Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1929

Abstract/Notes: This beautiful, modern Montessori book for parents outlines the key principles of this parenting approach and shows you how you can easily apply this at home. It provides a valuable starting point for parents to help them create a family life inspired by the ethos of Montessori. This practical parenting guide makes Montessori accessible to every parent and child, regardless of time pressures and resources. It includes: – Outlines of the Montessori principles clearly and succinctly: respect, freedom, curiosity, creativity, responsibility and independence. – Examples on how to apply these principles to everyday life – with sections on breakfast time, school/daycare drop off, school/daycare pick up, playtime, meal times, homework time, bath time and bedtime. – Demonstrations of how to apply Montessori techniques to an older child new to Montessori and how to flex and build on the techniques as your child grows up. Montessori is a unique educational philosophy created by Maria Montessori that fosters the growth of the whole child. From enjoying nature together to free time and weekends, every aspect of family life is an opportunity for meaningful engagement with your child. Montessori For Every Family offers you pragmatic, real-life advice, suitable for children of all ages, showing you how easy and natural it is to create a nourishing and empowering environment at home for everyone. Even if your child won’t go to a Montessori school, a Montessori home can still be an invaluable bridge to reinforcing your child’s natural curiosity and setting the foundation for lifelong learning. This is the only Montessori book that recognizes that most parents don’t have the time and resources to overhaul their lives to fully embrace a parenting philosophy, but instead need practical, immediate guidance that is effective.

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: DK, 2021

ISBN: 978-0-7440-3374-8

Abstract/Notes: Although Montessori's name is almost universally known in education circles today, and there are countless nursery schools throughout the world using the "Montessori Method," the real core of her thinking has remained largely misunderstood. Most people regard the method as a system for the education of very young children. And most who have some direct experience of it, either as parent or teacher, would regard it as involving a certain set of procedures and specialized educational materials with clear and elaborate instructions for their use. However, the essence of Montessori's philosophy of education is in reality far broader than this, and contains a powerful message for educators everywhere. What is less well-known about Montessori's work is that she began by establishing the effectiveness of her approach at the pre-elementary level, but also strongly encouraged the extension of her method to the higher levels of education. Wentworth's purpose in writing this book is to elucidate this vital aspect of Maria Montessori's life's work and to show how it applies to real-life teaching situations. She believed that by transforming the process of children's education she could help to transform the attitudes of the adults they will later become, and so those of society and the world at large--a message she promoted as vitally relevant to the future of humankind as a whole.

Language: English

Published: New York, New York: Routledge, 1999

Edition: 1st

ISBN: 978-1-4106-0440-8

Abstract/Notes: Paper presented at the 18th International Montessori Congress, Munich, Germany, July 1977.

