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Sequence 76As I mentioned, the sequence of myelination is very patchy. The areas that control the reflexes myelinate first, and then the… |
Sequence 77in case they fall. This is controlled by the vestibular system. Also the doll's eye reflex, which is easier to understand… |
Sequence 78They can recognize their own mother's breast milk smell, and certainly body odors. T think that's something we don… |
Sequence 79moting breastfeeding. Even without all those high-tech medical interventions, the kangaroo care babies did really well. So… |
Sequence 80Babies need lots and lots and lots of exercise. They need to get on their tummies to work on that head support, and they need… |
Sequence 81There are some recently discovered neurons up in the frontal lobe-you may have heard of them-called mirror neurons, that are… |
Sequence 82or Daddy is if you say the word. But it's not until about one year of age that they start saying their first words or… |
Sequence 83exactly what Judi was talking about: the number of words spoken to children in different homes, which, by the way, correlates… |
Sequence 84Photo courtesy of Sara Guren 78 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 34, No. I • Winter 2009 |
Sequence 85NORMALIZATION UNDER THREE by Judi Orion Montessori speaks of normalization as ti,e single 111ost important aspect of the… |
Sequence 86ment, deviations in the personality occur. What can occur in a such short life that can cause this deflection away from one… |
Sequence 87Montessori was very clear about when and how to cure these deviations, to help the child to once again integrate the physical… |
Sequence 88As you are so well aware, in a Montessori framework, we place enormous importance on independence, beginning with functional… |
Sequence 89positively to external- ized order, but she certainly needs help in maintaining that exter- nal order. The external order… |
Sequence 90Parents need to honor their child's stages of development, rejoice in their newfound ability to separate for a short… |
Sequence 91mis-placed work on the floor and puts her work in the appropriate place, leaving the work on the floor. Or she simply places… |
Sequence 92ability to help in the maintenance of that order is developing, but we must be realistic in how much they can do independently… |
Sequence 93For example, when giving the names of fruits, we begin with the simplest, most commonly tasted fruits in the child's… |
Sequence 94Obedience Maria Montessori talks in a number of places about obedience. She says that children pass through three levels of… |
Sequence 95meet the reality of a toddler's abilities on a daily basis (as their abilities and understanding are constantly changing… |
Sequence 96Louise J. Kaplan 90 The NAMTA Jouma/ • Vol. 34, No. I • Winter 2009 |
Sequence 97BIRTH AND REBIRTH: PARALLEL DEVELOPMENTAL PASSAGES IN INFANCY AND EARLY ADOLESCENCE by Louise J. Kaplan This article looks… |
Sequence 98givens and maturational processes, which make it something in certain ways so different from what happens in infancy. I am go… |
Sequence 99have that similarity. Their initial inspiration did not come from working with normal children, but from working with children… |
Sequence 100Psychological oneness between mother and infant will go on to become a psychological barrier that protects the infant from… |
Sequence 101tions according to the baby's changing requirements for closeness to her and distance from her. When she translates the… |
Sequence 102By two months the baby has become aware that he is held together and protected from tension and excitement by some spe- cial… |
Sequence 103Molding and stiffening is the choreography of oneness. The baby's changing needs for emotional closeness and distance… |
Sequence 104Hatching Hatching is a term from Margaret Mahler. By the time he is five months old, the baby is somewhat aware of the… |
Sequence 105base. The invisible bond that gives the baby rein to discover his place in the world also brings the creeping baby back to… |
Sequence 106infant has learned to walk away, he usually has mastered most of the dilemmas of relating his body to the physical world of… |
Sequence 107The toddler's pulsating, airborne body is infatuated with the friendly expanse of open spaces. He has found a perfect… |
Sequence 108experience of the love affair of the world, and some children you could see hanging back even during this time, going to the… |
