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Sequence 6THE FIRST EXPANSION: THE SECOND PLANE Montessori called the imagination of the elementary child "the flaming ball of… |
Sequence 7With the introduction of the elementary level, the classroom environment becomes the first discussion of consensus, part of… |
Sequence 8Those Montessori schools which produce expectations and then write them down should not think that the process is finished. In… |
Sequence 9elementary teachers who together demonstrate their understanding of the interface. For instance, the unit bead, the ten bar,… |
Sequence 10created dioramas and artifacts represent animal life, plant life, and the needs of peoples. Music can certainly do the same.… |
Sequence 11afternoon a week or one day after school, preserving the daytime for open, independent work. Team teaching is also a… |
Sequence 12students. Also, human relations and psychology might meet the need to deepen understanding of parent and child dynamics. And… |
Sequence 13all-day designs which build a more natural pace and better relation- ships between the children and the adults. Usually at… |
Sequence 14incredible cognitive ability. Addressing the progressive questions of the universe, life diversity, humans and nature,… |
Sequence 15school takes on its final stage of maturity. Endowments emerge to build scholarships, provide for building maintenance and… |
Sequence 16C 0 .. t'CI ... - .!!! C ·e "C < E t'CI ... 0) 0 ... ll. THE EVOLVING MONTESSORI… |
Sequence 17Coming of Age 6-7 classrooms Maturing the Montessori Identity 6-1 o classrooms Parents begin capital campaign for building… |
Sequence 1LINKING THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL: THE IMPORTANCE OF p ARENTAL CHOICE IN ADMISSIONS by Sharon L. Dubble, PhD The Montessori… |
Sequence 2for the most part, dependent upon the opinions and decisions of teachers and school administrators in determining the… |
Sequence 3participation in the educational process. The Montessori administra- tor plays a critical role in shaping an admissions… |
Sequence 4to enroll a child. In effect, it is not only the child but the whole family which is enrolled, creating from the outset a… |
Sequence 5After parents have received preliminary information about the school, they are invited to visit and observe classrooms in… |
Sequence 6Once a decision has been made to enroll a child, additional steps are taken to firmly initiate this partnership with parents… |
Sequence 1ALL-DAY MONTESSORI: CREATING A ''CARING COMMUNITY" By Mary Verschuur, PhD When Isa t down to prepare this… |
Sequence 2Care has become a glib euphemism, suggestive of some superior painstaking consideration, when all it is, is a word not only… |
Sequence 3If, for example, disaster struck Omaha this morning, would you care? Yes, you probably would. You'd feel sorry for those… |
Sequence 4• Helping the child to do it him- or herself (not doing it for him or her as conventional wisdom would argue) • Showing or… |
Sequence 5We do all these things by the way we relate to the parents. We can best help them to help themselves by being open and… |
Sequence 6control: situations in which you can help parents to help themselves and their children, by your intervention. Amber came… |
Sequence 7the difficulty. In other words, you would be resourceful in seeking a good match for the child while refraining from being… |
Sequence 8where is also for the parents. They could not go to work if there were nowhere to place their children. If they choose my… |
Sequence 9sort of care and consideration we offer to the children who enter our prepared environment. Talking of the prepared… |
Sequence 1ATTACHMENT PARENTING: A STYLE THAT w ORKS by William Sears, M.D. Each day, expectant couples come into my office with eager… |
Sequence 2Make a Commitment Very early in your parenting career, before the birth of your baby, make a commitment. Promise your… |
Sequence 3family situation. In my opinion, the most effective parent support organization is La Leche League International, a worldwide… |
Sequence 4Life is a series of weanings-weaning from the womb, weaning from the breast, weaning from parents' bed or crib, weaning… |
Sequence 5cues that he is giving you about where he needs to sleep. You are also trusting yourself to respond to your baby's needs… |
Sequence 6cry one hour the first night, forty-five minutes the second night and by the third night, he'll sleep through the night.… |
