Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook A Short Guide to Her Ideas and Materials
by MONTESSORI, MARIAFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1988-10-30
Publisher(s): Schocken
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Summary
A short, illustrated guide to the use of Montessori classroom materials. Describes how to set up a "children's house" - an environment for learning where children can be their own masters.
Author Biography
Dr. MARIA MONTESSORI was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children naturally learn.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 9 |
| Preface | p. 25 |
| Introductory Remarks | p. 29 |
| A "Children's House" | p. 37 |
| The Method | p. 49 |
| Didactic Material for the Education of the Senses | p. 50 |
| Didactic Material for the Preparation for Writing and Arithmetic | p. 51 |
| Motor Education | p. 52 |
| Sensory Education | p. 65 |
| Language and Knowledge of the World | p. 123 |
| Freedom | p. 131 |
| Writing | p. 134 |
| Exercises for the Management of the Instrument of Writing | p. 140 |
| Exercises for the Writing of Alphabetical Signs | p. 148 |
| The Reading of Music | p. 158 |
| Arithmetic | p. 164 |
| Moral Factors | p. 182 |
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