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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 172DISCOVERING THE HIDDEN PERSON by Rita Zener and Laura Noriega Ezcurdia Capturing the optimism of normalization theory, the… |
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 256to you is that the traditional paradigm of explaining Western culture to students, that is, the multicultural approach, I find… |
Sequence 258most ridiculed people in Greek literature because they smell, they're cranky, they have coarse language. But all… |
Sequence 264He said, "This is just terrible." I said, "Yeah, democracy can be a terrible thing." He… |
Sequence 267told by the local EPA that he had some type of wild rat colony on his farm. The man was farming his land, and he had to cease… |
Sequence 351organization of story, logic, and truth, which comes to the inevitable realization that to serve is to balance one's… |
Sequence 11DISCOVERING THE REAL SPIRITUAL CHILD (PART 1) by Sofia Cavalletti Sofia Cavalletti cites Montessori's description of… |
Sequence 21Two TRIBUTES To SoFIA CAVALLETTI The following tributes were presented to Sofia c.avalletti at the NAMT A conference entitled… |
Sequence 41AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Evidence of the suitability of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for children of diverse cultures… |
Sequence 43THE TOTONACA PEOPLE AND THE CATECHESIS OF THE GooD SHEPHERD by Maria Christlieb Robles Illustrating the spread of the… |
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 176ANTI-CONSUMERISM RESOURCES Consumer Alert 1001 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 1128 Washington DC 20036 202-467-5809 fax 202-… |
Sequence 182come the benchmark of quality education in Marin County and is highly regarded by Montessorians throughout the world. We… |
Sequence 22If you can't look him straight in the eye. He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest, For he's with… |
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 124THE CHILD AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT by Molly O'Shaughnessy Molly O'Shaughnessy has written a definitive article… |
Sequence 176But the child "resists interference by the adult who thinks he can help him by his power. For this uncalled-for… |
Sequence 219Creativity is vital. It's easy to overlook. But it's easy and fun to use when you have the right spirit and the… |
Sequence 233when first announced. Even after accepting the theory, the scientific community of chemists still had to "beat nature… |
Sequence 246OBITUARY MARIA CHRISTLIEB ROBLES Both the Montessori community and the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd lost a friend,… |
Sequence 13selected fifteen from those who were nominated, and we spent a week in Mexico, in Akumal, a small resort on the Caribbean… |
Sequence 79THE GENIUS OF MONTESSORI HISTORY by Larry Schaefer This keynote will focus on two things: Maria Montessori and her pedagogy… |
Sequence 93a dramatic and attention-grabbing sequence of headings and subhead- ings: Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, ... Cambrian Period,… |
Sequence 261Persons involved in teacher train- ing are also invited to contact Prairie Hill for infonna tion regarding spon- sorship… |
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 201Documenting Montessori expansion in North America, NAMTA has suggested since 1992 that further program design needs to be… |
Sequence 84revealed to the recipient in spite of his having taken the precaution, before eating, to hide the accompanying letter under a… |
Sequence 189ment.45minutestoTuscon,30min- utes to Mexico. Here is an opportu- nity to give the best of yourself and celebrate your… |
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 251Joosten: Some have disappeared and others have come in, etc. But whatever they use, whatever you see being used, will be a… |
Sequence 352you look at the long history of the West, that's the fight for the Western soul, and usually the period of the classical… |
Sequence 353start to see that Mexico developed in a way that did not completely embrace this Western paradigm. I can tell you that… |
Sequence 354was very well-meaning. But as soon as people got capital for them- selves, what did they do with it? Did they go out and buy… |
Sequence 361I said, "Yeah, democracy can be a terrible thing." He just stopped. He said, "What did you say?… |
Sequence 364and was put in jail and they confiscated his tractor-a big scandal in the southern San Joaquin Valley. About that same time in… |
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 97THE DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED MOVEMENT by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro discusses the stages of movement in… |
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 220THE ASSISTANT TO INFANCY: A SPECIAL EDUCATOR by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro introduces the origins of the… |
Sequence 57There are different ways to look at cosmic education and at the cosmic vision. One that Montessori talks about is how we… |
Sequence 60Figure 10. Figure 11. Figure 10 is done by a five- year-old child who never had the presentations of the cosmic cross, and… |
Sequence 193better. So if I had been looking at birds instead of baseball .. .I Jove basebalJ and I want to goto the Mariners game tonight… |
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 7A MONTESSORI LIFE AS A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY-PART 1 by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro speaks of how Montessori… |
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… |
Sequence 255Cavalletti and Gianna Gobbi jointly worked out a program that seemed to correspond to the needs of the various ages,… |
Sequence 257Of the many things that I have heard and read during the days following Gianna Gobbi's death, I particularly like what a… |
Sequence 53(Creating cohesion by stnlimenl with th~ads of developed WlLL) • individual • personal • parallel (by age 6 or 7) (… |
Sequence 131that he or she has the necessary capabilities to function, thrive, and contribute to the community? Can education "… |
Sequence 11Montessori speaks about to occur, we must take the next step. We must "give" this environment over to the… |
Sequence 194EDUCATEURS SANS FRONTIERES: LIVING OUT THE VISION by Charlene S. Trochta Charlene Trochta's review of her experience of… |
Sequence 196to forty years in the field; several were not long out of training. I looked forward to revisiting Montessori's legacy… |
Sequence 43taught by Spanish speakers and given to Spanish speakers in a Spanish-speaking country, so I decided I needed to learn Spanish… |
Sequence 65THE RIGHT USE OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM by Kay Baker Kay Baker carefully summarizes Montessori… |
Sequence 104The model of the school in Montessori education is also different. Rather than being modeled on the factory, a Montessori… |
Sequence 162CULTIVATING THE MONTESSORI SPIRIT THROUGH f AMILY LIFE by Gerard Leonard Looking back at his own childhood, Gerard Leonard… |
Sequence 174in every skill imaginable, sports team schedules for eight- and nine- year-olds that would put the best of us in the emergency… |
Sequence 182MONTESSORI WITHOUT BORDERS by Silvia C. Dubovoy Based on her contact with the United Nations and Educateurs sans Frontieres… |
Sequence 234A diverse set of challenges faces the architect when trying to facilitate graciousness of movement for dozens, sometimes… |
Sequence 22on a collective basis. The farm's profits, if any, are, for the most part, sown back into the students' next group… |
Sequence 60and minute care as is given to the baby. ("Dr. Montessori's Third Lecture" 177) At adolescence we have… |
Sequence 103SCIENCE STUDY FOR THE ERDKINDER: PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS by David Ayer David Ayer's reexamination of the… |
Sequence 119premise: Socialization is central to who we are as human beings. It's the reason for our big brains. My second premise… |
Sequence 135ties in Montessori and Traditional School Environments." Tl,e Ele111e11tary School Jo11r11al 106.1 (2005, September… |
Sequence 143gram at which the students spent one day a week working on a small farm. Just when we finally admitted that we couldn't… |
Sequence 328Students learning about native pottery in Xochicalco, Mexico 320 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 31, No. 1 • Winter 2006 |
Sequence 329THE HIGH SCHOOL, NOBLE CHARACTERISTICS, AND PEACE by Guadalupe Borbolla Guadalupe Borbolla's humanities outline goes… |
Sequence 330First and Second Dimensions The first and second dimensions aie subjects that encompass academic materials required in the… |