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
Maria Montessori
BY DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER Author of “The Squirrel-Cage”
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1913
Copyright, 1912, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY Published October, 1912 THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS RAHWAY, N. J.
DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO MARIA MONTESSORI
