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Sequence 143ectoderm. It's from the ectoderm that the nervous system will form. The ectoderm also forms the skin, so there's… |
Sequence 144If the neural pore on the anterior or head end fails to close proper I y, we have a defect known as anencephaly. Literally the… |
Sequence 145can go in there and close up this wound and get the nerves back inside to prevent some of those secondary problems that can be… |
Sequence 146estimated to raise the average woman's consumption of folic acid by about one hundred micrograms per day. So it helps,… |
Sequence 147PRENATAL INFLUENCES ON THE BRAIN Now we'll try to cover, to some degree, all of the important influences on the brain.… |
Sequence 148survive. Studies have been done on the various sensory modalities of premature babies to see what they' re processing.… |
Sequence 149because it's pretty dark in there. But they can detect the difference between very bright and very dark. Most women don… |
Sequence 150smell is quite mature at birth. Newborn babies can detect all the different basic ea tegories of odor. It's probably a… |
Sequence 151unit. The womb is by no means a quiet place-there's Mom's voice, and even louder than her voice is her heartbeat and… |
Sequence 152From ultrasound studies we now know a lot about babies' move- ment patterns, and fetal activity is actually a very good… |
Sequence 153delivery was going so poorly that they should have done a Caesarian). So there is an important role for Caesarian section in… |
Sequence 154weight, that is, less than two kilograms (5.5 pounds), are at higher risk for various neurological and mental problems. This… |
Sequence 155solvents, which are used in dry cleaning. I was fortunate enough to inherit a nanny who was fired from her previous job for… |
Sequence 156about three drinks per day throughout pregnancy, there is an effect on cognition and behavior that is not morphological-you… |
Sequence 157or however long you want to carry out your study, and then you must follow them out and see how the pregnancy went, whether… |
Sequence 158a slightly increased risk of miscarriage among flight attendants. (But some researchers believe it is more a matter of job… |
Sequence 159The drugs I mentioned are all prescription drugs. There are no non-prescrip- tion medications that are proven teratogens.… |
Sequence 160A). As I said, most drugs tend to fall into Category C, which basically relieves the drug company of responsibility. Still,… |
Sequence 161having one drink. Three percent admitted to drinking at least one drink per day or at least one binge. So alcohol consumption… |
Sequence 162We don't know yet, but it would seem that prenatal experience is getting "cleaner" than it used to be… |
Sequence 163been linked to behavioral problems in school-aged children, like ADHD and conduct disorders. Now with all of these drugs of… |
Sequence 164that is found in the blood of smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke. We've only relatively recently learned that… |
Sequence 165tions, but there is increasing evidence that caffeine in early gestation does increase the risk of miscarriage as well as… |
Sequence 166But then when we get into the realm of lower frequencies-micro- waves, for example, and computer monitors-there has been a… |
Sequence 167Let me first talk about cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is a very common virus. It poses no danger to most of us. In fact, many… |
Sequence 168it to the fetus, it's another ten percent chance that the fetus will be permanently harmed as a result. So it's not… |
Sequence 169We're all tested for rubella immunity a tour first prenatal visit, and if you're not immune to rubella or have low… |
Sequence 170almost certainly incapable of harming the fetus. Microwave ovens are not dangerous. A lot of people were worried about… |
Sequence 171Stress is not a clear teratogen, but there's some indication that it increases the risk of miscarriage, and so it's… |
Sequence 172166 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 27, No. 1 • Winter 2002 |
Sequence 173LIFETIME DEVELOPMENT AS SEEN THROUGH THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE by Judi Orion Early development shapes one's… |
Sequence 174All children deserve to be unconditionally accepted and loved because they're sim- ply human. They're one of us.… |