Sequence 7By now you may be thinking that attachment parenting is all giving, giving, giving. Well, to a certain extent, that is true.… |
Sequence 8emergence of your child's self-esteem, the feeling of rightness which is so vitally important to the development of… |
Sequence 9Long-Term Benefits Attachment parenting has long-term benefits too. Let me share with you a very important concept of child-… |
Sequence 1GROUNDS FOR CHANGE: LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES IN BRITAIN by Bill Lucas There are more than 30,000 schools in Britain.… |
Sequence 2It was to tackle these issues that Learning Through Landscapes was created. Back in 1986, an imaginative and forward-looking… |
Sequence 3field. All of this was complemented by a fairly aggressive campaign in the educational press. In three years, we largely… |
Sequence 4elements of science, geography, physical education, and art can really not be taught effectively inside. Scientists can… |
Sequence 5to suggest that a school places little value on its pupils. Pupils deduce a cultural context in which their activities take… |
Sequence 1AFFECTION FOR NATURE AND THE PROMOTION OF EARTH STEWARDSHIP IN CHILDHOOD by Roger A. Hart, PhD It is a great irony of modem… |
Sequence 2of an abstract understanding of ecology would be quite adequate. However, for those who see the ultimate solution to our… |
Sequence 3Behind the stated con- cerns of individuals for the environment, there are at least three possible moti- vations. One is a… |
Sequence 4animals as somehow existentially closer to people. If this is so, then maybe children would be much more interested in the… |
Sequence 5thought to what it was I enjoyed as a child. From this reflection I would like to add a couple of additional reasons why… |
Sequence 6(1908/1985), faced this issue and concluded that children should be given an already-finished, beautiful garden. This might… |
Sequence 7in monoculture on a billiard-table sur- face of soil. The sustainable develop- ment of the environment implies a different… |
Sequence 8or "nurseries" at an early age for children's protection. But to be kept in a variety of nurseries… |
Sequence 9community level where solutions need to be found for the more appro- priate management of the landscape. By beginning with… |
Sequence 10Froebe}, F. (1887). The education of man (Trans. W.M. Hailman). New York: Appleton. (Original work published 1886) Hart, R… |
Sequence 1DARE TO Do ERDKINDER: REPORT FROM CHICAGO by John Long "What type of adult does civilization need?" This… |
Sequence 2need to return to Montessori's writing-particularly From Childhood to Adolescence and Education and Peace. But it was… |
Sequence 3this is pretty simple, but it is enough for the emerging adolescent to get his mind around, to understand the service we each… |
Sequence 4Mr. Rajki, who owns the farm in partnership with the Amish, had never heard of such a privilege. Our students experienced… |
Sequence 5threw a rope around the cow, and tried to pull her up onto her feet. He failed to get her up. So he made a phone call that… |
Sequence 6Could our school afford an Erdkinder program? Perhaps. If we needed to buy a working farm in a farming community (remembering… |
Sequence 7faculty without increasing the number of students. I'm sure there are creative solutions which could reduce the number of… |
Sequence 8ences in the natural world; many connect young people in myriad ways to adult society. All strive to provide a meaningful… |
Sequence 1HUMAN SOLIDARITY: REFLECTIONS ON CHICAGO by Patricia Ludick In Dr. Montessori' s lecture "Human Solidarity in… |
Sequence 2third plane? Are we not immersed in some necessary creative tension as we strive to bind our present explorations with her… |
Sequence 3that of social reconstruction and moral reform, that of bringing about peace and justice in our world. If this is the… |
Sequence 4adolescents I work with, discussions, reflections, and lessons on the fundamental spiritual and physical needs of humans often… |
Sequence 5basic human values through spiritual good works. Is this not the human being we desire to see as part of our future as a… |
Sequence 1CLAUDE CLAREMONT' S CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING by Harvey R. Hallenberg Claude A. Claremont… |
Sequence 2the Montessori educational community, yet he made most of his discov- eries in his own classroom working with a group of… |
