Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

DR. MONTESSORI, THE WOMAN

WITH MARGHERITA IN THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE Showing the Unconscious

VALIA The Physical Education of the System

THE FREEING OF OTELLO, THE TERRIBLE Montessori Awakening of Conscience Through Directed Will

THE CHRIST IN BRUNO About the New Spiritual Sense

MARIO'S FINGER EYES Montessori Sense-Training

RAFFAELO'S HUNGER Color Teaching. Its Value

THE GOING AWAY OF ANTONIO Directing the Child Will

ANDREA'S LILY The Nature-Training of the Method

THE MIRACLE OF OLGA Reading and Writing as Natural for Your Child as Speech

CLARA LITTLE MOTHER The Social Development of the Montessori Child

PICCOLA LITTLE HOME MAKER The Helpfulness of the Montessori Child

MARIO'S PLAYS Montessori and the Child's Imagination

THE GREAT SILENCE Montessori Development of Repose

Patient waiting for the earth to bloom develops a little child spiritually.

MONTESSORI CHILDREN

BY
CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY

ILLUSTRATED FROM SPECIALLY POSED PHOTOGRAPHS

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1915

Copyright, 1913, 1914,
BY
THE BUTTERICK CO.

Copyright, 1915,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published February, 1915

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