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The Montessori Observer

This four page newsletter is mailed four (4) times each year to Society members throughout the world. The Society will send a free sample to anyone upon request (provide your snail mail address for mailing). The Observer provides substantive pratical knowledge about Montessori teaching, and current news and information about the progress of the Society's work of creating the "new education".

Recent Topics:

March, 2005 - Environment
The term "environment" has special meaning in Montessori teaching, with distinctions that are critcially important to Montessori teaching. This issue focuses on the meaning and application of this term in such expressions as "preparation of the environment" and "Montessori environemnt". Another feature analyzes "dependency on teaching", showing how to resolve the many problems associated with this issue in a practical setting with children.

May, 2005 - The Child
The May, 2005 issue features an examination of the child  from the perspective of Dr. Montessori's approach of "control the environment, not the child".   Lee Havis points out the distinct nature of the child as viewed by Dr. Montessori, in comparison with its conventional appearance in society.  You will learn how Montessori teaching leads you to discover the child's true nature as described by Dr. Montessori; i.e., self-disciplined, orderly and in complete harmony with its environment.
   This issue also reports on an IMS workshop conducted in Falls Church, VA, and examine how to distinguish between work or fantasy - to know how to interact with children in a manner consistent with laws of nature

September, 2005 - Technology
The  September  issue will consider Technology with is now available to fully implement Montessori teaching that leads to the emergence of the normalized child.  Until 2003, this was not available, and Montessori teaching before has been uncertain and difficult at best.  This issue views technology as what to do and how to do it, to follow laws of nature with children.  It is vital to implement a scientific education, and its lack in the past has been a significant obstacle to progress in Montessori teaching.  The technology is being prepared in new book entitled "The Technology of Montessori Teaching", which will be available in published form in the near future.

Newsletter Front Page
About the Observer,
 one reader wrote: 

"Thanks a million for the newsletter...I was - mildly put - swept away. Although I have read about the 'normalized' child in Dr. Montessori's books, this is the first time I've seen it emphasized with such a deep passion in anything written about Montessori." 

--Sonja Buhlman (Florida)

Creating the New Education...
The Montessori OBSERVER
This four-page newsletter of the International Montessori Society is mailed four times each year to Society members throughout the world. The Society will send a free sample to anyone upon request. 

The Observer provides current news and information about the progress of the Society's work for Dr. Montessori's vision of a new education based on being committed to laws of nature, such as reflected by such fundamental Montessori principles as "observation", "individual liberty" and "preparation of the environment". Each issue offers practical guidance in using the unique technology of Montessori teaching, to create the special environment that allows the child's true "normalized" nature to fully emerge according to its own perfect inner guidance for self-directed development. The Montessori Observer includes information about:

  • Teacher education 
  • New schools 
  • Montessori accreditation 
  • Publications and resources 
  • Montessori conferences 
  • Practical guidance for better Montessori teaching
  • In-depth study of Montessori principles 
 
Back Issues of the Montessori Observer
VOL. I - VOL. VI -- 1980-85: Contact the Society for full listing of titles. 
VOL. VII, 1986
No. 1 - Fantasy
No. 2 - Pain
No. 3 - Independence
No. 4 - Harmony
No. 5 - Social Life
No. 6 - Discipline		 VOL. VII, 1987
No. I - Interest
No. 2 - Education
No. 3 - Language
No. 4 - Imagination
No. 5 - Movement
No. 6 - Completion		 VOL. IX, 1988
No. 1 - Truth
No. 2 - Faith
No. 3 - Rewards and Punishment
No. 4 - Will
No. 5 - Character
No. 6 - Progress
VOL. X, 1989
No. 1 - Cooperation
No. 2 - Authority
No. 3 - Maturity
No. 4 - Completion
No. 5 - Control of Error
No.6 - Lesson Presentation		 VOL. XI, 1990
No. 1 - Relationship
No. 2 - Unity
No. 3 - Knowledge
No, 4 - Expectations
No. 5 - Danger
No. 6 - Purpose		 VOL. XII, 1991
No. I - Community
No. 2 - Vision
No. 3 - Controlling the Adult Personality
No. 4 - Child's Personality
VOL. XIII, 1992
No. 1 - Attention
No. 2 - Hope
No. 3 - Happiness
No. 4 - Memory		 VOL. XIV, 1993
No. 1 - Individuality
No. 2 - Confusion
No. 3 - Abandonment
No. 4 - Psychology		 VOL. XV, 1994
No. 1 - Positive Attitude
No. 2 - Learning
No. 3 - Responsibility
No. 4 - Experience
VOL. XVI, 1995
No. 1 - Power
No. 2 - Adaptation
No. 3 - Imitation
No. 4 - Thinking		 VOL. XVII, 1996
No. 1 - Habit
No. 2 - Inner Preparation
No. 3 - Persistence
No. 4 - Control		 VOL. XVIII, 1997
No. 1 - Politics
No. 2 - Change
No. 3 - Peace
No. 4 - Possessive Instinct
VOL. XIX, 1998
No. 1 - Balance
No. 2 - Action
No. 3 - Morality
No. 4 - Trust		 VOL. XX, 1999
No. 1 - Strength
No. 2 - Maturity
No. 3 - Instinct
No. 4 - Laws		 VOL. XXI, 2000
No. 1 - Help
No. 2 - Mystery
No. 3 - Correcting Error
No. 4 - Development
VOL. XXII, 2001
No. 1 - Reason
No. 2 - Ideas
No. 3 - Magic
No. 4 - Cause		 VOL. XXIII, 2002
No. 1 - Obedience
No. 2 - Laws of Nature
No. 3 - Faults and Errors
No. 4 - Repression		 VOVOL. XXIV, 2003
No. 1 - Repetition
No. 2 - New Humanity
No. 3 - Judgment
No. 4 - Inner Guidance

VOL. XXV, 2004
No. 1 - Practical LIfe
No. 2 - Science
No. 3 - Absorbent Mind
No. 4 - Human Nature

VOL. XXVI, 2005
No. 1 - Environment
No. 2 -The Child
No. 3 - Technology



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