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Sequence 13We could cooperatively establish a curriculum using as a guide the student's goals, interests, and needs. Coming out of a… |
Sequence 15prepare the adolescent by continuing the Montessori emphasis on the inte- grated process of personality and learning based in… |
Sequence 22"Man," said Maria Montessori, "is overcome with hatred and does not obey the laws of nature. Nobler… |
Sequence 43Like the God of Genesis, creation theology looks at che whole of creation and sees chat it is good. Traditional Christianity,… |
Sequence 44A theology which makes redemption its primary theme will have a vested interest in man's sin and weakness, fur if these… |
Sequence 46MO~ORI AND THE BAHA'f FAITH* by Barbara Hacker The life and work of Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952), scientist and… |
Sequence 71new point of view, he can easily verify it by observing his own child. As Csikszentmihalyi points out, "The rapt c.… |
Sequence 86which we have now come in constructing our scale of character states is thus concerned with decision or choice respecting both… |
Sequence 54Another activity for writing practice is ro search through all the sand- paper lerrei:s co find those char start with the same… |
Sequence 70books are not enough. Mario Montessori Sr. reminded us of this when he noted how difficult it is to help children understand… |
Sequence 85kitchen help, which makes che school a place where our children can grow spirirually. A loving atcicude must pervade the… |
Sequence 145occupation and Montessori refers to as work of the land. Dr. Montessori writes: ... therefore work on the land is an… |
Sequence 150viva] of the fittest demands, safeguarding tradition in order to under- stand how co achieve social and technical skills… |
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 17Direct application of ideas conceived through observations and interpre- tation of the work of children is curriculum… |
Sequence 59see that I have a responsibility to the students to help them to be prepared for various weather forms particularly with a… |
Sequence 96"We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intel- lect; we apprehend it just as much by… |
Sequence 122develop far-reaching programs of study for all who wish to participate. In the following four sections are described two real… |
Sequence 144have shown, for instance, that the gains recent Head Start graduates show in scores on intelligence and socio-emotional tests… |
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 201MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUM SELECTS NEW DIRECTOR Endorsed by both the Association Montessori Internationale and the… |
Sequence 204have three primary and one low elementary classes 10 feed our own high elementary class- room. Beautiful school, warm… |
Sequence 206three primary and two elementary classes (ages 6-12). The new Head of School will have the exciting opportunity to implement… |
Sequence 9ABSORBENT MIND UPDATE: REsEARCH SHEDS NEW UGHf ON MONTESSORI THEORY by Annette M. Haines Citing numerous emptrica/ studies… |
Sequence 141TIME FOR SIXES AND SEVENS by Rilla Spellman Startingfrom an analytical understanding of the developmental process that takes… |
Sequence 182servation and discovery, freedom and discipline. These are not things which are switched off and on for certain periods… |
Sequence 39What are the new frameworks and Montessori telling us? Mathematical reasoning, problem solving, communication, and connections… |
Sequence 61being? What makes a culture a culture? What makes a story a story? The philosophical question can provide a basis for an… |
Sequence 177years. Preferably small city mountain area. Please contact Lee Elion, 47 Beach Road, Tahvnanui, Nelson, NZ; phone (03) 348-… |
Sequence 9THE ECOLOGY OF TIIE MIND by Luciano Mazzetti The title of this lecture, "The Ecology of the Mind," comes… |
Sequence 25• choose well; need normalized core group • limited to 15% of class • limited to 20% of class • only after extensive… |
Sequence 52Many responses are broad or vague, and as such leave a ve1y wide range for interpretation. Some may well be developmental… |
Sequence 83Children can also keep an alphabetically filed dictionary of their known words on index cards in a small file box. They can… |
Sequence 95multiplicity of forms (myths, legends, folklore, poems, nonfiction, short stories, novels) with self-confidence intact,… |
Sequence 98est power of the universe, with God. The word inspiration derives from the Latin spirare, "to breathe"; its… |
Sequence 121sciousness, activate their personal schema. Have you ever been taken somewhere you didn't want to go? (Gilly is being… |
Sequence 150aristocrat who, in an act of tremendous condescen- sion, offers himself to his social inferior. It is an in- credible… |
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 212STEP BY STEP MONTESSORI SCHOOLS in Minneapolis, Minnesota will be hiring certified, experienced Montessori teachers for the… |
Sequence 50Life is a series of weanings-weaning from the womb, weaning from the breast, weaning from parents' bed or crib, weaning… |
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 109Fun11ff C11,.1uL\'GE: PUBLIC SCHOOL MONTESSORI Montessori is still expanding in the public sector, with 10 to 15… |
