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VON MARIA MONTESSORI

What You Should Know About Your Child A valuable guide for parents, this book is based on the lectures delivered by Dr. Montessori. It simplifies her great educational principles, and brings them

within easy reach of the lay person. • Clio: 99 pp, soft cover, 1998 edition.

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• Kalakshetra: 117 pp, hard cover, 1993 edition.

Maria Montessori Writes To Her Father Maria Montessori traveled to America for the first time in 1913, a hugely successful visit leading to an even greater interest in her educational ideas. In the following year, her American supporters urged her to return to conduct training courses, which were in great demand. To celebrate the formidable technical achievement of constructing the Panama Canal, two simultaneous expositions had been organized: The Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. Montessori was invited to give training courses and direct demonstration classes at both fairs. In August 1915, the famous Glass Class was opened at the San Francisco Expo. She had hesitated to accept these invitations, as it meant leaving behind in Rome her 82-year old father, Alessandro Montessori, who was in a frail condition. The letters in this volume, written to her father during the eight months spent in California in 1915, are testimony to Montessori’s great quality as an observer. Her keen eye to detail combined with her colorful descriptions reveal a spontaneous personality, delighted by what she saw and experienced; they equally show how loving and concerned a daughter Montessori was. • 112 pp, hard cover, 2015 edition. Bestell-Nr.: 547900 The Secret Of Childhood The book The Secret of Childhood is divided in three sections, dealing in turn with early childhood development, the author’s educational method, and the relation of the child to society. First, Montessori talks about the new-born child who is not only a body ready to function as a body, but also has a spiritual embryo with latent psychic capacities. The second part of the book gives an account of the first Casa dei Bambini about the essence of the Montessori Method. The adult should be determined to learn from the children rather than to force their own ideas on them. The essence of the Montessori Method lies in: observing, helping, presenting, rather than teaching or forcing. The adult, Montessori claims, must play a low-key role; all is free and open for the child, who chooses his own materials to work with, and learns from them because they interest him. Given the method of free choice of work and materials, the concentration is high and the need for punishment and reward is not necessary. Relieved from the emotional strain of competition and fear, the child becomes stable, confident and happy. • Ballantine: 216 pp, soft cover, 1972 edition. Bestell-Nr.: 539900 • Kalakshetra: 234 pp, hard cover, 2005 edition. Bestell-Nr.: 548900 • The Montessori Series: 216 p, soft cover, 2018 ed. Bestell-Nr.: 544200

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