| South Africa: Grassroots Networks
South Africa: Montessori in the Context of Social Reform
Jenco School, o villoge-operoted,… |
| neighborhood elders or councils in
the remotest areas, in certain cases
barely accessible by car. One such
training program… |
| Montessori in Africa, continued
Helping one another, Uma Lourdes School,
Soweto (near Johonnesburg), I 998
Mosizokhe… |
| Truck containers used as classrooms in a
settlement near Cape Town, 1995
Proaica/ life shelf, Umtota Training Centre, 2002… |
| Children's House co/or toblet work at
Telperion Farm School, 1998
Montessori in Africa, continued
Inter
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| Outdoor work, Zamo Care Centre, Daveyton,
East Johannesburg, 1998
Composting at the Montessori Centre, near
Johannesburg, I… |
| Tanzania: The Help the Children Project
Selecting a handmade mop, Montessori
Nursery-school, Koriokoo, Dar es Saloom,… |
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Children in native costume, Mtwara, Tanzania,
2006
Building concentration with the pink tower,
Mtworo,… |
| Display Case
Teaching materials fabricated by students of the Montessori Training Center in Mtwara, Tanzania
On display are… |
| Teaching Materials, Montessori Training Center; Mtwara, Tanzania |
| Teaching Materials, continued
Matching numeral and quantity of number
The ch,ld places the r,ght number of sno,1 she/ls 10… |
| Shangani-West. Thirty young women
from different parts of Tanzania live
and study in the college for two
years. During… |
| Thai land, Pakistan
Pouring milk, Thailand, 2006
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Thailand: Developing the
Child's Potential
An early 20th-century… |
| Pakistan, from 1939
The Montessori movement in
Pakistan goes back to I 939, when
Maria Montessori conducted her
first… |
| Nepal and the Tibetan Children's Village,
Dharamsala, India
Looking over pottery, Nepal, about 2000
Infant in native… |
| Studying English, Tibetan Children's Village, 2003
Writing on the chalkboard, Tibetan Children's
Village, 2003… |
| Japan: Precision and Refinement
As early as I 912, an article on
Montessori appeared in the
Japanese newspaper Nanchouhou.… |
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| China: Rapid Expansion
Since the first two Montessori
classrooms appeared in China in
1994, Montessori has become more… |
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| Movement and Silence
Walking on the line was a daily occurrence about midday-often out-oJ-
doors .... The children [in Sevres… |
| In this passage written in 1967,
Claude Claremont described how to
start the Silence Game: "Setting her
chair in a… |
| Movement and Silence, continued
Children love silence and
immobility and practice it
spontaneously. One day [in
Sevres,… |
| To balance requires great attention, New
Zealand, 2006
Walking o balance beam, United States, 2000
Happily striding towards… |
| Montessori College Oost, Amsterdam, 2000
Architect: Herman Hertzberger
Side view of the school
Technical lesson
Workshop… |
| The building, which is finished to a
high standard using exceptional
materials and color, gives the
young people a high… |
| Study need not be
restricted by the curricula
of existi.ng secondary
schools and still less need
we make use of their… |
| One of the seven staircases that hang 11~
"nests" at differeni le~ls high up 1n the atnum.
One of their… |
| Religious Education
Such things, therefore, must appeal to their tender minds as
the end of effort patiently sustained,… |
| The heart of the Catechesis for the
child under six is the parable of the
Good Shepherd Qohn I 0). Over 50
years of research… |
| Religious Education, continued
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| Enacting a story from the infancy narratives, the
Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, Mount St Peter's,
United States, 1993… |
| Display Case
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Religious education and the Montessori method
This display case contains early editions of Montessori's… |
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| Religious Education, continued
Pope John Paul II visiting on atrium in
Rome, /983
The atrium is in Nostro Signora de Lourdes… |
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work of… |
| Sowing the Seeds of the Sciences
"The eye that sees and the hand that
obeys:• South Africa, 2006
Dramar:ic… |
| paleontology, and zoology, as
well as natural history as a
whole. The third story tells the
origins of humans, with a… |
| Cosmic Education, continued
The laws governing the
universe can he made
interesting and wonderful to
the child, more… |
| Studying the time/ine of life on earth, a
geologicof.biological progression of animals,
plants, and earth changes, Japan,… |
| Adolescent Boarding Program in the United States
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Adolescents… |
| This multifaceted environment
provides academic contexts for
young adolescents arising out of
experiences in a variety of… |
| Montessori Adolescents on the Land, continued
Sampling animal specimens from the pond,
Hershey Montessori School, 2006… |
| Scottish Highland cow named Walter Wallace,
Hershey Montessori School, Ohio, 2006
Cooperative carpentry, Hershey Montessori… |
| Montessori Farm Programs in
Africa, Australia, and Mexico
Shepherding pygmy goats, Telperion Farm School. serving ages 3-18… |
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Playing the didgeridoo, Wadja Wadja High
School, 2005… |
| Montessori's Social Mission
Montessori in Public Schools
Montessori today has almost 400
public schools throughout the… |
