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| What Is NaMta?
The North American Montessori Teachers’ Association provides a
medium of study, interpretation, and… |
| In affiliation with the Association Montessori Internationale, The NAMTA Journal is edited and published three times
per year… |
| Harvest, Courtesy of Mi Casita Montessori, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala |
| Preface: revelations then and now—Guided by nature .....1
by David Kahn
Part I
the ChIldren’s house: Indoors, outdoors,… |
| Part II
hIstory oF the unIverse: the earth and the
IntegratIon oF the human PersonalIty ...............................81… |
| Part III
montessorI Pedagogy and PlaCe: JoInIng humanIty ......173
the adolescent: takinG on the task of humanity—… |
| Maria Montessori, India, approximately 1940 |
| Dedicated to
Debra Hershey Guren
and
Orcillia Oppenheimer
for their ongoing support of
Montessori education and
the… |
| Courtyard of the third Casa dei Bambini, Milan, Italy |
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Preface:
revelations then and now—Guided by nature
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the surrounding natural environment. The adult
brings the little one into… |
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of the human personality and of our planetary
system are playing… |
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intellectual understanding of nature and ecology.
Cosmic Education… |
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all of Montessori. The critical function of the natural
world is… |
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Shepherding pygmy goats, Telperion Farm School, Balmoral, Mpumalanga (not… |
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Children need a real connection and a freedom to be
in nature—… |
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“The race down the broad walk after a busy morning,” description by… |
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Part I • The Children’s House: Indoors, Outdoors, Freedom Within Limits
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Parents look out of the windows and assist in the courtyard at Casa dei… |
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Montessori • The House of Children
the house of children
lecture, KodaiKanal, 1944
by Maria Montessori
This article… |
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When we are in an apartment building or entrance
hall that has very… |
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Montessori • The House of Children
Greek art, the temples are round and the pillars are
fluted in structure. In royal… |
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one for a library, one for a kitchen, another for a
laboratory, and so… |
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Montessori • The House of Children
Returning to the topic of the House of Children,
everything was all right except the… |
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the open air, so that the child gets the benefit of the
fresh air.… |
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Montessori • The House of Children
In scouting, there are exercises that have as their
aim the development of the… |
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part in work. Work can be of varied kinds
in the garden: preparation of… |
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Montessori • The House of Children
Copyright © 1944 Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company. NAMTA would like to express its… |
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Children hoeing, Sèvres, France, 1936, courtesy of Margot Waltuch… |
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Montessori • Nature in Education
nature in education
by Maria Montessori
This piece of writing addresses the “boundless… |
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be a great help to a child. The seashore is often
thought to be… |
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Montessori • Nature in Education
and from the enervating example of those who walk
about him silent, indifferent, and… |
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will laugh with joy and want to stop to touch it with
his hands as if to… |
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Montessori • Nature in Education
Our ideas about flowers are too symbolic, and we
try to mould a child’s reactions to our… |
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in the wind and grow until they are at the height
of a child’s shoulder… |
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Montessori • Nature in Education
Reprinted from The Discovery of the Child, pages 69-77, copyright © 1988 by Montessori-… |
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Grinding, with effort and concentration |
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Peller • The Children’s House
the children’s house
by Lili E. Peller
Lili Peller’s The Children’s House essay begins… |
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equipment of the house whether her working day
is a long chain of… |
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Peller • The Children’s House
cannot do for himself. In the children’s house, the
burden of being small in size, weak,… |
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other children is nothing new, disproves this; they
often like to play… |
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Peller • The Children’s House
might be a step leading up or down to one of the
alcoves; or an alcove might be separated… |
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intertwine. This may explain the fascination which
these gadgets hold… |
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Peller • The Children’s House
to expect the child to use each piece of equipment
in the conventional way and to make it… |
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does miss something. The more all “perishable”
items, anything that can… |
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Peller • The Children’s House
Outdoor Equipment. As mentioned before, the
playground should be directly connected with… |
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Courtesy of Tessie Schjetnan, Montessori del Pedregal, Mexico City, Mexico |
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Chawla • Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness
bondinG with the natural world:
the roots… |
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She’s still a young child, but she’s observing the
natural world… |
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open in the woods for a child is the one… |
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effects of television is to create what researchers
call the mean world… |
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Chawla • Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness
a question for schools as we have more and… |
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There have been some amazing studies done
right here in South Chicago.… |
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Chawla • Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness
Chicago have also begun to do work with… |
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There are studies of elementary school children
that rate the children’s… |
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advanced KnowledGe
Rachel Carson leads us… |
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share with all the other elements of the web of life.
To go from… |
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children (Taylor, Kuo, & Sullivan).… |
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migrating animals: monarch butterflies, birds,
creatures that move… |
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Chawla • Bonding with the Natural World: The Roots of Environmental Awareness
Louise Chawla is a professor in the College… |
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Hand washing on the patio, Sophia College, Bombay, around 1942 |
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Montessori • Exercises of Practical Life: 3 to 6 Compared to 6 to 12
exercises of Practical life: 3 to 6 coMPared to 6 to… |
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Children serving soup, Laren, Holland, 1940,
courtesy of Margot Waltuch… |
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Montessori • Exercises of Practical Life: 3 to 6 Compared to 6 to 12
HouseofChildren,3–6years
Elementary,6–12years
3.… |
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HouseofChildren,3–6years
Elementary,6–12years
4.… |
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Montessori • Exercises of Practical Life: 3 to 6 Compared to 6 to 12
HouseofChildren,3–6years
Elementary,6–12years
1.… |
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HouseofChildren,3–6years
Elementary,6–12years
6.Gymnastics:jumping,… |
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Montessori • Exercises of Practical Life: 3 to 6 Compared to 6 to 12
Child washes cloths for classroom which over the next… |
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Courtesy of Prairie Hill Learning Center, Roca, Nebraska |