Abstract/Notes: The Channel Club, an organization composed of interpreters of literature, will hold its monthly meeting and luncheon at the Hotel Clara on Saturday morning, November 21. The meeting opens at 10:45 a.m. Mrs. Molly Price Cook, director of the Children's House, a Montessori school, will speak to the club on the psychology of telling stories to children, and Mrs. Lillian Burkhart Goldsmith will discuss the art of storytelling. Mrs. Goldsmith will interpret fairy tales and stories from French, German, Irish and Indian authors, including Andrew lang, William Butler Yeats, Theodora Garrison, Oscar Wilde, Rabindranath Tagore, Richard Le Gallienne and Maurice Maeterlinck in connection with her discussion.

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Abstract/Notes: "A business meeting will be held promptly at 2 o'clock with a discussion of by-laws. At 3:30 Miss Katherine Moore, the well-known teacher and president of the Montessori club of Southern California, will give an outline of the Montessori system, assisted by a group of children who went to San Francisco for the same purpose. It was through Miss Moore that Dr. Maria Montessori came to California to open several schools."

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Abstract/Notes: "...The luncheon which follows will be honored by the presence of Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, Mme. Montessori and her interpreter, and Mrs. William B. Young of Jacksonville, Fla. ..."

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Abstract/Notes: "Dr. Montessori, who has arrived in America, will probably come to Los Angeles as directly as possible in order to prepare for her training course here on May 1."

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Abstract/Notes: "...The object of the movement will be to promote home-making and the home care and training of children, by maintaining a school of mothercraft, having a kindergarten, a resident nursery and public reference library on subjects of motherhood. A Montessori class is also proposed and courses of lectures on subjects such as feeding children, child hygiene and child literature will be given..."

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Abstract/Notes: This study was implemented to research the effects of parent education and parents understanding of Montessori, in the form of a parent book club. The aim of this action research project was to improve parents understanding of the basic concepts of the Montessori Method with the goal to persuade parents to keep their students in a Montessori environment as long as possible. This study was conducted in a small private Montessori school. All participants had children that were enrolled in the Montessori school. Data collection was gathered using a pre/post survey, self-assessment surveys, videotaping of the book club sessions, and guided discussion questions. Results suggest that parent education was beneficial regarding parents understanding of the Montessori Method. Results also showed that through parent education parents had more questions about the nuances of education in general after the book club concluded. Through a detailed analysis of the pre and post survey, self-assessment surveys, guided discussion questions, and video recording a secondary result, the creation of community and like-minded individuals, presented itself as a beneficial outcome of parent education. The issue of Montessori students and their transition from a Montessori environment to a traditional educational setting was identified and poses the need for additional research. Overall, findings suggest that as Montessori educators we can strengthen the Montessori movement with the implementation of parent education and additional research.

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Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2014