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Article
Some Background on the Assistance to Infancy Program
Publication: The Constructive Triangle (1974-1989), vol. 7, no. 3
Date: Summer 1980
Pages: 14-17
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Language: English
ISSN: 0010-700X
Article
The Possibility of Learning Written Language in Early Infancy
Publication: MoRE Montessori Research Europe newsletter
Date: 2003
Pages: 5
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Abstract/Notes: "MORE Abstracts 2003? This work examines the early possibility of written language acquisition and describes a direct experience. In the London course of 1946, Maria Montessori said that the letters of the alphabet should be in children’s bedrooms from very early on and that she would also like to have floating letters in order to use them at children bath time. The composition of words is the precursory act of the super-language we call “reading and writing” and must not necessarily boil down to the mere writing and reading activity itself. Indeed, for Maria Montessori, “it is worth separating this act which can be clearly independent of its higher utilizations”. On the suggestion of a Montessori teacher of unquestionable experience, polished letters were presented to a one-year-old child. The great interest the child showed for this material seems to confirm the “hunger for words” that is typical of this phase, already described by Montessori and then confirmed by Nobel prize-winner John Eccles. The child we observed also showed he could use this material almost immediately to compose words like zio (“uncle”), cane (“dog”), his own name, Raul, and others besides. However, when he tried to compose the word gatto (“cat”), he found himself in insurmountable difficulty and turned to an adult saying, “No, gato no, gatto”, showing he clearly understood the sounds making up the word and thus the letters needed to compose it (gatto). This impossibility was connected to the fact that the polished letters have only one example of each letter. Therefore, a system of mobile alphabet letters was introduced so that the child could continue his fascinating work of word composition which greatly interested him. A study is being made in some child communities, in cooperation with the Montessori Studies Centre, in order to repeat this observation and to finally heed Maria Montessori’s recommendation: “Education must start at birth and the first two years are the most important for all the acquisitions of the psychic embryo”.
Language: English
ISSN: 2281-8375
Article
The Assistant to Infancy: A Special Educator
Publication: Montessori Today (London), vol. 1, no. 1
Date: Jan/Feb 1988
Pages: 9-10
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Language: English
ISSN: 0952-8652
Article
The Assistants to Infancy Movement: "Montessori under Three"
Publication: Montessori Matters, no. 2
Date: Nov 1999
Pages: 13–17
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Abstract/Notes: From a presentation at 1999 MAA National Conference, Brisbane
Language: English
Article
Training of Trainers Programme at Assistants to Infancy Level
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 2003, no. 2-3
Date: 2003
Pages: 63
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Abstract/Notes: Accepting applications
Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Article
The Babies Can Teach Us: The AMI Assistant to Infancy Program
Publication: Montessori Matters, no. 1
Date: May 1997
Pages: 22–23
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Language: English
Article
Assistants to Infancy Give Toddlers a Leg Up
Publication: Forza Vitale!, vol. 20, no. 1
Date: 2000
Pages: 10–11
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Language: English
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A Comparison of Montessori Assistant to Infancy Practice and Birth - Three Traditions in Bhutan
Publication: Communications: Journal of the Association Montessori Internationale (2009-2012), vol. 2009, no. 2
Date: 2009
Pages: 27–38
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Abstract/Notes: In 2006 and 2008, as a guest of the Bhutanese government and friends, Susan Mayclin Stephenson began to research Bhutanese family life and culture in preparation for Montessori education in Bhutan. This article highlights some of the similarities and differences between traditional practices in Bhutan and the Montessori Assistants to Infancy (A to I), birth to three.
Language: English
ISSN: 1877-539X
Article
Helping Parents and Carers to Lay the Foundations from Infancy
Publication: AMI/USA Journal, vol. 9, no. 1
Date: Spring 2021
Pages: 3-7
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Language: English
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Assistants to Infancy . . . The Road to Independence
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 13, no. 3
Date: May 2000
Pages: 9
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Language: English