Montessori Maria

The absorbent mind

Oxford, Clio

1999

- IX, 270 p.

The Clio Montessori series, 1

Tit. orig.: La mente del bambino: (mente assorbente) (1. ed. italiana, 1952). Ristampa ed. Clio (1. ed., 1988).

Claremont Claude Albert

Translated from the italian by Claude A. Claremont.

1-85109-087-8

English

Great Britain

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Indice: Introduction to the first edition ( Mario M. Montessori, 1949); Translator's note (Claude A. Claremont, 1958); The child's part in world recontruction; 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 effect 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; Mistakes and their correction; The three levels of obedience; Discipline and the teacher; The teacher's preparation; Love and its source - the child.