Sequence 175where we tend to be very general, where we could train ourselves to be more specific, our children would absorb a much richer… |
Sequence 176Most importantly, however, is that the foundation for human relationship is being formed during this period: not just the… |
Sequence 177to be one of being able to put our own needs aside and say, "OK, for the time that I'm in this room, I'm 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 179Toileting can become an This vision that Maria Montessori had issuewhenachildisinastress- of the child, the potential of the… |
Sequence 180cannot transition into the Primary class until they are toilet trained. Now if you're taking a new child from the outside… |
Sequence 181weekend. We certainly had an interesting discussion yesterday in that little workshop on using this information in-did we ever… |
Sequence 182Hopefully this weekend has given you a little renewal of this vision. I want to give you two quotes. One is from E.M. Standing… |
Sequence 183THE IMPACT OF THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY PROGRAM ON PRIMARY CHILDREN by Liz Hall When a Primary ( ages three to six) class… |
Sequence 184Dr. Montessori defined the nor- mal path of development as one in which the two streams of en- ergy in the child, the… |
Sequence 185without coercion, and left him free to wander around at will-provided he disturbs no one-and if she has let him choose his… |
Sequence 186To sum things up in Dr. Montessori' swords, "A creature can be led astray by something that is in itself quite… |
Sequence 187from the idea that most three-year-old children have not been sup- ported in their normal path of development and will… |
Sequence 188before you can be really sure that they're never going to have a lapse in toileting. And, of course, given the conditions… |
Sequence 189fails to challenge children from an infant community, who, you re- member, have been actively involved in practical life… |
Sequence 190have had at least one child who came in from a home environment already on the path to normalization. We also need to assess… |
Sequence 191and three. But what we need to do is assess the ones that are develop- mentally appropriate in our assessment of this child… |
Sequence 192Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Clrildlrood. 1936. Trans. M. Joseph Costelloe. Notre Dame, IN: Fides, 1966. Standing, E.M.… |
Sequence 193The NAMTA Journal 187 |
Sequence 194188 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 27, No. 1 • Winter 2002 |
Sequence 195USING THE ASSISTANTS TO INFANCY FOR PRE-ADOLESCENTS: ANTICIPATING A HEALTHY p ARENTHOOD by Judi Orion The life cycle of… |
Sequence 196Obviously, we first had to get the parents on board because I was going to be dealing with the physical anatomy of the human… |
Sequence 197twenty-four weeks-because of new medical technology, twenty-four- week fetuses can be viable fetuses. So this timeline is a… |
Sequence 198We do hearing, and we break down the auditory sense into many different things. The first two show a continuous pattern… |
Sequence 199ing to watch the children. I put up the female anatomy first, and I went through all the external anatomy and I went through… |
Sequence 200sive to six- to nine-year-olds: "Wow! I wonder if puppies do that too. I wonder if kittens do that when they're… |
Sequence 201see that this hormonal swing that they're going to go through in adolescence, and all those kinds of changes, are really… |
Sequence 202physically what happens to your body when you hit adolescence. I can't talk to boys because I've never experienced… |
Sequence 203One little boy wrote on an evalu- ation one time, "I want to see a real baby." Aha. At that time at the… |
Sequence 204.------------------------------- ·-- can give them a 'presentation' with manipulative materials, they can take… |
Sequence 205That's the program that we did in a capsule. So what I'm interested in doing now is some dialogue about how that… |
Sequence 206And I was very up-front: "This is what I'm going todo." "Do you think my child's too… |
Sequence 207children it was the first time they'd seen a birth. And I didn't want them to associate blood and birth. Q: Where I… |
Sequence 208Q: Because I think that would be very unthreatening to parents and to the kids. A: Yes, if you don't call it sex… |
Sequence 209realize your child is not your child anymore. Your child is now entering a phase of life when they could physiologically be… |