Language: English

Published: [S.I.]: [s.n.], 1977

Abstract/Notes: Maria Montessori was an Italian psychiatrist who dedicated her life to education, firstly educating children who had psychological difficulties and then working at Casa dei Bambini with children aged 3 to 6 years. In this context, she developed the method of Scientific Pedagogy, which became known worldwide as Montessori Method. Currently, her method covers the education of babies up to college students. Although her ideas have reached the most diverse age groups, several countries and even non-education areas, such as nursing homes and hospitals; Montessori, even today, is little known. This study aims at revisiting the works of Maria Montessori and her collaborators to understand their contributions to early childhood education. To achieve this objective, a qualitative approach research was used, with bibliographic research as procedure. This work was divided into three sections. The first section presents the life of Maria Montessori and the development of her method, the production of her works; it also contextualizes Montessori in the educational context of that time: showing its non-connection with the New Education that was developed in the same period; in addition, it presents some of its main collaborators, such as: Mario Montessori, Gianna Gobbi, Adele Gnocchi, Silvana Montanaro, Camilo Grazzini, Helena Lubienska de Lenval, Paula and Angeline Lillard, Catherine L’Ecuyer, Talita Almeida; ending the chapter with the arrival of the System in Brazil. In the second section, there is the Montessori vision of human development, demonstrating The Four Plans of Human Development with the geometric and organic figures (Bulb) elaborated by the author. The third section presents the contributions of Maria Montessori to the education of strong, happy and integral children, presenting three important elements that are related in the education process: the environment, the teacher and the child; thus it presents what is needed from each of these to achieve the objective of forming strong, happy and integral children. This work concluded that the Montessori System has a lot to contribute to education, especially for early childhood education. / Maria Montessori foi uma psiquiatra italiana que dedicou sua vida à educação, primeiramente, educando crianças que tinham dificuldades psicológicas, e depois, atuando na Casa dei Bambini com crianças de 3 a 6 anos. Nesse contexto, ela desenvolveu o método da Pedagogia Científica, o qual ficou conhecido mundialmente como Método Montessori. Atualmente, seu método abrange desde a educação de bebês até a universitária. Embora suas ideias tenham atingido as mais diversas faixas etárias, diversos países e até mesmo áreas que não são da educação, como asilos e hospitais, Montessori, ainda hoje, é pouco conhecida. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo revisitar as obras de Maria Montessori e de seus colaboradores para compreender suas contribuições para a educação na Primeira Infância. Para alcançar tal objetivo, foi utilizada a pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, tendo como procedimento a pesquisa bibliográfica. Este trabalho foi divido em três seções. A primeira seção expõe a vida de Maria Montessori e o desenvolvimento de seu método, a produção de suas obras; também contextualiza Montessori no contexto educacional da época, mostrando a sua não ligação com a Escola Nova, que se desenvolvia no mesmo período; além disso, apresenta alguns de seus principais colaboradores, como: Mario Montessori, Gianna Gobbi, Adele Gnocchi, Silvana Montanaro, Camilo Grazzini, Helena Lubienska de Lenval, Paula e Angeline Lillard, Catherine L’Ecuyer, Talita Almeida; encerrando com a chegada do Sistema no Brasil. Na segunda seção, encontra-se a visão montessoriana do desenvolvimento humano, demonstrando os Quatro Planos do Desenvolvimento Humano a partir das figuras geométrica e orgânica (Bulbo) elaboradas pela autora. A terceira seção expõe as contribuições de Maria Montessori para a educação de crianças fortes, felizes e integrais, apresentando três elementos importantes que se relacionam no processo de educação: o ambiente, o professor e a criança; assim, apresenta o que é necessário de cada um desses para atingir o objetivo de formar crianças fortes, felizes e integrais. Conclui-se, com este trabalho, que o Sistema Montessori tem muito a contribuir para a educação, em especial o seguimento da educação infantil.

Language: Portuguese

Published: São Paulo, Brazil, 2021

Language: English

Published: Toronto, Canada: Canadian Montessori Teacher Education Institute, 2011

Language: English

ISSN: 0889-5643

Abstract/Notes: One of the most interesting studies of the socialistic program is that of the establishment and operation of various community plans in which some of the fundamental prin ciples of Socialism have been put into operation as far as such principles could be made effective under the handicaps of a national capitalistic regime and such other difficulties both internal and external— as necessarily present themselves in undertakings of this kind. These communistic experiments have been tried at various times, in various countries, ana with varying degrees of success. It will be the purpose of this paper, however, to deal with but a few of the leading community settlements of this country in order to throw light upon one of the most recent of such ventures, Llano del Rio, that we may be able to study in it the elements of organization and operation which promise success and those which indicate disintegration either now or later.

Language: English

Published: Los Angeles, California, 1918

Language: English

Published: Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998

ISBN: 0-8058-3136-3

Abstract/Notes: Noting that multiage education continues to receive a great deal of interest as educators, legislators, and parents seek to find ways to improve educational experiences for all children, this book takes readers by the hand and guides them as they move from exploring the concept of multiage to the actual stages of implementation. As is consistent with the philosophy of multiage, the book does not suggest that there is only one right way to put multiage into practice but presents many possible avenues to beginning multiage classes. "Clipboards" and "memos" at the end of each chapter provide summaries or discussion questions for the faculty to ponder as they decide if and how to implement multiaging in their school. After a foreword by Barbara Nelson Pavan and an introduction, chapters in the book are: (1) "Why Become Multiage"; (2) "Changing the Face of Education--Successfully"; (3) "Designing the Multiage School"; (4) "Schoolwide Considerations"; (5) "Setting the Stage: Curriculum

Language: English

Published: [S.I.]: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1998

ISBN: ISBN-0-926842-78-1