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Montessori Milestones [Montessori Children's House of Morristown (NJ); Debbie Blackburn]
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 4, no. 3
Date: 1992
Pages: 17–18
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Abstract/Notes: "New Jersey school establishes innovative cultural arts center".
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Cognitive Performance in Montessori and Nursery School Children
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: The Journal of Educational Research, vol. 62, no. 9
Date: 1969
Pages: 411-416
Americas, Cognition, Comparative education, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., North America, United States of America
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Abstract/Notes: Cognitive performance was measured in fourteen pairs of children, matched in social class, CA, sex and IQ, selected from a Montessori and from a “traditional” nursery school. No differences were found between the parents in these schools on such measures of social and parental attitudes and behavior as: achievement orientation, traditional family ideology, dogmatism, anomie, parental control behavior, or task oriented vs. person oriented values. The nursery school children were significantly more creative on a measure of non-verbal creativity, were more socially oriented, and less task oriented than the Montessori children.Style of approach to tests was felt to be a critical outcome of the two educational environments. The Montessori children used significantly more physical characteristics to describe commonplace objects, whereas significantly more functional terms were used by the nursery school children in their descriptions. Montessori children’s drawings had people present significantly less often and geometric forms significantly more often than the nursery school children’s drawings.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.1969.10883885
ISSN: 0022-0671
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Ecosystems in the Backyard: Preparing a Diverse Outdoor Environment for Primary (Ages Three to Six) Children
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 28, no. 1
Date: 2003
Pages: 195-204
North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals
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Abstract/Notes: Chronicles the outdoor work of Lincoln Montessori School in Nebraska in prairie, forest, and indoor greenhouse environments, highlighting the application of prepared environment principles to the natural world. Highlights how implicit to the design are opportunities for caring, including practical life exercises with outdoor tools. Shows how repeating natural cycles and seasons are part of the yearly cycle of children in multi-age groups. (Author/KB)
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
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Ecosystems in the Backyard: Preparing a Diverse Outdoor Environment for Primary (Ages Three to Six) Children
Available from: ERIC
Publication: NAMTA Journal, vol. 38, no. 1
Date: 2013
Pages: 61-65
Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Ecology, Mary B. Verschuur - Writings, Montessori method of education, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Prepared environment
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Abstract/Notes: Mary Verschuur chronicles the outdoor work of Lincoln Montessori School in prairie, forest, and indoor greenhouse environments, pointing out the application of the prepared environment principles to the natural world. Implicit to the design are opportunities for caring, including various practical life exercises with outdoor tools blended into each habitat. The repeating cycles of nature and its seasons are part of the yearly cycle of children in multi-age groups, adding to sensory richness and hands-on tasks. Lincoln Montessori School demonstrates how schools can model simple and well-thought-out solutions with minimum expense and maximum engagement. [Reprinted from "The NAMTA Journal" 28,1 (2003, Winter): 195-204.]
Language: English
ISSN: 1522-9734
Article
Thinking Positive: What Very Young Children Can Already Do
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 10, no. 5
Date: Apr 2001
Pages: 17–19
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Master's Thesis (Action Research Report)
The Impact of Vigorous Physical Activity on Preschool and Kindergarten Children's On-Task Behavior and Focus
Available from: St. Catherine University
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Abstract/Notes: This study aims to investigate the impact of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity on preschool and kindergarten-aged children’s on-task behavior and focus. The research took place over four weeks in a Montessori early childhood classroom with 15 children aged three to six. Each day, children participated in 12-15 minutes of physical activity, including running, jumping and marching, vigorous enough for them breathe hard. The researcher used both quantitative and qualitative data tools to examine effects on ability to focus and to be on-task during the following two hours. The increased movement had a positive impact on the children’s transition to the next activity and on the rate of children being on task for up to two hours. Continued research is needed to determine effectiveness on focus.
Language: English
Published: St. Paul, Minnesota, 2021
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National Association for Gifted Children Seminar [September, 1984]
Publication: Montessori Quarterly, vol. 22
Date: 1985
Pages: 3–4
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Language: English
Article
Computers and Young Children
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 14, no. 2
Date: 2002
Pages: 5
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Abstract/Notes: Letter to the editor
Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
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Adult Leadership and the Development of Children's Spirituality: Exploring Montessori's Concept of the Prepared Environment
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: International Journal of Children's Spirituality, vol. 24, no. 4
Date: 2019
Pages: 356-370
Classroom environments, Learning environments, Maria Montessori - Philosophy, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Prepared environment, Spirituality
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Abstract/Notes: This article explores Montessori’s concept of the Prepared Environment, which includes adult leadership, as an important contribution to the field of Children’s Spirituality. Montessori elevated the spiritual development of children to a central place in social life. She advocated preparation of the teacher as a community leader who works through the environment to guide a pedagogically-oriented process that underpins spiritual development. This model of leadership offers the child a reciprocal relationship with the Prepared Environment, which operates as the child’s true teacher. The preparation of the adult, as an element of the Prepared Environment, has a spiritual tone and is a key aspect of Montessori science and philosophy, designed to support the holistic development of the child as both a hope and a promise for human beings.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2019.1685949
ISSN: 1364-436X
Article
Parents and Adults in the House of Children Unite Around the Child
Publication: NAMTA Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1
Date: Fall 1976
Pages: 1-3
Albert Max Joosten - Writings, Children and adults, Montessori method of education, North American Montessori Teachers' Association (NAMTA) - Periodicals, Parent and child
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Language: English