Fisher Dorothy Canfield

Montessori for parents

Cambridge (Mass.), Bentley

1965

- X, 240 p., ill., 20 fotografie, 22 cm.

Tit. orig.: A Montessori mother (1.ed., 1912).

English

United States of America

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Indice: Preface; Some introductory remarks about parents; A day in a Casa dei Bambini; More about what happens in a Casa dei Bambini; Something about the apparatus and about the theory underlying it; Description of the rest of the apparatus and the method for writing and reading; Some general remarks about the Montessori apparatus in the american home; The possibility of american adaptations of, or additions to, the Montessori apparatus; Some remarks on the philosophy of the system; Applications of this philosophy to american home life; Some considerations on the nature of discipline; More about discipline, with special regard to obedience; Difficulties in the way of a universal adoption of the Montessori ideas; Is there any real difference between the Montessori system and the kindergarten?; Moral training; Dr. Montessori's life and the origin of the Casa dei Bambini; Some last remarks.