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 205The North American Montessori Teachers' Association in cooperation with The Montessori Teacher Education Collaborative… |
Sequence 9viewed her educational principles from the very start as anything less than a contribution to the whole planet. Accordingly,… |
Sequence 65COMMITMENT TO PEACE by Renilde Montessori In the coming weeks, Renilde Montessori will assume duties as head of the… |
Sequence 15unconscious, brings the reader to a full understanding of the power of the unconscious in learning, and of how emotional… |
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 42NAMTANEWS FALL CONFERENCES SET RECORD Al;'TENDANCE This fall's conferences were the best ever with resounding suc… |
Sequence 19asked to play or sing the next line and create a variation based upon it. In both examples, the second "intelligence-… |
Sequence 20members of other societies, performances of the non-Western subjects improves dramatically. While being "culture-… |
Sequence 28mances on these two very different measures. The Stanford-Binet was administered by an independent psychometrician to 19 of… |
Sequence 55Praxis refers to the different uses of words. Praxis involves aware- ness of different parts of speech, for example,open the… |
Sequence 79Montessori insists on constructing an environment for the child in which the child can be active, a prepared environment with… |
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 164One other factor to mention briefly is the quality of parent- adolescent interaction that I saw and heard about after two… |
Sequence 225The "Blue Plane" of Maturity The plane of maturity, 18 to 24, corresponds more or less to university life,… |
Sequence 35In substance, they reflect the general attitude of 19th-cen- tury science, which felt justi- fied in proclaiming, in all… |
Sequence 125element in playparks and adventure playgrounds. In new or redevel- oped school buildings, field facilities should be provided… |
Sequence 12something or get some assistance in a store, I am reminded of this. It seems that adults think that if teenagers are in a… |
Sequence 147chemicals is obviously an attempt to recapture some of the qualities of optimal experience by artificial means. Alcohol,… |
Sequence 258Salary scale based on degrees and ex- perience. Excellent benefits. For an application call Brian Giersch, Supvr. of… |
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 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 175tion becomes possible if there are activities that are appropriate to the child. Activities need to catch interest, bring… |
Sequence 176As educators, we have several things to do: 1. Limit everything that is not "person." The right limits are… |
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 15about intellectual development at all, but deal more broadly with the kind of people we hope children will turn out to be,… |
Sequence 60other. You need the autonomy, but, equally important, you need the community." And especially with young children,… |
Sequence 110principle is embodied in the Cyl- inder Block, where there are ten cylinders and ten holes into which they fit. The… |
Sequence 118another more spiritual realm. Maria Montessori said, "creative work ... lifts man up from earth and transports him… |
Sequence 122But the mind must have something to express. Imagination rests on facts and on information which have accumulated in some… |
Sequence 123many choices for self-expres- sion. Different children are attracted to different forms of art. How many of us engage the… |
Sequence 181What, then, is the central human issue of culture, viewed scien- tifically, within the Epic of Evolution? It is the issue of… |
Sequence 215agency of genes, which contain the program for the development of structures and functions within the biological organism.… |
Sequence 218Now is there any kind of guidance among the various scenarios of the future that we may or may not endorse through our… |
Sequence 222transmitted and becomes more and more complex. We get mortars and pestles and then stone grinding mills and all of that-just… |
Sequence 106SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK AND THE CHILD by Mario M. Montessori edited by Renilde Montessori Last month, in Edinburgh, Professor A.J… |
Sequence 6/J~ ---------------------- MONTESSORI EDUCATION: p AST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBLE by David Kahn In 1998, Renilde Montessori… |
Sequence 30• Children as young as ten or eleven being involved in rape • Ten-or eleven-year-olds taking heroin and other drugs. Another… |
Sequence 268(Donna)/831-455-1546 (Adrii) 8:00 AM-3:00 PM. MONTESSORI CHILDREN'S HOUSE, a well-established San Francisco preschool… |
Sequence 283Competitive salary and benefits are offered. Please send your re- sume to: Michelle B. Murrain c / o Charlotte Preparatory… |
Sequence 294Soon-to-be master degreed teacher, experienced with: organic farming, wetlands ecological res- toration, community building… |
Sequence 69nation, she rejects Froebel's way of doing so on the basis of fantasy because, as she says, it forces the child to &… |
Sequence 89COSMOS, HISTORY, AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT by Gerard Leonard A rare weave of classroom examples, literary allusions, and… |