| Montessori and the Tibetan
Children's Villages
More than I 00,000 Tibetan refugees
live in India in exile in more than… |
| Margot Waltuch and Amos, 1933
Peace and Education, continued
A Time for Peace on Earth
Sandwiched between two world
wars,… |
| You [Maria Montessori] have
very truly remarked that if we are
to reach real peace in this world
and if we are to cany on a… |
| Peace and Education, continued
Montessori and Children
with Disabilities
Munich, Germany, was the place of
origin for one… |
| The child is universal. He
has existed in all ages and
will continue to be born until
the end of time. There is no
child of… |
| Peace and Education, continued
Montessori in Latin America:
From Argentina to Mexico,
1911 to 2007
Montessori schools had… |
| Montessori and the Australian
Indigenous Communities
Since the mid-1980s, Montessori
learning programs have been
developing… |
| Peace and Education, continued
Caring for Young Refugees: Montessori in Southeast Asia
Political upheavals in Southeast Asia… |
| For to be free is not merely to cast
off one's chains, but to live in a
way that respects and enhances
the freedom of… |
| Display Case
Exploring language: The sandpaper letters and the moveable alphabet
This case displays contemporary examples of… |
| 161 |
| Exploring Language, continued
The alphabet in direct
connection with spoken
language-that is the way to
achieve the art of… |
| Japanese sandpaper letters
These letters are Hiragana characters, one of
the three graphic systems in Japan. The other
two… |
| Rome, 1886
Los Angeles. I 915
United States, 19 I 7
United Kingdom, 1929
1870
Maria Montessori born on August 3 I in… |
| /915
Second trip to the United States, accompanied
by her son. Mario. Addresses International
Kindergarten Union and… |
| India, 1939
1928
The book Das Kind in der Familie, based on
lectures she gave in 1923 in Vienna, is published
in Germon. (… |
| 1948
Training courses in Mmedabad, Adyar, and
Poona; lectures in Bombay. Trip to Gwalior. India;
supervises the opening of a… |
| Books Published by Maria Montessori
Mario Monressori, /roly, 191 2
__ during Her Lifetim_e _____
_
1909. II Metodo de/Ja… |
| 1946. Education for a New World.
Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra.
1948. De J'enfant a /'adolescent (From… |
| Display Case
Correspondence of Morio Montessori ond Morio M. Montessori
Displayed here are rare personal glimpses of the… |
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171 |
| Correspondence, continued
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| Translation: "The f,ttle carriages travel by
rhemselves in !he descent borne by gravity and
!hey tum and tum along… |
| Correspondence, continued
Letter from Mario M. Montessori to
Elise (Lisi) Braun with handwritten
addendum from Marlo… |
| Letter from Morio M. Montessori to
Morgot Woltuch, February 6, /950
This letter, written during Morio Montessori's
80… |
| Maria Montessori's Vision
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Maria Montessori greeting children at the
St Angelo School in Rome, around 1911
Man… |
| Through the study of children I have scrutinized human
nature at its origin both in the East and the 14est and
although it is… |
| A Montessori Journey 1907 to 2007
Patrons
Anonymous Donation through Si Helena Monressori School
Association Montessori… |
| Photo Crediu, continued
Elise Broun Barnett Collection
Soro Brody
Helen Brophy
Kannekar Butt
Coring for Young Refugees… |
| Welcome to the Children's Mural
This portion of the exhibit was created from over 800 pieces of work submitted by 35… |
| Dedication
With the children from these worldwide Montessori schools we celebrate the I 00 years of Montessori
work and look… |
| Notes and Sources on the Historical Panels
by Gerard Leonard
Introduction
The following is not a complete bibliography of… |
| The Journey Begins
As early as 1898, Dr. Montessori was promoting educational reform as
a means to end social inequities.… |
| Notes and Sources, continued
What They Showed Us (Italy)
The photos of the first Casa dei Bambini and the Casa in Milan are… |
| Far Journey to the Southlands (Australia and New Zealand)
We are indebted to Debbie Senoff-Langford of Chicago for graciously… |
| Notes and Sources, continued
Centenary Exhibit. The collection also contains Lisl's beautifully handwritten
notes of Dr… |
| Another Viennese Montessorian and Holocaust survivor who made a
significant contribution in the United States was Lena Gitter… |
| Notes and Sources, continued
Montessori in England, Scotland, and Ireland
Montessori teachers have been training in London… |
| Discovering the Universal Child (India)
Adding to what has been mentioned on the Indian panel, the famed
Gujarati educator… |
| Notes and Sources, continued
Three major bibliographies of Montessori-related books and articles have
appeared in recent… |
| During the Second World War, Salomea Aleksandrowicz also ran a small
free Montessori kindergarten in the Krakow Ghetto in 1941… |
| Daily Concerts for Listening/Moving
Band I
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Band II
GALLOP
MARCH… |
| Band IV
TROT
SLOWWALK
GALLOP
MARCH
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SLOWWALK
RUN-MARCH
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BandV
WALTZ STEP
RUN-MARCH
TROT
WALTZ… |
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| A Very Special Thanks ...
. . . . to Joe Fleischhacker, Tim Kahn, and Jackie Moss for taking on the back-
breaking work of… |
| Daily Concerts for Listening/Moving
The background music for the exhibit featured Elise Braun Barnett playing
a selection of… |