TY - BOOK AU - Montessori,Maria AU - Claremont,Claude A. TI - The absorbent mind T2 - Clio Montessori series, SN - 1851090878 U1 - 155.4 PY - 1988///] CY - Oxford, England PB - Clio Press KW - Child development KW - Child psychology N1 - The child part in world reconstruction; Education for life; The periods of growth; The new path; The miracle of creation; Embryology and behaviour; The spiritual embryo; The child's conquest of independence; The first days of life; Some thoughts on language; How language calls to the child; The effects of obstacles on development; The importance of movement in general development; Intelligence and the hand; Development and imitation; From unconscious creator to conscious worker; Further elaboration through culture and imagination; Character and its defects in childhood; The child's contribution to society-normalization; Character building is the child's own achievement; Children's possessiveness and its transformations; Social development; Cohesion in the social unit; Mistake and their correction; The three levels of obedience; Discipline and the teacher; The teacher's preparation; Love and its source-the child ER -