TY - BOOK AU - Montessori,Maria TI - The Montessori method SN - 0805209220 U1 - 371.392 PY - 1988///] CY - New York PB - Schocken Books KW - Montessori method of education N1 - "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 ER -