Abstract/Notes: Re-creation of 1915 Glass House at Panama-Pacific Exposition

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Abstract/Notes: [...]Rich had a better idea: Imagine, if you will, display cases of Dr. Montessori's original writings, manuals hand-drawn and handwritten by teachers in the very first Montessori trainings, and pictures-including one of Montessori with Mahatma Gandhi, one from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and one with a class of trainees. The silk thread that allows the light to hit the small tablet and ever so slightly show the color change in the sun?) Then, he brought out a Trinomial Cube. MICHELLE HAMMONS, MEd, is executive director of Eagle Peak Montessori Charter School, in Walnut Creek, CA.

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ISSN: 1054-0040

Abstract/Notes: Dr. Maria Montessori, the Italian teacher and originator of the system of child education bearing her name, is being entertained today by the Women’s Board of the Exposition. Madame Montessori will leave tonight for Los Angeles, where she will demonstrate her teaching methods, returning to San Francisco in August to give an extended period of instruction in the Montessori system. Madame Montessori was honored at a luncheon in the California building yesterday by women, civic leaders and prominent women of the Italian colony. Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, president of the Women's Board, presided. Ernesto Nathan, Italian commissioner to the Exposition, presented his famous countrywoman to the gathering. “It has been my aim to awaken and develop the activity of the child's being. rather than teach it In the old approved way," said Madame Montessori. explaining her system. "The era of advance which we are entering is concerned with the new truth that a child, no less than the man or the woman, is an individual, and that child culture must be based upon a study of the child's individual soul.”

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Abstract/Notes: "Dr. Maria Montessori, noted Italian educator, who will open her first American international training class in Los Angeles early in May. Dr. Montessori to be Welcomed. Hospitable messages go to noted educator who will come here. The California Montessori Alumnae Association, the Parent-teacher Association and other educational and civic organizations have sent cablegrams and letters to Dr. Maria Montessori in Rome, assuring her of a hearty welcome in Los Angeles. The noted Italian founder of a system for educating children made the announcement recently that she would hold her third international training class in Los Angeles. The other two were held in Rome. The members of the alumnae association are taking the lead in preparing for the reception of Dr. Maria Montessori and the opening of the training course, which is expected to attract students fro0m various foreign lands. The Montessori Committee has established headquarters at No. 636 West Adams street. Students will register there. The training course will open May 1 and will last at least two months. During her stay in Southern California, Dr. Montessori will have headquarters at the Maryland in Pasadena, where she will be a guest of honor. The private Montessori class of Miss Mildred Johnston at the hotel will be used as one of the demonstration classes by Dr. Montessori. Mrs. Alfa Wood Anderson is president of the alumnae association and Miss Johnston secretary. The other members of the association include Miss Katherine Moore, Dr. Edna Unger, Dr. Ellen Matthews, Dr. Mary Powell Jordan of San Diego, Miss Lydia Atterbury of Berkeley and Miss Dorothy Peck of Palo Alto."

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Language: English

Published: London, England: Women's Printing Society, 1915

Language: English

Published: London, England: Women's Printing Society, 1915

Language: English

Published: London, England: Women's Printing Society, 1915

Language: English

Published: London, England: Women's Printing Society, 1915

Language: English

Published: London, England: Women's Printing Society, 1915

Abstract/Notes: AMS ANNUAL CONFERENCES 2016 March 10-13, "Montessori Principles, Values & Perspectives," Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL 2017 March 9-12, Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CA 2018 March 22-25, Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, CO 2019 March 21-24, Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC 2020 March 12-15, Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS EVENTS AMS Summer Symposium Snowbird Resort Snowbird, UT July 13-16, 2015 AMS Winter Retreat Dreams Los Cabos Resort Cabo San Lucas, Mexico January 15-18, 2016 AMS WEBINARS Webinars take place 7-8:30 PM (ET).Thursday, June 18 " Water Activities Beyond Float & Sink" Presenter: Marie Conti For: Early Childhood and Elementary teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators For an updated list of AMS webinars: www.amshq.org/webinars

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ISSN: 1054-0040