| The
NAMTA
Journal
The
NAMTA
Journal
The Art of Montessori
Grace and Courtesy
Volume 40 Number 1
Winter 2015
Joen… |
| What Is NaMta?
The North American Montessori Teachers’ Association
provides a medium of study, interpretation, and im-… |
| In affiliation with the Association Montessori Internationale, The NAMTA
Journal is edited and published three times per year… |
| The ArT of MonTessori
GrAce And courTesy
Social coheSion, Grace, and courteSy: an editorial .....................
by Pat… |
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GrAce And spiriTuAliTy
children: a different way of BeinG chriStianS .......................... 159
by Patricia Coulter… |
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Schaefer • Social Cohesion, Grace, and Courtesy: An Editorial
Social coheSion, Grace, and courteSy:
an editorial
by Pat… |
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Despite overt efforts in traditional education to insist upon
good… |
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Schaefer • Social Cohesion, Grace, and Courtesy: An Editorial
What does Montessori mean by this? She actually created an… |
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ronment. It creates the boundaries and limits the choices. The first… |
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as one that progresses. In figure 2 below, her illustration… |
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the educator tries to help by persuasion and example ...
Both pupils and… |
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of the conscience of the individual, which develops through… |
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---. Education for a New World. 1946. Oxford: Clio, 1989.
---. From… |
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Ludick • Grace and Courtesy Across the Planes of Development
Grace and courteSy acroSS the
PlaneS of develoPment
by Pat… |
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turity, arises as a first necessity: for man is a unity, an… |
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Ludick • Grace and Courtesy Across the Planes of Development
a larger view of seeing life (the window), but then to… |
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Some Thoughts on Grace
Grace in its simplest form is the manner in which… |
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process is often connected with the goodness and interaction… |
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and light in the lives of others. From the infant to the child to the… |
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the work of the will, deepest respect, and consideration,… |
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young lad proceeded to take his coat, to offer him a chair, and then… |
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in shared conversation. He shook his head, still in disbelief… |
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Watch for the mistakes and how children embrace those realities.
Note… |
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what does that feel like and what happens when things fall… |
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Now with a lens on grace (the respect for oneself) and courtesy
(that… |
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As she experiences life in the toddler program and in the… |
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During the second stage, language becomes the language of
discovery and… |
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We must trust the work of these constructive stages of life.… |
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The needs of the adolescent for language deal with the realities of… |
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be able to respond to another ’s needs with genuine devotion… |
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other in civil and compassionate ways, of all humanity becoming
one… |
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and body language and movements that reflect respect and love… |
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of education, for this is the only way to build a new world
and to bring… |
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Pat Schaefer |
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Schaefer • Grace and Courtesy and Beyond
Grace and courteSy and Beyond
by Pat Schaefer
Taking up the cause of grace and… |
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NAMTA © Tim Kahn
The whole process begins in the primary, in the House… |
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other egos, of simply “the other.” It is a spiritual way of being. It is
quiet… |
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propriate got far more enthusiasm and attention. At the close of the
day… |
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old boy who tweeted two words
that set off a wildfire of accusa-
tions and… |
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who they really can be as individuals, as group members, and as
creators… |
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MDP © Sara Guren
remembrance. It stokes our memories of activities and people… |
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Wisdom Day
In the 1980s, I received a phone call from Susan Hartman. She… |
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shoulders in through the school’s main doors, shaking hands with
the principal… |
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thorns are written on pieces of paper
and represent those things that… |
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about being present to life, being grateful for it, for one another,
for the… |
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We must pay attention to the implications of what we are doing
when we… |
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children choosing unnecessary electronic communication over the
simple, natural… |
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put one’s own aggrandizement over others as the bully does. In es-
sence… |
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contributing the civility of a citizen who cares, is empathetic, and
effective.… |
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When talking with Chris
Anderson, former editor of Wired
and now chief… |
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com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-
tech-parent.html>.… |
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Soholt • Living Grace and Courtesy in the Primary
livinG Grace and
courteSy in the Primary
by Polli Soholt
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First, they offer specific skills and information that aids the child
in… |
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precedes any conscious interest in the social world, suggesting
it… |
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who has not yet revealed himself to us. This steady faith aids us in
our… |
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and courtesy lesson to every child in the room. The skills that are… |
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to do the skill. This results in the children giving these presenta-… |
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Courtesy
The dictionary definition of courtesy is excellence of manners… |
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outrageous exploits are protected by a veil of anonymity,
we are fast… |
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such as touching my work, talking too loudly, or jumping over their… |
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the little community
If we look at all of this social guidance we are… |
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the tools and means to seek out and form communities of this type
when… |
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Bettmann • Nurturing the Respectful Community through Practical Life
nurturinG the reSPectful community
throuGh Practical… |
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Might we want them to have courage and strength in the face
of… |
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A quote from E. M. Standing may be worth reflecting… |
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more perfect and orderly manner, what he strives to do in
any case by… |
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Develop concentration;
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be so focused and engaged… |
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limited and without duplicates so that the maxim
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“less is more” is… |
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Grace and Courtesy
This area is a direct response to… |
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Opening a door for another
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Knocking before entering
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Offering help… |
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be bored because they already know this protocol.… |
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Another reminder for us is that other practical life exercises are… |