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recognizes the many problems he must experience, and without belittling
the child,… |
| realistic view. His thoughts are real for him, and the more he thinks
about them, the more convinced he becomes of their… |
| thought that way. The five year olds couldn't distinguish reality from
make-believe in the stories and contradicted… |
| Children's Literature: An Untapped Resource
in the Prepared Environment
by Charlene S. Trochta
Ms. Trochta's… |
| information-seeking skills required for later independent research and
study, the development of social responsibility, the… |
| Barbara Rinkoff, Wings, Legs or Fins by Henry B. Kane, Collecting
Small Fossils by Hussey and Pessino, Small World: A Field… |
| Georgiou (1969) says that books serve as a vital link in "preserving and
communicating the humanistic tradition from… |
| materials on the shelves. Booklets designed and prepared at the Wash-
ington Montessori Institute for this purpose can be… |
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activities or materials is to place them adjacent on the shelves. Many
environments… |
| and purchasing a balanced selection of fiction and non-fiction, picture,
poetry and references, gradually a school can build… |
| BOOKS ABOUT CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
by Carol Himmelsteib
An experienced librarian compiles a few fauorite books about… |
| LITERATURE THROUGH HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
by Francesca Claremont
Transcribed and Edited
by Jim and Frances Fitzpatrick
The… |
| got used to it. If you threw a party and all your guests were in tears until
about two o'clock in the morning, it was… |
| Dock", which is eight, nine, ten in the same language. Why I do not use
these is because they are actually survivals… |
| One of the discoveries that you will make is that there will be only a few
rhymes that apply to the prehistory time line, but… |
| wage of a skilled craftsman. Their value, in Europe, was high until late in
the Middle Ages when a European Cardinal received… |
| All of these stories, the adventures on the islands, these particularly, are
attractive to children. These are some of the… |
| Fantasy and Imagination
by Karin Salzman
In an effort to clarify the fairy tale debate, Ms. Salzman pursues the
distinction… |
| can be worked all the riches of perception and imagination, is funda-
mentally a matter of order." 5
Like Montessori… |
| difterent from an adult. While imagination is rooted in reality, our limited
understanding of reality makes for a certain… |
| Fantasy is always associated with emotional development. All inter-
action wi_th the environment is charged with feeling, and… |
| Montessori said, "An instinct of man is discovery .... We must see the
child like this. We must see that he can… |
| History can be given in this way. (See V.F. Hillyer's A Child's History
of the World.) We cannot see history, but… |
| A Time To Read
by Peggy Stern
Here follows an impressionistic recall of literature's meaning and place
in the home… |
| event. For children's stories are particularly hospitable, inviting their
readers to relish all types of dishes from the… |
| But those seeds which have fallen on the right soil will grow into
beautiful flowers and sturdy trees - that is, give validity… |
| Feature:
On Readiness for School
by Erna Furman
The Cleveland Center for Research in Child Development offers courses
and… |
| as teachers, parents, or children - are important to appreciate, to under-
stand and to deal with. In the second half of this… |
| door one leaves. It does not take them much longer to locate the various
toys and to anticipate the sequence of routines. By… |
| he hurts and what to do about it rather than that he be able to name his
body parts.
Care of one's clothes and… |
| serve a meal, help with dressing or put on a bandaid. But this should not
be her main function in the eyes of the child.
How… |
| fully left out of some aspects of the relationship between mother and
father, he tends to make others feel jealous by using… |
| This brings us to the other characteristics
of the more mature,
kindergarten-ready play, namely the child's pleasure in… |
| mistakenly assumed that children should be encouraged to "say the feel-
ing" in order to "get rid… |
| When do we begin to assess kindergarten readiness? How can we un-
derstand the causes of difficulties? What measures do we… |
| him. But these previous steps did not diminish the basic mother-child close-
ness. The step into the school age phase does… |
| The factual preparation indeed is not an end in itself, nor is it intended to
eliminate unhappy feelings. Rather, the… |
| from the start, to show empathy with the mother's feelings, stresses that
she, her child and the teacher share some of… |
| Nursery schools also find it useful to inform parents, individually or in
groups, how the school curriculum assists children… |
| Above all, parents have to know that children are bound to have mixed
feelings about going to kindergarten, and that it helps… |
| corrected by mother, teacher and child working on them, if one has em-
barked on a plan of working on them, and if there has… |
| one of the most difficult tasks a teacher has to undertake. In one of my
consultation groups we worked on this topic at length… |
| Katan, Anny (1961) "Some Thoughts about the Role of Verbalization in Early Childhood."
Psychoanalytic Study… |
| Parent Education:
I've Got A Little List
by Olga McMahon
How lucky we are that picture books for pre-school children… |
| A different sort of alphabet book, planned for a more practical purpose
is A B See by Lucille Ogle and Tina Thoburn. Eight… |
| spring in the same series and format Bees and Honey. We hope there will
be more to come.
Under the label of "I Can… |
| Dinosaurs continue to fascinate children. We all know that three-year
olds can learn "tyrannosaurus" and… |
| A B SEE by Lucille Ogle and Tina Thoburn, Illustrated by Ralph Stobart (McGraw-
Hill, 1973, $4.95)
THE LITILE DUCK by Judy… |
| Nienhuis Montessori USA makes every effort to
process and ship an order within 14 working days.
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Monte Kenison
Branch… |
| Curriculum Review:
Nienhuis Montessori U.S.A.
Under the direction and management of Monte Kenison, Nienhuis Mon-
tessori U.S… |
| The USA office/warehouse was set up in the summer of 1975 with the
first orders being shipped in August of that year. After… |
| School Management:
A Fundraiser For Children: Slim Goodbody
by David Kahn
The Ruffing Montessori School of Cleveland Heights… |
| soft pastels highlighted in isolated detail whenever John chooses to flex
the right muscles. Slim the man diversifies his… |
| Personals:
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Applications are being accepted for AMS
trained Junior (ages 6-12) Teacher and
Teacher… |
| The Thacher Montessori School, 1041
Blue Hill Ave., Milton, MA 02186 has an
opening available in September for an Ele-… |
| MONTESSORI CHILDREN HOUSE
OF FAYETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS seeks a
teacher for growing primary class. Pleasant
Ozark town; near… |
| through elem. school. Located outside of
Princeton. Will hire soon to begin preparing
environment. School also needs two… |
| N.A.M.T.A. Workshops 1977-1978
Location: Washington, D.C.
Time:
October 21-23
Contact:
Charlotte Kovach
4014 W.… |
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Membership Information
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the North American Montessori… |
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