The absorbent mind / Maria Montessori.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: [Minooka, IL?] : BN Pub., c2012.Description: 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781607964858
  • 1607964856
Uniform titles:
  • Mente del bambino. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 721 .M7213 2012
Contents:
The child and the world reconstructed -- Education for life -- The periods of growth -- A new orientation -- The miracle of creation -- One plan, one method -- Man's universality -- The psycho-embryonic life -- The conquest of independence -- Care to be taken at life's beginnning -- On language -- The call of language -- Obstacles and their consequences -- Movement and total development -- Intelligence and the hand -- Development and imitation -- From unconscious creator to conscious worker -- The new teacher -- Further elaboration through culture and imagination -- Character and its defects in young children -- A social contribution of the child : normalization -- Character-building a conquest, not a defense -- The sublimation of possessiveness -- Social development -- Society by cohesion -- Error and its control -- The three degrees of obedience -- The Montessori teacher -- The fountain source of love the child.
Summary: A leading educator discusses the importance of the first six years to a child's normal physical and emotional development.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BF 721 .M7213 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98644403

Previously published: New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1967.

Includes bibliographical references.

The child and the world reconstructed -- Education for life -- The periods of growth -- A new orientation -- The miracle of creation -- One plan, one method -- Man's universality -- The psycho-embryonic life -- The conquest of independence -- Care to be taken at life's beginnning -- On language -- The call of language -- Obstacles and their consequences -- Movement and total development -- Intelligence and the hand -- Development and imitation -- From unconscious creator to conscious worker -- The new teacher -- Further elaboration through culture and imagination -- Character and its defects in young children -- A social contribution of the child : normalization -- Character-building a conquest, not a defense -- The sublimation of possessiveness -- Social development -- Society by cohesion -- Error and its control -- The three degrees of obedience -- The Montessori teacher -- The fountain source of love the child.

Translation of: La mente del bambino.

A leading educator discusses the importance of the first six years to a child's normal physical and emotional development.

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