TY  - BOOK
AU  - Montessori,Maria
TI  - The absorbent mind
SN  - 9781607964858
AV  - BF 721 .M7213 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - [Minooka, IL?]
PB  - BN Pub.
KW  - Child psychology
KW  - Educational psychology
N1  - Previously published: New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1967; Translation of: La mente del bambino; 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
N2  - A leading educator discusses the importance of the first six years to a child's normal physical and emotional development
ER  -