Sequence 3great chasms and mighty rivers but also the trusses that support the roofs of our houses. Spanning space continues to be an… |
Sequence 4The elementary student is especially sensitive to historical context. The sense of time and duration crystallizes out of a… |
Sequence 5are guaranteed to please and educate. You can thank Claude Claremont for leading the way. THE STRUT TOWER Materials: 1.… |
Sequence 6Prerequisites: 1. Some skill with scissors and rulers-ruling off lines and cutting along lines 2. Some ability to follow… |
Sequence 7c. The child may make a few mistakes before this scoring procedure is mastered. She must learn to lean all of her weight on… |
Sequence 8c. Now the child can begin gluing the struts to the base. Have the child measure 1" up from the end of a strut along… |
Sequence 9i. Once the tower has been thus "capped," it will be quite sturdy. However, further bracing is necessary if… |
Sequence 10Points of Interest: 1. Scoring the lines that become the spines of the struts 2. Feeling how sturdy the tower is at each… |
Sequence 116. Some children may wish to interview an architect or a build- ing contractor. 7. You can show interested children how a… |
Sequence 12Educational Aims: 1. To demonstrate that steam can push the cork out of the barrel with great force 2. To demonstrate that… |
Sequence 13dislodged from its support base at the moment of firing. Someone directly behind the cannon could be burned by contact with… |
Sequence 14lid. The demonstrator should not touch the Sterno can to reseat the lid tightly until the can has cooled completely (several… |
Sequence 153. Measuring the distance the cork was propelled is always popular. Observers should be assured that they will all have an… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI HEAD START IMPLEMENTATION BRIEF by Alcillia Clifford and David Kahn MONTESSORI HEAD START: A COMPREHENSIVE… |
Sequence 2thus has a track record unrivaled by any alternative educational model currently in use in Head Start. The Montessori &… |
Sequence 3outs, and various presentations, allowing children to link sounds and letter symbols effortlessly and to express their… |
Sequence 4development and the educational process. Montessori has tradition- ally included a strong parent-education component that… |
Sequence 5cational theory, material demonstrations, supervised practice with Montessori apparatus, observation of Montessori classrooms… |
Sequence 67. Build a consensus among staff regarding the extent of Montessori implementation. The Montessori faculty should have a… |
Sequence 7a. Expansion dollars may be available to offer services to an area which is newly determined to contain children living in… |
Sequence 8• Write an Expansion Proposal (required for any new Delegate Agency), meeting deadlines at each step. a. Submit Expansion… |
Sequence 9Delegate Agency: An organization designated by a Grantee to operate a Head Start program, using funds channeled through the… |
Sequence 10Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. Karnes, M. et al. (1978). Immediate,… |
Sequence 1MONTESSORI AND ASSESSMENT: SOME ISSUES OF ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM REFORM by Annette M. Haines INTRODUCTION This study… |
Sequence 2In short, Montessori entails a plan of education very different from the traditional idea of schooling. Worlds collide when an… |
Sequence 3priations and authorizations processes for such programs rely on outcome-based measures of effectiveness-generally,… |
Sequence 4kindergarten year and each year thereafter. The MMAT and the CAT, mandated by the school district and the state of Missouri,… |
Sequence 5The teachers interviewed were unanimous. All said that they were aware of test objectives and tried to cover the objectives… |
Sequence 6Another principal explained that the court gives $85,000 every year in order to raise language and math achievement. The… |
Sequence 7The second principal echoed the first, suggesting that people tend to overvalue and misinterpret test scores. This principal… |
Sequence 8to 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 9suburbs, compared to all the schools in the nation .... And this is what the courts use, and this is how people get money.… |
Sequence 10sequence of presentations as a more dynamic way of assessing student progress than "paper-and-pencil tests."… |
Sequence 11Yet some form of standardized assessment is viewed as necessary to inform decisions at the classroom, school, district, and… |