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| A Montessori Journey:
1907-2007
The NAMTA Centenary Exhibit
THE NAMTAJouRNAL
VoL 32, No. 3
SUMMER 2007
In affiliation… |
| Preface
by David Kahn
Throughout 2007, the year that marks a century since the first Casa dei
Bambini, NAMTA has toured… |
| Preface, continued
The artistic layout and construction of the exhibit panels and display cases
by Romana Schneider and… |
| Son Francisco, CA. photo by Angela Zohlen
New York, NY, photo by Jerry Speier
David Kohn guiding students through the exhibit… |
| Preface, continued
The exhibit left its impression of Montessori significance on visitors at
Centennial celebrations in both… |
| Special Acknowledgements
There would be no exhibit without the generous contribution and leadership of
Thomas Mueller,… |
| The Journey Begins
Mario Montessori,
Rome, 1886
The infant, the child, the adoles-
cent construct every part of the… |
| contacted Dr. Montessori to help
with an urban renewal project in
the San Lorenzo District of Rome.
The press referred to… |
| What They Showed Us
One day, in great emotion, I
took my heart in my two
hands as though to encourage
it to rise to the… |
| the scientific apparatus I designed (or
the first Children's House. (The
Discovery of the Child, 1948)
Another Children… |
| Italy, continued
Writing on che chalkboard, an early Italian Montessori school, dote
unknown. "They revealed a… |
| Sometimes very tiny children show a precocious skill and accuracy
of movement that must arouse our wonder. If an environment… |
| Display Case
Early editions of The Montessori Method by Dr. Maria Montessori
This display case contains early Italian,… |
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| The Montessori Method, continued
II Metodo de/la Pedagogia
Sclentifica applicato all'educazione
infantile nelle Cose… |
| PARTIAL LIST OF
LECTURE APPEARANCES
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MASONIC TEMPLE
S•1urd•y December 6, 8 P. M.
NEW YORK CITY
CARNEGlll… |
| America Welcomes Dottoressa Montessori
Elementary class, The Washington Montessori School, Washington D.C., around I 9 I 6
18… |
| the Children's Houses firsthand in
the years up to 1915, returning to
write books and articles in support
of the new… |
| From Nova Scotia to San Francisco
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Seated for lunch in the glass-walled classroom, Palace of Education and Social Economy,… |
| School bus of Calgary Montessori School, Calgary, Canodo, I 9 2 9
Montessori's Beginnings in Canada
Alexander Graham… |
| The First American Children's House,
Tarrytown, New York, from 191 I
These photographs of the
Montessori school at… |
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Side-by-side individual work
Teacher observes children at work
Teacher doing dictation… |
| Display Case
American media and the spread of Montessori ideas, /911-1920s
The American resurgence, 1958 to the present
DU… |
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| American Media, continued
McClure's Magazine, May, 191 I
This issue of McClure's magazine
carried the first… |
| found its way into Head Start and
public magnet schools, joining the
War on Poverty, while established
private Montessori… |
| Far Journey to the Southlands
REPORT
Montessori Methods
of Education.
M. M. SIMPSON.
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| In New Zealand, the first mention of
the Montessori method is in the
state schools in Wanganui as early
as 191 I. Miss… |
| Australia and New Zealand, continued
There were no great institutions, no demonstrations, no great work of
propaganda by… |
| Children teaching lhemse/ves en 8/ack(riars, 1914
Rower arranging, 8/ack(riars, 1914
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| The Seminari-Laboratori de Pedagogia, Barcelona
Elementary doss, Esco/a Municipal
Montessori, Barcelona, 19 30s
Neu Col… |
| education of children. She prepared
a children's chapel, called an Atrium,
so children could have a living
experience… |
| Outdoor class, Esco/a Nocionol Montessori,
Barcelona, I930s
Cntatan folk dancing, 1930s
Spain, continued
lnstitucio… |
| Working with geometric nomenclature, Barcelona, 19 30s
Taking care of domestic animals, Barcelona,
1930s
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Child working… |
| Haus der Kinder, Vienna:
The Young Child's Adventures in Space
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Looking out, looking in. Haus der
Kinder, Vienna, 19… |
| need for simple beauty in mind. Its
model school building was designed
by the architect Franz Schuster in
the Bauhaus style… |
| The pantry
It should be possible to move
almost everything outdoors-
chairs, tables, shelves, screens,
and easels. Often… |
| Haus der Kinder, Vienna, Austria, 1930
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| The qualities of space-
the feeling of
spaciousness or of
nestling in a small
enclosure, the sensation
of being high up… |
| Haus der Kinder, Vienna,
Austria, 19 30 |
| Municipal Montessori Nursery, Vienna, 1932.
