| The
NAMTA
Journal
Connecting Montessori to the World
Volume 44. Number 1
January 31, 2020
Sarah Werner Andrews Tessa… |
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THE NAMTA JOURNAL
CONNECTING MONTESSORI TO
THE WORLD
PREFACE… |
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PREFACE
In the fall of 1975, Volume 1, Number 1 of the North American Montessori Teachers’ Associ-
ation Quarterly was… |
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And John Merrow… |
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Andrews • Refining our Practice as Montessori Teachers
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REFINING OUR PRACTICE AS
MONTESSORI TEACHERS: CULTIVATING
A… |
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REFINING OUR PRACTICE AS MONTESSORI
TEACHERS: CULTIVATING A DEEPER… |
| To go beyond Montessori is to rediscover Montessori.
I think of these words when I reflect back on my own early years in the… |
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her to take another look, to dig in, and to come to a deeper understanding… |
| mond, and Dr. Patricia Kuhl (a specialist in early child-
hood language development at the University of Wash-
ington who… |
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about the children of privilege in America, “The children snatched the… |
| But in this quote, Montessori tells us the teacher must prepare herself, not by means
of the content, but by means of the… |
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What about the methods and models specific to early childhood? The… |
| The Heart of the Montessori Method
“If pedagogy is to take its place among the sciences, it must be characterized by its… |
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Without observation, regular, practiced, intentional observation, we can… |
| True justice doesn’t mean that there is a single law for all; this kind of justice puts
everyone at the lowest level. Some… |
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all of the good possible in them. Not only the obvious
things, but the… |
| children’s actions reflect our ability as a teacher, or lack of
ability. The children are their own beings. They are not us.… |
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“Too often,… |
| LEARNING, LISTENING AND
LISTENING WELL
Tessa Lochhead (on the left) co-founded the Pirurvik Preschool in 2015 with Karen Nu… |
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LEARNING, LISTENING AND
LISTENING WELL
by Tessa Lochhead
The Pirurvik… |
| observations taught her that children learn best with quality hands-on materials that help
them with real life skills, instead… |
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Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc, initiated a study entitled ‘… |
| We got together with a few parents in the commu-
nity who were also supportive of this idea, and created
the preschool parent… |
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In these initial DEA meetings, we spoke about how Montessori learning… |
| will be based on learning, listening and listening well to each and every communities’
needs and celebrating that cultural… |
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WORKS CITED
First… |
| PRACTICAL LIFE AS A MODEL FOR
CONNECTING THE
CHILD TO HIS WORLD
Junnifa Uzodike is an AMI-trained Montessori educator for… |
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PRACTICAL LIFE AS A MODEL FOR
CONNECTING THE CHILD TO HIS WORLD
By… |
| daily life. In the beginning, the child does these activities to develop himself and gain as-
sociated skills. However, they… |
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snack. The child peels and slices those five and it becomes 40 slices… |
| have to clean up, bake, and then wait to share the fruits of their efforts with the rest of the
community as part of lunch.… |
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Every day, we use a variety of cloths in our environment. Some for wiping… |
| get cost estimates for their needs. Once they had confirmed their needs, it was time to take
a trip to the market. While an… |
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room. The child gets to experience the full lifecycle of vegetables,… |
| They notice and take delight in these seemingly small discoveries and have the language
to identify things that they see or… |
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COMMUNITY BUILDING IN SCHOOLS
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Terry N. Ford, a bilingual first grade… |
| COMMUNITY BUILDING IN SCHOOLS
by Terry N. Ford
Working in the urban environment of Dallas, Texas, executive director of Lumin… |
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community. The title of that speech was “Montessori in Dallas for… |
| Sherley ended up going to work for The Creative Learning Center, whose mission
was to educate children from poverty families… |
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watching our black and white TV as the civil rights movement unfolded. I… |
| the Dallas public schools to open a private school and are currently continuing to train
teachers. And Terry is standing in… |
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All of us look for ways to create that atmosphere, not only in the… |
| Montessori concept: the prepared environment. Knowing that the key to learning - for
children, parents, and staff – is feeling… |
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perspective of “You”. You think …You feel …You always …You never ...This… |
| deeply about her grandson. By recognizing good intent, we can build on what we have in
common.
When something goes missing,… |
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One of our most… |
| MONTESSORI’S VISION: A GUIDE TO
SUPPORTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN
THE DIGITAL AGE
Elise Huneke-Stone is the Director of AMI… |
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MONTESSORI’S VISION: A GUIDE TO
SUPPORTING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE… |
| have been thinking, hey, who does she think she is, making us follow her directions? I
don’t want to sing in public! I don’t… |
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and that singing in a group was especially important. The article stated… |
| The truth is, we don’t really know. We don’t know
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yet - how adult experiences in the digital age compare to
children’s and… |
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And what if I were reading the comments, good and bad, polite and rude,… |
| We will trust that our next keynote speaker, Max Stossel from the Center for Hu-
mane Technology, will share more fully what… |
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able for their access and exploration. And of course they adapt to the… |
| And here is another part of the older’s costume cleverness: She has asked that her
younger sister be dressed up too-as the… |
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them to form humans of their time, humans of their civilization.” (… |
| Here’s how I first heard about the human tendencies, in my first AMI training, in
1987 at the Washington Montessori Institute… |
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Abstraction
Imagination
Repetition, Self-Perfection, Exactness, Control… |
| The tendencies for communication, imagination, and abstraction are particularly
important to consider when we are tasked with… |
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A true social life: To me as a Montessorian, this means a life of body,… |
| lofty mission.” Yes, that’s what’s needed. That’s what we have to help the children to
do. It’s a mission “…that each of them… |
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REFERENCES… |
| AN UNLIKELY MONTESSORI CLASSROOM
Catherine DeNardo is a writer and editor based in Seattle.
While her children went through… |
| AN UNLIKELY MONTESSORI CLASSROOM
by Catherine DeNardo
One parent found inspiration and grounding in Dr. Montessori’s… |
| lug the jerry cans to and fro, emptying them one by one three times over. If we were care-
ful, the water lasted about two… |
| they leaned into the engine bay alongside my husband and epoxy in their hair as they
helped a friend build a much-needed… |
| dinghy (our only means of getting to and from shore) to the stern of the boat with a
painter.
And for every rope and role… |