Sequence 109blithely go on with business as usual as though his mother counted for nothing. His subdued mood is a sign that he is strong… |
Sequence 110in the flesh, the toddler w i II do everything in his power to coerce her back into being an extension of himself. At the… |
Sequence 111The battle of wills begins. Whining explosions of "No" and "Mine" dominate the household.… |
Sequence 112No-saying is the self-aware toddler's method of trying to ap- proximate the Jost omnipotence of his love affair with the… |
Sequence 113to the floor, shrieking, kicking, pounding, hitting, a part of the child wants desperately to stop. He is vaguely aware of the… |
Sequence 114a lot of her methods that the opportunity to participate in real life helps a child. She also would have agreed that whenever… |
Sequence 115Everything that happened before comes into question during the adolescent phase, and it should. That's why, as Erikson… |
Sequence 116deal with aberrations. What I'll talk about today is not about ab- errations, except every now and then; it's the… |
Sequence 117deprivations of this infantile past. But even these regressive re- externalizations, which sometimes drive the parents into… |
Sequence 118the desire it limits. In other words, the more intense the desire, the harsher the superego can be. The young child's… |
Sequence 119Instead of reacting to disobedience and rebel- lion with the "shoulds" and" ough ts" of… |
Sequence 120from one person to another, one feeling to another, one time frame to another-displacements that are temporary and reversible… |
Sequence 121There are adolescents who for weeks, sometimes months, eat just enough, refusing meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk, desserts,… |
Sequence 122piece-by-piece relinquishment of the past that transforms incestuous desire into adt1lt genitality. But when the anxiety… |
Sequence 123Eventually, the destructive wishes directed toward the parents become turned around toward the self. Self-denigration and… |
Sequence 124in early adolescence. They basically take three forms: The least pathological is when the adolescent has so successfully… |
Sequence 125re-experienced, and reinterpreted. This arduous piece of emotional work is the prototype for mourning the death of a loved one… |
Sequence 126Narcissism The other dominant themes of the adolescent narrative evolve out of the fate of narcissism. It is one of the… |
Sequence 127can do whatever I want, when I want." But she doesn't believe that for very long. Although there is some… |
Sequence 128of a semester-museums, businesses, the stock market, courtrooms, and fire stations. ln fact, anything that lifts the student… |
Sequence 129civilizing trends of childhood and latency. One of the trials of any revolution, whether in the individual or in the social… |
Sequence 130Photo courtesy of Lynn Lillard Jessen 124 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 34, No. I • Winter 2009 |
Sequence 131MONTESSORI FROM THE START: FOUNDATIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE by Lynn Lillard Jessen and Paula Polk Lillard Ms. Jessen and Ms.… |
Sequence 132Lynn and I were attending the AMI International Congress in Amsterdam in 1979 when Dr. Silvana Montanaro first described Dr.… |
Sequence 133this before, as soon as they enter the classroom. There is awe in their faces and they are smiling. Consistently, it is hard… |
Sequence 134table. The teacher gently pats the table with her hands, and Terry remembers to stand aside. After a few minutes, the teacher… |
Sequence 135them away, the teacher says, "Just one in the bag," and leaves to join several children sitting on the floor… |
Sequence 136what her gestures mean. When a child leans on another's table, the teacher's hands patting the table mean, "… |
Sequence 137ers to see incremental steps of progress as they are happening. My advice to them-to you if you are a new teacher-is, &… |
Sequence 138The goa I is to be able as adults to exercise self-control in all areas of life: the ability to follow through, to make our… |
Sequence 139in the basement of the independent school that the older two of my then four daughters attended. None of the materials from… |
Sequence 140allows us to operate in freedom. Children reveal their true selves to us through their work. Choice in work allows the child… |
Sequence 141for the adult and the child, both of whom are now at the mercy of the child's unformed mind. THE FORMATION OF LANGUAGE… |
