Montessori in the Classroom A Teacher's

What really happens inside a Montessori classroom? How do teachers teach? How do children learn? This fascinating day-by-day record of a year in the life of a Montessori classroom answers these questions by providing an illuminating glimpse of the Montessori method in action.

Paula Polk Lillard is the author of Montessori: A Modern Approach and Montessori Today. She is cofounder and director of the Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, Illinois.

Introduction

ix

(12)

Foreword

xxi

(4)

Preface

xxv

(2)

Acknowledgments

xxvii

1 On Education

3

(14)

2 Class Life

17

(88)

3 Language

105

(32)

4 Mathematics

137

(18)

5 Special Children

155

(40)

6 Personal Development

195

(28)

Appendixes

223

(40)

A Classroom Schedules

223

(4)

B Classroom Materials: Room Care, Art, Geography, Science, Cultural, Personal, Sensorial

227

(10)

C The Language Materials

237

(4)

D The Math Materials

241

(4)

E Key Introductory Montessori Math Materials

245

(16)

F The Three-Period Lesson of Seguin

261

(2)

Index

263

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Montessori in the Classroom A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn

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