The discovery of the child /

Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952

The discovery of the child / Maria Montessori ; translated by M. Joseph Costelloe. - x, 339 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

Original title: Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica. Translation of La scoperta del bambino.

Includes bibliographical references.

On the application of science to school -- The history of methods -- The teaching methods employed in children's houses -- Nature in education -- The material for development -- The exercises -- Visual & auditory distinctions -- Generalizations on the training of the senses -- The teacher -- The technique of the lessons -- Observations on prejudices -- Elevation -- Written language -- The mechanism of writing -- Reading -- Speech -- Teaching how to count & an introduction to arithmetic -- Draeing & representative art -- Introduction to musci -- Religious education -- Discipline in a children's house -- Conclusions & impressions -- The triumphal chariot -- Grades & sequence in the presentation of the mind -- Appendix: inaugural address delivered on the opening of the second children's hospital in 1907.

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Montessori method of education
Education, Elementary

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