"The book that introduced Montessori to America."--Cover.

Reprint. Edition first published by Schocken Books in 1964 ; text unaltered from original edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxv-xxxix).

A critical consideration of the new pedagogy in its relation to modern science

History of methods

Inaugural address delivered on the occasion of the opening of one the "children's houses"

Pedagogical methods used in the "children's houses"

Discipline

How the lesson should be given

Exercises of practical life

Refection--the child's diet

Muscular education--gymnastics

Nature in education -- agricultural labour : culture of plants and animals

Manual labour -- the Potter's art, and building

Education of the senses

Education of the senses and illustrations of the didactic material : general sensibility : the tactile, thermic, basic and stereognostic senses

General notes on the education of the senses

Intellectual education

Methods for the teaching of reading and writing

Description of the method and didactic material used

Language in childhood

Teaching of numeration : introduction to arithmetic

Sequence of exercises

General review of discipline

Conclusions and impressions