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Overview

For the first time, Basic Montessori opens the celebrated philosophy and method to a more general public. David Gettman has devised a clear and modern explanation of Montessori's revolutionary ideas about early intellectual development, and provides a step-by-step guide to the Montessori learning activities most commonly used with under-fives. These include activities for introducing reading and writing, counting and decimal concepts, science, and geography, as well as activities that help develop the child's practical and sensorial skills.

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Overview

For the first time, Basic Montessori opens the celebrated philosophy and method to a more general public. David Gettman has devised a clear and modern explanation of Montessori's revolutionary ideas about early intellectual development, and provides a step-by-step guide to the Montessori learning activities most commonly used with under-fives. These include activities for introducing reading and writing, counting and decimal concepts, science, and geography, as well as activities that help develop the child's practical and sensorial skills.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312018641
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 5/28/1988
  • Edition number: 6
  • Pages: 240
  • Sales rank: 236,077
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 9.19 (h) x 0.48 (d)

Meet the Author

David Gettman studied at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and after attending the Maria Montessori Training Organization's course in London, opened a small Montessori nursery school near San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
1. Montessori and her Theories 1
Introduction 1
The Young Child's Special Mind 3
An Ordered Growth 5
Learning by Connecting 10
The Child's Work Place 12
How the Adult Can Help 17
The Activities 21
The Five Subjects 21
An Overview of the Sequence 22
Presenting an Activity 27
The Child Freely at Work 29
Directing a Group of Children 30
Growth towards Independence 32
Peace through Self-fulfilment 34
2. Practical Activities 37
Introduction 37
Analysing Movement 39
A List of Practical Activities 41
Pouring Beans between Two Jugs 42
Buttoning 44
Sweeping Sawdust 46
Handling a Book (Presentation to a Group) 51
Saying 'Thank You' 56
Walking on the Line 58
Being Silent 60
3. Sensorial Activities 65
Introduction 65
Three Stage Lesson 69
Sight 72
Cylinder Blocks 72
Pink Tower 74
Brown Stair 76
Red Rods 78
Colour Tablets 80
Geometric Cabinet 84
Constructive Triangles 88
Square of Pythagoras 91
Binomial and Trinomial Cubes 94
Touch 98
Blindfold 98
Tactile Sense 98
Sensitising the Fingers 98
Touch Boards 99
Tactile Tablets 101
Fabrics 103
Thermic Sense 105
Thermic Bottles 105
Thermic Tablets 108
Stereognostic Sense 110
Geometric Solids 110
Stereognostic Bags 115
Mystery Bag 117
Sorting Grains 117
Visual Work with Blindfold 118
Baric Sense 119
Baric Tablets 119
Hearing 121
Sound Boxes 121
Bells 125
Taste 128
Tasting Cups 128
Smell 129
Smelling Boxes 129
4. Language Activities 131
Introduction 131
Early Preparation 134
Classified Pictures 134
I Spy 136
Speech 137
Sandpaper Letters 139
Writing 140
Metal Insets 140
Movable Alphabet 142
Writing Individual Letters 146
Writing Families of Letters 147
Positioning Letters on Lines 147
Sandpaper Capitals 148
Storage of Work 149
Reading 150
Object Boxes 150
Action Cards 152
Reading Folders 153
Puzzle Words 155
Book Corner and Library 156
5. Mathematics Activities 159
Introduction 159
Group 1 Introduction to Numbers 162
Number Rods 162
Sandpaper Numbers 163
Number Tablets (with the Number Rods) 164
Spindles 166
Numbers and Counters 167
Memory Play 168
Group 2 Introduction to the Decimal System 169
Limited Bead Material 169
Number Cards 171
Function of the Decimal System 172
Formation of Complex Numbers 174
Unlimited Bead Material 175
Group 3 Introduction to Teens and Tens 177
Introduction to Teens 177
Introduction to Tens 179
Fractions 181
6. Culture Activities 183
Introduction 183
Geography 188
Land and Water 188
Maps 190
Places 193
Nature Studies 195
Animals 195
Classifying Animals 195
Parts of Animals 197
Plants 198
Classification by Leaf 198
Parts of Plants 201
Plant Life Cycles 203
Matter and Energy 204
Air 204
Water 207
Magnetism 208
Gravity 211
Sound 213
Optics 214
History 216
Past and Present 216
Stories about the Past 217
Time Line 218
Further Reading 221
Index 223

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 15, 2006

    Great reference style book

    It reads a little dry, but it gives you lots of information about the stages of development and the areas of interest for children under 5. The activities are listed and some are described in great detail (how to give the child the lesson, step by step).

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