A MONTESSORI MOTHER

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ABOUT PARENTS

CHAPTER II A DAY IN A CASA DEI BAMBINI

CHAPTER III MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN A CASA DEI BAMBINI

CHAPTER IV SOMETHING ABOUT THE APPARATUS AND ABOUT THE THEORY UNDERLYING IT

CHAPTER V DESCRIPTION OF THE REST OF THE APPARATUS AND THE METHOD FOR WRITING AND READING

CHAPTER VI SOME GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT THE MONTESSORI APPARATUS IN THE AMERICAN HOME

CHAPTER VII THE POSSIBILITY OF AMERICAN ADAPTATIONS OF, OR ADDITIONS TO, THE MONTESSORI APPARATUS

CHAPTER VIII SOME REMARKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SYSTEM

CHAPTER IX APPLICATION OF THIS PHILOSOPHY TO AMERICAN HOME LIFE

CHAPTER X SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURE OF “DISCIPLINE”

CHAPTER XI MORE ABOUT DISCIPLINE, WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO OBEDIENCE

CHAPTER XII DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF A UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE MONTESSORI IDEAS

CHAPTER XIII IS THERE ANY REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONTESSORI SYSTEM AND THE KINDERGARTEN?

CHAPTER XIV MORAL TRAINING

CHAPTER XV DR. MONTESSORI’S LIFE AND THE ORIGIN OF THE CASA DEI BAMBINI

CHAPTER XVI SOME LAST REMARKS

INDEX