Sequence 210up and certainly encourage the parents to talk to their children. Because that is the value system-you're right-the… |
Sequence 211A: It's like we don't discuss all the emotional ramifications of all the things that could happen in a birth. Every… |
Sequence 212A: Yes, you certainly would now. But I think, again, that is a discussion for the adolescent. Q: 1 think of my own son, eight… |
Sequence 213with adolescents who didn't go through this program who were doing internships. I tried to give them some idea of where… |
Sequence 214get older. I don't see it as a one-shot deal. I see this as an ongoing process with a group of kids. Q: I have a… |
Sequence 215A: To address your first issue, that whole value about the essence of love and the creation of new life is there before we… |
Sequence 216Q: I think there needs to be a distinction between emotional aspects versus embarrassment about the product itself. But from… |
Sequence 217A: How interesting. Q: I have to agree with the scientific approach because not all families have that love. It would be… |
Sequence 218exclude the idea of families with a father and a mother as from the picture of love. I don't think you should need to… |
Sequence 219conceived in love-the love between two women-and the sperm just came from somebody else. Butthat child, in fact, from their… |
Sequence 220THE ASSISTANT TO INFANCY: A SPECIAL EDUCATOR by Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro Dr. Montanaro introduces the origins of the… |
Sequence 221child, the greater must be the preparation of the people who will take care of him or her. During the many years she spent in… |
Sequence 222Bambini at Palazzo Taverna in Rome, where, even during fascism, she continued the observation and education of young children… |
Sequence 223I decided to do the course. I began attending Adele Costa Gnocchi's lectures and going to Palazzo Taverna for… |
Sequence 224been tried out in the home and in Infant Communities. 1 For instance, a low, large bed is a great help for the sensory and… |
Sequence 225The NAMTA Joumal 219 |
Sequence 226Computer Associates' classroom-Before Montessori Computer Associates' classroom-With Montessori materials… |
Sequence 227MONTESSORI TRANSFORMATION AT COMPUTER ASSOCIATES by Lisa Mars Since 1997, Computer Associates, Inc., has placed AMI… |
Sequence 228were put in strollers to go for walks. The rooms contained lots of plastic toys. The only mixed age groups were the… |
Sequence 229status, it is probably easiest to look at the changes in each community. Our Nido, or "nest," for children… |
Sequence 230and finish their food or they will be hungry. The children watch the adults eating with cutlery and then are given a spoon… |
Sequence 231apple by seeing an apple, feeling an apple, and tasting an apple enables the child to absorb the experience. Children now do… |
Sequence 232what their child has received until they have moved into the elemen- tary school arena and they see the results in their… |
Sequence 233NAMTANEWS NAMTAJouRNALs: PRODUCTION REPORT AND SCHEDULING With the release of a nearly definitive 600 page Journal in… |
Sequence 234NAMTA CONFERENCE REPORT At Chicago's Spiritual Development of the Child conference, 150 participants expressed an… |
Sequence 235John McNamara: Algebra Made Montessori Larry Schaefer: Defining Upper Elementary and Adolescent Linkages David Kahn, Laurie… |
Sequence 236CLASSIFIEDS Arkansas Walnut Farm Montessori School is seeking an AMI 6 to 9 teacher for the 2002-2003 school year ( or… |
Sequence 237five Primary, three Lower Elemen- tary, one Upper Elementary and one Middle School. MIR is actively seeking AMI trained… |
Sequence 238Lake Tahoe's recreational area. We have fully equipped classrooms, in several different campuses through- out Northern… |
Sequence 239AMI Montessori Institute OF MILWAUKEE. INC. 3195 S. Superior St. • Suite L 428 • Milwaukee. WI 53207 414-481-5050 • Fax 414… |
Sequence 240Florida The Montessori Children's School of Key West is seeking ener- getic Montessori trained teachers to join their… |
Sequence 241The New Gate Center for Mont- essori Studies in Sarasota, FL. is looking for exceptional Montessori Elementary Teachers to… |
Sequence 242Contact: Gail Pruitt Borden 3340 Chestnut Drive Atlanta, GA 30340 Phone: 770-457-7261 Or email gborden@earthlink.net… |