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Let Peter Rabbit Play in the Garden: Using Beatrix Potter's Work to Integrate Ecological Literacy into Montessori Classrooms
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 26, no. 4
Date: Winter 2014/2015
Pages: 38-43
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Abstract/Notes: Kelly Johnson introduces a series of lessons that incorporate literacy, observation, botany, history, place studies, writing, and art, with a long-term eco-literacy goal of connectedness and a conservation ethic. Johnson's initial idea to use Beatrix Potter as a model in the Lower Elementary classroom came after extensively researching Potter's life as part of her graduate studies. Johnson begins the series of lessons by presenting "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," asking the students if they remember the story. The stories are amazingly versatile, and, by analyzing the writing, the students begin to see the tales as far more than nursery stories--they are animal character glimpses, human nature vignettes, pieces of visual art, and works of literary art. Johnson concludes that when children are allowed free time in nature, as Beatrix Potter was during her childhood summers, they build unbreakable bonds that influence their adult lifestyle choices.
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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News from the United Nations: To Read and To Write: Cuba's Literacy Success Story
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 13, no. 4
Date: 2001
Pages: 12–13
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Conference Paper
Effects of Multigrade Classes on Student Progress in Literacy and Numeracy: Quantitative Evidence and Perceptions of Teachers and School Leaders
Available from: ERIC
Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education (Adelaide, Australia, November 29-December 3, 1998).
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Abstract/Notes: On the basis of a comprehensive best-evidence synthesis of the literature on the effects of multigrade and multi-age classes, Veenman (1995) concluded that there were no significant differences between multigrade and single-grade classes in cognitive or achievement effects. Subsequently, Mason and Burns (1996) challenged Veenman's conclusion, claiming that multigrade classes have at least a small negative effect on achievement, as well as having potential negative effects on teacher motivation. Multigrade classes are used extensively within Victorian primary schools, sometimes by choice but at other times as a result of the combined pressures from staff-student ratios and enrollment numbers at particular grade levels. The issue of their contribution to effective learning is thus a critical, practical one, as well as an interesting research question. Analysis of data from the Victorian Quality Schools Project, a large, comprehensive, three-year, longitudinal study of school and
Language: English
Article
ES&I [Educational Sounds and Images, Inc.]: Early Literacy, and Learning from the Taught
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 13, no. 3
Date: Spring 2001
Pages: 25
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Early Literacy in the Montessori Toddler Setting: Supporting Learning through the Sensitive Periods
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 21, no. 2
Date: Jan 2013
Pages: 16–18
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Abstract/Notes: includes photo
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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A Child's Journey to Literacy
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 13, no. 3
Date: 2005
Pages: 17–18
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Behavior Support Informed by Peace Literacy
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 5, no. 3
Date: Spring 2021
Pages: 1, 12-13
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Language: English
Article
'Balanced Literacy' and the Reading Wars
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: Fall 2018
Pages: 6-7
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Language: English
Article
Culturally Responsive Literacy
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: Fall 2018
Pages: 3, 20-21
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Language: English
Article
Montessori-first Literacy at Cornerstone
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: Fall 2018
Pages: 1, 16-17
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Language: English