ballantine, 1966. Montessori,… |
Sequence 75care about the development of the child. In a lecture given in 1939 in London, Dr. Montessori said: The child is not only the… |
Sequence 150LEARNING TO SEE AND NATURAL SYMPATHY Here again are the words of Rachel Carson, returning to the theme that, yes, facts are… |
Sequence 174Well, rather than going into all these details, let me just concen- trate on one important ecodesign area, and that is energy… |
Sequence 176a fuel that can be stored, so hydrogen can be piped like natural gas or oil and can be stored in cars to drive. This brings… |
Sequence 180development in ecodesign. In this second part I shall discuss the implications of all these ideas for education. I should tell… |
Sequence 213A second way nature education is problematized is through the sentiment that we should avoid nature at all costs. Many… |
Sequence 219which does not forsake nature but rather celebrates the American landscape as part and parcel of our natural heritage. Where… |
Sequence 222action-are each represented at various levels of schooling in the United States today. So too each forwards a contrasting view… |
Sequence 248AMI Elementary Directress. With a toddler class, five primary classes, three lower elementary classes, two upper elementary… |
Sequence 7A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 1 by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro speaks of how Montessori… |
Sequence 15A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 2 by Muriel Dwyer Muriel Dwyer' s caution that the best-laid plans do not… |
Sequence 16individually, whether your entrance in to Montessori was intentional or accidental. Why did you come? Then I thought, and… |
Sequence 17As I have said, I had decided I did not want to study, but having come into teaching I have never stopped. In the course of… |
Sequence 20environment that has been prepared to encourage and allow explora- tion. Very seldom-occasionally, but very seldom-yet… |
Sequence 64"This," she said, "is our hope-a hope in a new humanity that will come from this new education, an… |
Sequence 101time they are their grandparents' age, look like their parents do now, but not like their grandparents. In other words,… |
Sequence 183miles long, magnificent mountains for hiking and skiing and is a half- hour from the best rock climbing in the United States… |
Sequence 205seek a candidate with the same en- thusiasm as our founding teachers who believe in the advantage for life children wiU have… |
Sequence 54Juvonen, J., & K. Wentzel, eds. Social Motivation: Under- standing Children's School Adjustment. New York: Cam-… |
Sequence 23context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than… |
Sequence 67Montessori, Maria. From Childhood to Adolescence. 1948. Trans. The Montessori Educational Research Center. New York: Schocken… |
Sequence 123An example that can help clarify this is one given by Maria Montessori herself when she writes: [In the first period, there]… |
Sequence 134Once upon a time, there was a Montessori manufacturer who produced this material in an erroneous fashion: The concept of pen… |
Sequence 159environment. He is like the spider, whose web, whose field of action, is enormous in comparison to the animal itself (… |
Sequence 178Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1949. Montessori, Maria. To… |
Sequence 186From the restricted meaning of the physical surroundings we have come to the idea of the surrounding conditions, be these… |
Sequence 1894. ERDKINDER AND THE "URBAN COMl'ROMJSE" 5 I have always found it disconcerting when the adjective… |
Sequence 192Landerziehungsheime or "education homes in the country." For ex- ample, the one for youths from twelve to… |
Sequence 202Back in 1974, I suggested toMarioMontessori,Jr., that he ask those involved with the Erdkinder experiment to procure the… |
Sequence 203of the individual is different during the different planes of develop- ment, then the Montessori approach must also be… |
Sequence 208(e) A "Montessori" syllabus (possibly unjfied/integrated) of the academic curricula adopted by the… |
Sequence 217the training of Montessori teachers: in Europe (Bergamo, Dublin, London, Paris, Perugia, Rome); in Asia (Bombay, Colombo,… |
Sequence 224MY TRIBUTE TO MARIO MONTESSORI by Camillo Grazzini Here and now I wish to give my own personal testimony to the importance… |
Sequence 226with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen… |
Sequence 245Above and beyond Marconi and Marconi's amazing invention, Maria Montessori is moved by the grandeur of the human being… |
Sequence 248The very same Lusitania, on a similar return voyage from North America only sixteen months later (May 7th, 1915), would be… |
Sequence 249Also the London and North Western Railway's train is part of that marvelous "supranature" of which… |
Sequence 298P.O. Box315 Bellingham, WA 98227 Phone: 360-714-1762 or cedar_ tree@att.net Work in a two-classroom school, ona wooded… |
Sequence 7inquiry, and sharing ideas help us make predictions about ages and stages. We learn about the multitude of possible roles to… |
Sequence 28DR. MARIA MONTESSORI AND THE CHILD by Mario M. Montessori Mario Montessori's view of the child as spiritual essence… |
Sequence 38Yet I come to London, and every blessed child speaks good English. Who taught them? Where were the professors, the books, the… |
Sequence 44The mother was shocked, she had never thought about that. We teach the children not to lie, but we lie, almost every day, one… |
Sequence 45distinction, they feel the need of learning. Then you can teach them the Commandments, religion, and things like that. And… |
Sequence 67"Mamie, what is Anna saying?" "She's telling you she cut celery at school." I said… |
Sequence 73But grammar is a natural and enjoyable exploration if given at the right age. Even if you have a barrier against grammar… |
Sequence 74Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Elementary Material. 1916. Trans. Florence Simmonds. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1965. Vol… |
Sequence 81and size? I'm sure, from what I know about stones, that they're not uniform in color, and what about the surfaces of… |
Sequence 97ROSALIE: I'm almost finishing a course in dyslexia. So if you'd like I will answer as well as I can for someone who… |
Sequence 98walk about blind." There was a fig tree overhanging a wall. Of course I hadn't seen it. So it is necessary to… |