The Absorbent Mind
Contents: Introduction. 1. The child\'s part in world reconstruction. 2. Education for life. 3. The periods of growth. 4. The new path. 5. The miracle of creation. 6. Embryology and behaviour. 7. The spiritual embryo. 8. The child\'s conquest of independence. 9. The first days of life. 10. Some thoughts on language. 11. How language calls to the child. 12. The effect of obstacles on development. 13. The importance of movement in general development. 14. Intelligence and the hand. 15. Development and imitation. 16. From unconscious creator to conscious worker. 17. Further elaboration through culture and imagination. 18. Character and its defects in childhood. 19. The child\'s contribution to society--normalization. 20. Character building is the child\'s own achievement. 21. Children\'s possessiveness and its transformations. 22. Social development. 23. Cohesion in the social unit. 24. Mistakes and their correction. 25. The three levels of obedience. 26. Discipline and the teacher. 27. The teacher\'s preparation. 28. Love and its source--the child. Index.
The Absorbent Mind is based on lectures given by Maria Montessori, is an analysis of the physical and psychological aspects of a child\'s growth during the most significant period of life--the first six years. During this period the child learns motor coordination, language, the making of social adjustments, the setting of work habits, and the beginning of routines that set patterns for life. She illustrates the unique mental powers of the young child which enables him to construct and firmly establish within but a few years--without teachers, without any of the usual aids of education, nay, almost abandoned and often obstructed--all the characteristics of the human personality. (jacket)
The Absorbent Mind is based on lectures given by Maria Montessori, is an analysis of the physical and psychological aspects of a child\'s growth during the most significant period of life--the first six years. During this period the child learns motor coordination, language, the making of social adjustments, the setting of work habits, and the beginning of routines that set patterns for life. She illustrates the unique mental powers of the young child which enables him to construct and firmly establish within but a few years--without teachers, without any of the usual aids of education, nay, almost abandoned and often obstructed--all the characteristics of the human personality. (jacket)
