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Sequence 150LEARNING TO SEE AND NATURAL SYMPATHY Here again are the words of Rachel Carson, returning to the theme that, yes, facts are… |
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 7A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 1 by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro speaks of how Montessori… |
Sequence 12need to go inside of our being and get in con tact with our "True Self," the divine core where divine Light… |
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 59cient history, astronomy, geology, and chemistry-in other words, a cosmic curriculum. The work of the child at the second… |
Sequence 64"This," she said, "is our hope-a hope in a new humanity that will come from this new education, an… |
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 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 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 67Montessori, Maria. From Childhood to Adolescence. 1948. Trans. The Montessori Educational Research Center. New York: Schocken… |
Sequence 118also" the mother with six children of different ages is far better off than the mother with one."… |
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 136Figure 7. World Map Showing the Main Peninsulas of the World. Etymologies The teacher or children can research the stories or… |
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 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 236We consider mathematics from three points of view: arith- metic, algebra, geometry. Under the guidance of our experience with… |
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 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 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 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 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 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… |
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 107can provide an alternative to modern uncertainty. So the Montessori movement depends on a faith tradition not only to augment… |
Sequence 109Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Church.… |
Sequence 126REFERENCES American Federation of Teachers. "Making Standards Matter, 2001." American Educator 25.4 (2001,… |
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 156Montessori, Maria. The Discovery of the Child. 1948. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. New York: Ballantine, 1967. Montessori,… |
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 171- How have your relationships with the students affected you personally? Have you opened yourself up to ongoing growth and… |
Sequence 172Eliot, T. S. "Little Gidding." Four Quartets. 1943. London: Faber & Faber, 1971. Fitzgerald,… |
Sequence 212For more information please con- tact: Margo S. O'Neill, Head of School at moneiU@villamontcssori.com. Khalsa… |
Sequence 7the din of World War II. She also taught in the poorer section of London right after the war in a wonderful school where they… |
Sequence 10that was held in Dar-es-Salaam. She had the courage to come out of her community to help us to train and to help the African… |
Sequence 12It is not surprising that Ms. Dwyer renamed her reading classic, originally entitled A Reading Scheme for English (assembled… |
Sequence 19was bound to build resistance against it. Whereas if one followed che child's natural interest and through this sort of… |
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 26Action. Ed. K.H. Pribram. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1969. Gesell, Arnold, Frances L. Ilg, Janet L. Rodell, et al.… |
Sequence 59career in psychology?" What is getting an A in an education course on classroom management going to have to do with… |
Sequence 100homes and health clinics, our early childhood centers and classrooms, America's schools and human service institu- tions… |
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 111LS. Clasen,A.W. Toga,J.L.Rapoport,&P.M. Thompson. "Dynamic Mapping of Human Cortical Development during… |
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 226On the other hand: The gradually concretized splendid vision of a cosmic education developing into a comprehensive didactic… |
Sequence 228Millier, F. Max. Einleitung in die Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft-Vier Vorlesungen und zwei Essays, gehalten an der… |
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 45You may perhaps condemn the plan [so let us think of the Appendices] as visionary and unpractical, but I hope that you will… |
Sequence 82part of the Ruffing mystique. You only realize what has actually happened to you after you leave, but that's why Ruffing… |
Sequence 161With the small children, Dr. Montessori found that this right kind of work, an activity that engages the child's whole… |
Sequence 167REFERENCES Grazzini, Camillo. "The Four Planes of Development." The Child, the Family, the Future. AMI… |
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 361interest in, what is extraordinary, what is magnificent; and they have a natural tendency to hero worship. All of this can be… |
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 81Montessori, Maria. The California Lectures of Maria Montessori, 1915: Collected Speeches and Writings. Ed. Robert G.… |
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 101REFERENCES Baylor, Byrd. The Way to Start a Day.1977. New York: Simon & Schuster-Aladdin, 1998. Coles, Robert.… |
Sequence 138The piece of metal that holds the eraser is caUed the ferrule and is made of brass (a combination of zinc and copper). Zinc is… |
Sequence 139to hold in our hearts and minds the big picture, and for the love of our children and the future, to keep our own fire of hope… |