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Sequence 54OBSERVATIONS ON SARA'S FIRST EIGHT MONTHS BY HER MOTHER by Grazia Honegger Fresco Mrs. Fresco's sensitive histnry… |
Sequence 106At the birth to three level the Montessori movement has years of experience to draw from though not experience in our own… |
Sequence 10THE MONTESSORI MOVEMENT (1956) by A.M. Joosten The development of the Montessori movement i.s followed from, Mon- tessori s… |
Sequence 14director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries… |
Sequence 16the theory of the Montessori method, and practical instruction in the technique of the method. The classes last for six months… |
Sequence 44MAHATMA GANDHI AND MARIA MONTESSORI (1969) by A.M. Joosten Mr. Joosten offers an interesting comparison of two important 2oth… |
Sequence 45imposed on Dr. Montessori who was considered an enemy alien. Being under restrictions himself, he could do nothing to have… |
Sequence 57Last, the hand should not be forgotten or banished when the intel- ligence starts building its very own construction - culture… |
Sequence 75where he sees only the sky. This is the difference between Montessori and normal education. I don't think Montessori will… |
Sequence 78with Montessori. As you made what Montessori calls the levels of ascent as you go and work through the years, what discovery… |
Sequence 48which new, higher, more perfect forms of life appeared, as totally new conditions of existence on earth came about (Education… |
Sequence 51sicy of Rome Medical School. There are many stories of the "petty persecu- cions" she endured with good… |
Sequence 52Whilst everyone was admfring my idiots I was searching for the reasons which rould keep back the healthy and happy children of… |
Sequence 61promptings of the moral self, that erects obstacles and barriers in the way of the development of intelligence, that condemns… |
Sequence 71new point of view, he can easily verify it by observing his own child. As Csikszentmihalyi points out, "The rapt c.… |
Sequence 21le is clear from an analysis of human development that education is an indispensable function in che formation of man.… |
Sequence 142Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the… |
Sequence 150viva] of the fittest demands, safeguarding tradition in order to under- stand how co achieve social and technical skills… |
Sequence 182perspective, education becomes a process of assisting human develop- ment, working coward full and whole construction. le… |
Sequence 197The leader sets che paccern by scimulacing discussion, encouraging dialogue, and opening his or her own actions and decisions… |
Sequence 201PARENT EDUCATION MAGAZINE.5 UNDERWAY NAMTA board members"l1ave authorized rhe publication of an expanded parent… |
Sequence 7THE IMPORTANCE OF MONTESSORI 2000 New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) was founded in 199 l by Lamar… |
Sequence 11MONTESSORI 2000 MISSION T he United States of America is thirsting for bold, new education designs. The exponential knowledge… |
Sequence 58A second source of difficulty for the historian is that the documents we still possess were written from a particular point of… |
Sequence 133Naturally, it is possible to be so unrelenting as a teacher that too much is demanded of students, or the wrong things… |
Sequence 159RUFFING MONTESSORI SCHOOL PEACE CURRICULUM: AN INFORMAL NARRATIVE by John Long In these excerpts from a talk presented at… |
Sequence 161The ways in which conflicts are resolved within a classroom are impor- tant, too; invariably conflicts come up. It's… |
Sequence 9ABSORBENT MIND UPDATE: REsEARCH SHEDS NEW UGHf ON MONTESSORI THEORY by Annette M. Haines Citing numerous emptrica/ studies… |
Sequence 117Another one is "those youngest best," which means, historically, that iri a matriarchate, the youngest son… |
Sequence 126to escape marriage with the father. The mother is dead before the story is opened, and that is why the father is wanting to… |
Sequence 141TIME FOR SIXES AND SEVENS by Rilla Spellman Startingfrom an analytical understanding of the developmental process that takes… |
Sequence 168Montessori talked a good deal about the "spiritual preparation" of the teacher(1936, pp. 115-123), and it… |
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 79Th&i;young' child de- mands, "Help me to doit myself.n:rheado- lescent demands, "Help me to… |
Sequence 66who spoke a language no one knew and made boxes of caroed ivory for rare medicines imported from India. 7bere was a sailmaker… |
Sequence 9THE ECOLOGY OF TIIE MIND by Luciano Mazzetti The title of this lecture, "The Ecology of the Mind," comes… |
Sequence 33THE DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro, M.D. Introduction In our growth… |
Sequence 64A six-year-old's drawing of the Good Shepherd and sheep (lstituto Assunzione, Rome). 60 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. /9, No… |
Sequence 65THE CHil.D AND TIIE ADULT by Sofia Cavalletti 7be one who makes himself as little as this little eh ild is the greatest i:n… |
Sequence 72References Albe rich, E. 0972). Natura e compiU di u.rza catechesi modenza. Torino-Leumann: LDC. Aquinas, St. T. (tr. 1941… |
