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The Montessori method / by Maria Montessori.

by Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952.

[United States] : Renaissance Classics, [2012]

Montessori method of education.

232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

1. A critical consideration of the new pedagogy in its relation to modern science -- 2. History of methods -- 3. Inaugural address delivered on the occasion of the opening of one of the "children's houses" -- 4. Pedagogical methods used in the "children's houses" -- 5. Discipline -- 6. How the lessons should be given -- 7. Exercises of practical life -- 8. Reflection--the child's diet -- 9. Muscular education--gymnastics -- 10. Nature in education--agricultural labor: culture of plants and animals -- 11. Manual labor--the potter's art and building -- 12. Education of the senses -- 13. Education of the senses and illustrations of the didactic material: general sensibility; the tactile, thermic, baric, and stereognostic senses -- 14. General notes on the education of the senses -- 15. Intellectual education -- 16. Methods for the teaching of reading and writing -- 17. Description of the method and didactic material used -- 18. Language in childhood -- 19. Teaching of numeration: introduction to arithmetic -- 20. Sequence of exercises -- 21. General review of discipline -- 22. Conclusions and impressions.

Presents early twentieth-century Italian teacher Maria Montessori's influential childhood education method, which allows pupils freedom and creativity in their learning.

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