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

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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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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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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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 03 An Overview of Adolescence

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Erikson, E. Identity. Youth and Crisis. (New York: Norton Press, 1968). Erikson, E. The Problem of Ego Identity, Journal of…

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 13/2 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…

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 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 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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References 'Abdu'l-Baha. (1982). The promul,gation of universal peace. Wilmette. Baha'{ Publishing Trust.…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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10. Jerome S. Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Universiry Press, 1966). I l. Alexis Carrel,…

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 03 Literacy and the Oral Foundations of Education

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ground. New York: Oxford University Press. Opie, I., & Opie, P. (1985). The singing game. New York: Oxford University…

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 08 What Are the Language Arts For?

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WHAT ARE TIIE LANGUAGE ARTS FoR? by Maxine Greene, Ph.D. In this passionate essay, Maxine Greene depicts the isolation- &…

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 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…

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 06 Education in Relation to the Imagination of the Little Child

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Greek art has survived all other arts as though it were immortal and superior to them all. Truth positively sought for is…

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 03 Theories of Play

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Bornstein, B. (1935). Phobia in a two-and-a-half-year-old child. Psa. Quart., 4. Erikson, E. H. (1937). Configurations in…

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

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The silence game outdoors. One day we had a special visitor on the lawnduringour silence-it was Mahatma Gandhi. He was…

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

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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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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 07 Transforming Children into Storytellers

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in character as you switch from person to person. Many storytellers find that if they can put themselves into each character…

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 04 Flow and Creativity

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As they grew up in adolescence, almost all of these people felt, of course, marginal, because they did not conform to the…
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Every one of the people we interviewed has the same rhythm. It may be a daily rhythm, that is, they work alone from 7 in the…

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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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 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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that existed; nature's equilibrium would be maintained. The moun- tains, the rain, why didn't it rain here, and why…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 02 World Odyssey: Revelations of the Possible

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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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She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live…

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 09 Evolution of Adolescent Behavior

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Ever since the "agricultural revolution," cultural evolution has tended to reduce the opportunities for…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 13 Children's Participation: Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care

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Orr, D. W. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. Albany: SUNY, 1992. Piaget,J. TheGtild…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 15 Story Upon Story

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follow the interests of the children and our own interests, too. We must be readers, scholars, "storytellers of the…
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woman in Europe. Eleanor looked to King Louis for help and he offered his sixteen-year-old son, also Louis, to become her…
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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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the child from scholastic slavery nor, even more, from annoy- ing results. The same Froebe I, whose education of children was…
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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…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 11 The Spiritual Challenge of Erdkinder – Part 1: The Passage from Imaginative Vision to Concrete Experience

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The human is a great collaborator. And nature welcomes a gentle intervention. The trees' wounds will heal, and the maple…

NAMTA Journal 24/2 13 Are We Succeeding in Nurturing The Spirit?

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Trans. Claude A. Claremont. Oxford, England: Clio, 1994. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 24/3 02 Artistic Expression and the Unfolding Self: Expressive Adults, Expressive Children

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credit cards, lasers and the ball point pen. We lived before pan tyhose, dishwashers, dryers, electric blankets, air con-…

NAMTA Journal 24/3 11 Art from the Universe Story: New Meaning for the Child

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Light Expanding, Radiant Rushing, Giving, Receiving It burns in all of us, The Giver REFERENCES Cajete, Greg. Look to the…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 03 Foreword to The Secret of Childhood

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The newspapers criticized; Dr. Maria Montessori was asked what she meant by her speech, and she writes that she scarcely knew…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 04 The Casa Dei Bambini: Paths to Culture

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REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 09 The Child and the Natural Environment

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind. 1949. Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1992. Montessori, Maria. The Child in the Family.…
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REFERENCES Anderson, Walter Truett. Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion,…
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The newspapers criticized; Dr. Maria Montessori was asked what she meant by her speech, and she writes that she scarcely knew…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 03 Montessori in Early Childhood: Positive Outcomes along Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional Dimensions

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• an anxious concern for life • love for people and things • emotional wellness • warm, expressive, outgoing, and optimistic…
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Montessori, Maria. "Child's Instinct to Work [Lecture, London, 1939]." AMI Communications (1973, #4): 6…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History

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In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the…
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[Interview with Donald Brownlee]. [Minneapolis] Star Tribune February 5, 2000. Jaynes, Julian. The Origin of Consciousness in…

NAMTA Journal 25/2 07 Emerging Adolescence: Finding One's Place in the Cosmos

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with the gifts of its mission of free- dom, its colorful history of different peoples, its art and literature that tell that…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 08 Notes on the Montessori Adolescent

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Q:To what degree can you take the philosophical realizations of Cosmic Education that take place in the second plane (the…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 01 Celebrating Montessori's Great Work: Our Gift for the Future

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Montessori, Maria. To Educate tile Humnn Potential. 1948. Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1986. Montessori, Maria.…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 02 Montessori Education and Optimal Experience: A Framework for the New Research

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Montessori, Maria. What You Should Know about Your Child. 1948. Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra, 1966. Montessori, Mario.…

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