Architect: Franz Singer
Isometric projection showing the entrance,
cloakroom,… |
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Isometric pro1ection o
furniture
Housekeeping me e
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| Display Case
Vienna, Austria: Mus/co Montessori and the art of woodworking
This display highlights the musical work of Elise… |
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| Musica Montessori and the Art of Woodworking, continued
Original folio of musical selections collected by Elise (Lisi) Broun… |
| A spontaneous explosion into
singing was repeatedly observed in
Vienna and later again when Lisi
worked with children in… |
| Oasis for Montessori Expansion
Elementary students sketching from nature,
Amsterdamsche Montessori School, 1930s
The role of… |
| portive from very early on; this
atmosphere helps to explain how
the Montessori schools could
survive through such difficult… |
| The Netherlands, continued
One cannot see the method;
one sees the child. One sees
the child soul, freed from
obstacles,… |
| A cypical Dutch classroom, Eerste
Nederlandsche Montessori School, 19 30s
Botanical drawing at the Amsterdamsche
Montessori… |
| Display Case
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Natural History Drawings, Amsterdam, 1930s
Documents from the Model School ot Loren, Netherlands, 1938-/939… |
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| Natural History Drawings, continued
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Amsterdamsche
Montessori-
school, A.F.J.… |
| The Model School at Laren, Netherlands, continued
Documents from the Model
School at Laren, Netherlands,
1938-1939
At Laren… |
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Psycho-disciplines: mathematics, geometry, and… |
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| Psycho-Disciplines, continued
For more than a decade in
Barcelona, with the collaboration of
her son, Mario Montessori, Dr… |
| Doc-N:h MARIA M.OSTe.SSOkl
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| Psycho-Disciplines, continued
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Antique Wooden Stamp Game
This early stamp game box was manufaaured
in The Hague by… |
| The Early Days of Montessori Education in Berlin
Multiplication work, Berlin
Montessori class, I 92 7
Children's House… |
| In 1925, Clara Grunwald
founded the Deutsche Montessori
Gesel/schaft. In 1926, Maria
Montessori held a training
course in… |
| Our observation of children
has made us realise that work
is man's fundamental instinct
and that the child can work… |
| Working with grammar symbols, Montessori
class, Berlin-Tegel, around I 9 5 0
Eight-year-old girls are counting out the… |
| Furniture and Architecture for Children's Houses
Montessori exhibition accompanying the
Congress on Early Childhood held… |
| In 1928, the journal issued by the
German Montessori Society pub-
lished for the first time sketches of
child-sized… |
| Furniture for Children's Houses
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1n Germany
In 1928, the journal issued by
the German Montessori Society
published… |
| Children's House in Altona, 1928
Architect: Gustav Oelsner
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On one long side of the activity raom, low cupboards… |
| Display Case
Teaching materials manufactured by P. Johannes Mueller, Berlin, 1920s
Displayed here are original Germon… |
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| Teaching Materials, continued
Material for developing the
auditory sense
Three of six sound boxes, each producing
a… |
| Information about the Montessori
teaching materials that were not yet
available in Germany around that
time is given in the… |
| A Montessori Beacon to the World
Sometimes very tiny children
show a precocious skill and
accuracy of movement that
must… |
| "the sole authorized manufacturers
of Montessori materials for Great
Britain and the Dominions."
Around… |
| A Scottish Montessori School
The child has a great passion to
learn. If he did not, how could
he find his bearings in the… |
| with the paintings of famous artists
and the installation of large murals
of famous places around the world.
An important… |
| Bringing Montessori to Children in Special Need
Some of the children [ tubercular
patients] were mobile, others were
n!… |
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Dr. Maria Montessori observing at St Otteran's School, Convent of Mercy, Waterford, / 92 7. This room hod more than I… |
| Display Case
Historic Montessori items from England, Ireland, and Scotland
On display are documents from the Seventh… |
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| Historic Montessori Items, continued
Small red and blue number rods
When Nancy Jordan worked in Dublin with
children who… |
| The Second Co/or Box with artificial silk
thread tablets
This is a sensorial material for refining the co/or
sense. Today… |
| A History of War and Peace
"Enchance. Mademoiselle." An exercise
in grace and courtesy, Paris, 1918… |
| There was not a separation between
indoors and outdoors.. . . Laughingly,
we used to say, "There is never any
bad… |
| Factory where handicapped war veterans
manufactured furniture and materials for
Montessori classes, Paris, I 9 I 8
France,… |
| flS,
Fronce, 1918
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| Display Case
Practical life and language materials from La Maison des Enfants, Sevres (Paris), France, I 930s
This case… |
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| Practical Life and Language Materials, continued
From 1933 to 1938, Margot
Waltuch was a directress at La
Maison des Enfants… |
| In Europe we had aprons far
each activity. I think this
came down from the Middle
Ages, when each trade had
its own costume… |
| Discovering the Universal Child
Montessori child. Sophia College,
Bombay, around I 94 2
Working outside, Allahabad, I 9 28… |