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25 Small Pupils Study in Nature School; Few 'Musts' Appear on Rules of Montessori System
Available from: California Digital Newspaper Collection
Publication: San Diego Union (San Diego, California)
Date: Jul 30, 1916
Pages: 9
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, Montessori schools, Panama-California Exposition (1915, San Diego, California), North America, Panama-California International Exposition (1916, San Diego), Prudence Stokes Brown - Biographic sources, San Diego Montessori Educational Association, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Union photographs taken in the Montessori Woodland School Room at the Exposition– Above: The pupils marching and carrying must-not-be-spilled glasses of colored water, and (right) Daphne Frazier, 4 1/2 years old, reading from "The Life of William McKinley." Below: A group of the youngsters at their "work" at an outdoor bench under the trees. In a remote and quiet corner of Exposition park, in a pretty irregular clearing in a dense grove of eucalyptus trees, with leaves as their only window curtains and under a ceiling of deep, unpainted blue, a band of 25 San Diego youngsters—from 2 1/2 to 6 years old—play five days every week at the fascinating, fanciful game of self-education. Almost in the midst of tremendous activities, but as thoroughly removed from all distracting influences as though they were, as they seem, in the heart of a wide, dense forest, the 25 young pupils play at work or work at play for six hours a day under the Montessori system of child education. The unwalled, unroofed school room is almost a magical place. It is situated at the end of a pretty, winding path that vanishes there. Few grownups ever find it and when they do they are much surprised. It is nearly a fairland [fairyland?]. Nap Time for School Perhaps the best time of day for a visit to the outdoor school is around 1 o'clock. At that time, if one does not know the place and its surroundings, it will appear as if by witchery, and everything will be silent except the birds in the trees. For that is the time when the school "rests" or "takes its nap." On their work tables and benches, for an hour in the middle of their school day, every pupil rests noiselessly, whether asleep or not, for a solid hour. That is an important part of the curriculum and is strictly observed. When the visitor happens along at that time, true a curly and sleepless head or two will raise ever so slightly and peer about, but there is never a sound until a little gong is rung at the end of the rest hour. The Montessori school has been in session for a month at the Exposition, under the auspices of the San Diego Montessori Educational Association. It was started there as an experiment and so far has proven a satisfactory experiment. ... Three Instructors She [Miss Daphne Frazier, aged 4 1/2] studied, under the Montessori system, with her mother before joining the Exposition class. Now she reads from such difficult works at "The Life of William McKinley" with little faltering. There are three older persons in charge of the Exposition school. Mrs. Prudence Brown is in charge; Mrs. Emma Ashburn assists; and Miss Frances Curnow plays the violin for the physical exercises. The two instructors studied under Mme. Montessori when she was here in 1915. Thirty pupils can be nicely handled by an instructor and one assistant, says Mrs. Brown. When things are well started that is the way it will be.
Language: English
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Montessori System Just Fad, Says Hyatt
Available from: ProQuest - Historical Newspapers
Publication: San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California)
Date: Oct 24, 1915
Pages: 27
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: "The Montessori educational system, as taught by Dr. Maria Montessori, now in San Francisco, is call 'an emotional fad, that will be laid away to rest with the Grube method and the dodo and forgotten in a few years,' by Edward Hyatt, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the California blue bulletin just issued. 'There may be something in it for the dowqntrodden babes of Europe,' says Hyatt, 'but nothing for our conditions. It is only what we had before under a new and fascinating name.'"
Language: English
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Reports from the Field: 100 Largest U.S. School Systems
Available from: ERIC
Publication: MPSC Update [Montessori Public School Consortium (Cleveland, OH)], vol. 2, no. 1
Date: Oct 1993
Pages: 5
Americas, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: February, 1994 issue (vol. 2, no. 2), page 6 includes a correction related to this article.
Language: English
Article
Learning about the Decimal System of Numeration
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 26, no. 1
Date: 2002
Pages: 16–17
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Language: English
Article
The Montessori System Compared to the Goals Set Out by Philosopher Comenius
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter
Date: 1988
Pages: 10–11
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Language: English
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The Place of the Montessori Method in the English Educational System
Publication: The Montessori Magazine: A Quarterly Journal for Teachers, Parents and Social Workers (India), vol. 4, no. 4
Date: Oct 1950
Pages: 21-26
England, Europe, Great Britain, Northern Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales
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Language: English
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Dr. Montessori Explains Her System: Mind Development for Child Is Keynote; Local People In Audience
Available from: Newspapers.com
Publication: Whittier News (Whittier, California)
Date: May 22, 1915
Pages: 1
Americas, Maria Montessori - Biographic sources, North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: "Dr. Montessori arrived in Los Angeles early in May and will remain here throughout June instructing teachers in her method of training young minds through the senses. In July she will visit San Diego, establishing a class there. Dr. Montessori also plans to found a school in San Francisco."
Language: English
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The Story of the "Little Teacher" System as it Works in Shanghai
Publication: The Montessori Magazine: A Quarterly Journal for Teachers, Parents and Social Workers (India), vol. 3, no. 2
Date: Apr 1949
Pages: 18-23
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Language: English
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Montessori and Her Influence on the English Educational System
Publication: The Montessori Magazine: A Quarterly Journal for Teachers, Parents and Social Workers (India), vol. 2, no. 3
Date: Jul 1948
Pages: 140-149
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Language: English
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The Chart System [with sample chart]
Publication: Point of Interest, vol. 3, no. 3
Date: Nov 1992
Pages: 1–5
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Language: English