Sequence 161teaching, which are now standard fixtures in the early education scene in America. Dr. Montessori was strongly influenced by… |
Sequence 91900 1910 1920 1930 1980 1990 Timeline of Montessori Adolescent Programs 1907: Casadei Bambini founded In Rome early… |
Sequence 25• choose well; need normalized core group • limited to 15% of class • limited to 20% of class • only after extensive… |
Sequence 18concrete, real, and relevant to the lives of young children; (5) provid- ing experiences for children that are outside of the… |
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 185IN MEMORIAM ELISE BRAUN BARNETT 1904-1994 On November 20, 1994, the Montessori community lost a tireless lover of children… |
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 189Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was the first woman physician of her native country, Italy. She became interested in… |
Sequence 204NAMTANEWS NAMT A Forges Ahead with Conference Projects In late September, 1994, with funding from the Hershey Foun- dation… |
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 156UNIVERSALITY OF THE SPECIAL CHILD by Nimal Vaz Human beings are generally accustomed to taking survival for granted. At a… |
Sequence 9viewed her educational principles from the very start as anything less than a contribution to the whole planet. Accordingly,… |
Sequence 14these "deficient" children, in 1907 she took her new teaching prin- ciples to "normal"… |
Sequence 15In addition to help from her longtime assistants, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle, Montessori was accompanied by her son,… |
Sequence 55Greek art has survived all other arts as though it were immortal and superior to them all. Truth positively sought for is… |
Sequence 26SLIDE SHOW TO INTRODUCE WHAT Is MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL? Maria Montessori was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Born in Italy… |
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 228century, no scientist or philosopher any longer believed in the idea of linear development during the prenatal period, in the… |
Sequence 242willing to compromise. 23 As far as she was concerned, selecting some aspects of the method and excluding others meant… |
Sequence 243nature of the method. 24 The final result was that, as Montessori herself writes: "The world of official education… |
Sequence 246In The Absorbent Mind, Montessori writes, "The child is endowed with unknown powers which can guide us to a radiant… |
Sequence 48THE CASA OF SEVRES, FRANCE by Margot Waltuch Margot Waltuch's pictorial documentation and personal description of her… |
Sequence 147chemicals is obviously an attempt to recapture some of the qualities of optimal experience by artificial means. Alcohol,… |
Sequence 187The prepared environment must allow for social interaction and be multi-aged. Research sug- gests that "the human… |
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 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 40couple of different angles, one being parent education-that it's new language and a new way to talk about their child,… |
Sequence 62Q: Do you think it's actually possible to directly teach people to make the optimum choice when their skill levels and… |
Sequence 77I said, uoh my God, how can they use the word creative in connection with synchronized swimming?," which to me… |
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 127NORMALIZATION AND NORMALITY ACROSS THE PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT by David Kahn With the current emphasis on the four planes of… |
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 138visitor you'd be swept off your feet when you see what's happening with children. It interests me as to what they… |
Sequence 142fixed in your mind. What is your place in the cosmos? What is the child's place in the cosmos? What is our purpose on the… |
Sequence 36direttamente da Dio. lo nascondo il mio immenso potere e lo uso per ridurre la mia divinita a umanita- per diventare come te… |
Sequence 44gathered from throughout the world were more than just a little shocked to hear her begin her speech with the honest admission… |
Sequence 56THE MONTESSORI FAMILY AND ME by Margot W altuch This beautiful vignette of Margot Waltuch' s connection to the… |
Sequence 57La Dottoressa wanted to find out more about me: the how and the why and the who and the what. Her approach to people was to… |
Sequence 58to someone. People had a context for her, and this was the first educa- tional principle I learned from her. Since my family… |
Sequence 59She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live… |
Sequence 63It was a delight to watch Mario with children of any age, in any country, immersed in any situation. Mario could speak with… |
Sequence 72Prepare teachers through prolonged practice with observation of nature .... (Discovery 66-77) And when I talk about freedom… |
Sequence 94NORMALIZATION AS OUR PRIMARY WORK Perhaps this conference marks the next step in our development of Montessori's ideas.… |
Sequence 149in other words, who had been deeply scarred by the war, injured in both body and soul. 6 Other types of institutions have… |