Sequence 142work was everywhere: on the tables of all sizes, on rugs on the floor, in the hallways, all displaying the children's… |
Sequence 143How do we do this for the young child in the first sub-plane when they don't so much reflexively copy us (although they… |
Sequence 144book on the current financial crisis, The World ls Curved by David Smick, and [ highly recommend it to you. As we eventually… |
Sequence 145hours spent playing with my dolls under the weeping willow tree whose branches hung to the ground making the perfect hideaway… |
Sequence 146Monlt•..,sori, Maria. To £1/urntr //rt' H11111a11 Polt•11/inl. 1948. O,ford: Clio, 1989. Monll''-Sori, l\laria… |
Sequence 147The NAMTA Jo11mal 141 |
Sequence 148142 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 34. No. 1 • Winter 2009 |
Sequence 149CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUDIES by Mary Reinhardt Ms. Reinhardt presents a practical article on upper ele111entary "appren… |
Sequence 150two and a half years) is designed with a two-way mirror so the older students were able to be unobtrusive. They were given… |
Sequence 151The interactions varied. Some days the apprentice read book after book in our library. Sometimes the availability of the… |
Sequence 152into adolescence. (My future plans, when all of us are on one cam- pus, would be for the sixth-years to continue as… |
Sequence 153how their child has dominated dinner conversations with tales about working in the toddler class. There may be opportunities… |
Sequence 154Susan Tracy with students 148 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 34. No. I • Winter 2009 |
Sequence 155MOTHER AS THE FIRST PREPARED ENVIRONMENT by Susan Tracy S11sa11 Tracy's deep research about the prenatal, periHntnl,… |
Sequence 156particular stage of development. lt is no different for the prenatal period. In reference to the prepared environment, Maria… |
Sequence 157the child grows and experiences life, physically, emotionally, relation- ally, and spiritually. These early impressions become… |
Sequence 158THE BABY ls SENTIENT EVEN BEFORE CoNCEPTIO How can this be? How can a being without a body, brain, or sense organs perceive… |
Sequence 159I I sperm. The current thought at that time was that the sperm always aggressively penetrated the egg, and the first one… |
Sequence 160To prepare the e11viro11111e11t forco11ception, the couple must strengthen their loving relationship. According to Wendy… |
Sequence 161THE BABY Is SENTIENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PRENATAL PERIOD The prenatal period is a significant time to build relationship. We… |
Sequence 162ing all of these early experiences and the emotions involved with them. These memories will affect how we perceive life, but… |
Sequence 163The mother's experiences and emotional responses while pregnant are expressed through the chemistry of the womb and… |
Sequence 164THE BABY CONTINUES TO BE SENTIENT DURING THE BIRTH PROCESS To prepare for the process of birth, the mother must be aware of… |
Sequence 165THE FrnsT HouR AFTER BIRTH: THE NEWBORN ls A SENTIENT BEING Because the newborn is sentient, aware, and responsive to ev-… |
Sequence 166The first hour following birth is a profound time to promote bonding. The infant is in a state of quiet alert and is taking in… |
Sequence 167with the parents for the first hour. Studies show that leaving the parents alone with the baby for the first hour results in… |
Sequence 168/_ d uces stress hormones, and enhances social responsiveness (Verny & Weintraub). The opiate-like quality of… |
Sequence 169Medically oriented birth practices can greatly interfere with na- ture's design for bonding by disturbing physical and… |
Sequence 170Responsiveness to the infant's cries leads to secure attachment in the infant by one year of age. CONCLUSION Babies and… |
Sequence 171REFERENCES Barrack, A. C." A Journey of Love: The Influence of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology on Parent-Child… |
Sequence 172McCarty, W. "Keys to Healing and Preventing Foundational Trauma: What Babies Are Teaching Us." Bridges-ISSS£… |
Sequence 173The NAMTA Journal 167 |
Sequence 174M. Shannon Helfrich 168 The NAMTA Jou ma/ • Vol. 34, No. I • Winter 2009 |
Sequence 175THE PSYCHO-MOTOR AND SENSORIAL ROOTS OF THE DISCIPLINES FROM BIRTH TO Six by M. Shannon Helfrich Emphasizing that the start… |