# [The Montessori Method, 2nd Edition](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/English "The Montessori Method on Montessori Zone - English Language") - English Restoration - [Archive.Org](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/ "The Montessori Method on Aechive.Org") - [Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7089223M/The_Montessori_method "The Montessori Method on Open Library") > Notes: > > 1. The Chapters and Subtitles link to the documents on Montessori.Zone > 2. The Page Numbers attached to the Subtitles link to the Original Page on [Archive.Org](http://Archive.Org) ## Chapter Index - [IX](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/ix/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') ## [Chapter 00 - Dedication, Acknowledgements, Preface to the American Edition, Introduction](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+00+-+Dedication%2C+Acknowledgements%2C+Preface+to+the+American+Edition%2C+Introduction#the-montessori-method) [A - Dedication](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+00+-+Dedication%2C+Acknowledgements%2C+Preface+to+the+American+Edition%2C+Introduction#a---dedication) - [I](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/n10/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [B - Acknowledgements](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+00+-+Dedication%2C+Acknowledgements%2C+Preface+to+the+American+Edition%2C+Introduction#b---acknowledgements) - [V](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/n12/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [C - Preface to the American Edition](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+00+-+Dedication%2C+Acknowledgements%2C+Preface+to+the+American+Edition%2C+Introduction#c---preface-to-the-american-edition) - [VII](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/vii/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [D - Introduction](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+00+-+Dedication%2C+Acknowledgements%2C+Preface+to+the+American+Edition%2C+Introduction#d---introduction) - [XVII](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/xvii/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 01 - A critical consideration of the new pedagogy in its relation to modern science](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#chapter-1---a-critical-consideration-of-the-new-pedagogy-in-its-relation-to-modern-science) - 1 [1.1 Influence of Modern Science on Pedagogy](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.1-influence-of-modern-science-on-pedagogy) - [1](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/1/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.2 Italy’s part in the development of Scientific Pedagogy](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.2-italy%E2%80%99s-part-in-the-development-of-scientific-pedagogy) - [4](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/4/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.3 Difference between scientific technique and the scientific spirit](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.3-difference-between-scientific-technique-and-the-scientific-spirit) - [7](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/7/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.4 The direction of the preparation should be toward the spirit rather than toward the mechanism](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.4-the-direction-of-the-preparation-should-be-toward-the-spirit-rather-than-toward-the-mechanism) - [9](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/9/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.5 The master to study man in the awakening of his intellectual life](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.5-the-master-to-study-man-in-the-awakening-of-his-intellectual-life) - [12](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/12/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.6 The attitude of the teacher in the light of another example](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.6-the-attitude-of-the-teacher-in-the-light-of-another-example) - [13](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/13/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.7 The school must permit the free natural manifestations of the child if the school’s Scientific Pedagogy is to be born](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.7-the-school-must-permit-the-free-natural-manifestations-of-the-child-if-the-school%E2%80%99s-scientific-pedagogy-is-to-be-born) - [15](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/15/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.8 Stationary desks and chairs prove that the principle of slavery still informs the school](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.8-stationary-desks-and-chairs-prove-that-the-principle-of-slavery-still-informs-the-school) - [16](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/16/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.9 Conquest of liberty, what the school needs](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.9-conquest-of-liberty%2C-what-the-school-needs) - [19](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/19/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.10 What may happen to the spirit](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.10-what-may-happen-to-the-spirit) - [20](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/20/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.11 Prizes and punishments, the bench of the soul](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.11-prizes-and-punishments%2C-the-bench-of-the-soul) - [21](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/21/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [1.12 All human victories, all human progress, stand upon the inner force](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+01+-+A+critical+consideration+of+the+new+pedagogy+in+its+relation+to+modern+science#1.12-all-human-victories%2C-all-human-progress%2C-stand-upon-the-inner-force) - [24](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/24/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 02 - History of Methods](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#chapter-2---history-of-methods) - 28 [2.1 The necessity of establishing the method peculiar to Scientific Pedagogy](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.1-the-necessity-of-establishing-the-method-peculiar-to-scientific-pedagogy) - [28](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/28/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [2.2 Origin of the educational system in use in the "Children’s Houses"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.2-origin-of-the-educational-system-in-use-in-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-houses%22) - [31](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/31/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [2.3 Practical application of the methods of Itard and Seguin in the Orthophrenic School at Rome](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.3-practical-application-of-the-methods-of-itard-and-seguin-in-the-orthophrenic-school-at-rome) - [32](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/32/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [2.4 Origin of the methods for the education of deficients](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.4-origin-of-the-methods-for-the-education-of-deficients) - [33](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/33/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [2.5 Application of the methods in Germany and France](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.5-application-of-the-methods-in-germany-and-france) - [35](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/35/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [2.6 Seguin’s first didactic material was spiritual](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.6-seguin%E2%80%99s-first-didactic-material-was-spiritual) - [37](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/37/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [2.7 Methods for deficients applied to the education of normal children](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.7-methods-for-deficients-applied-to-the-education-of-normal-children) - [42](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/42/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [2.8 Social and pedagogic importance of the "Children’s Houses"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+02+-+History+of+Methods#2.8-social-and-pedagogic-importance-of-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-houses%22) - [44](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/44/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 03 - Inaugural address delivered on the occasion of the opening of one of the “Children’s Houses”](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#chapter-3---inaugural-address-delivered-on-the-occasion-of-the-opening-of-one-of-the-%E2%80%9Cchildren%E2%80%99s-houses%E2%80%9D) - 48 [3.1 The Quarter of San Lorenzo before and since the establishment of the "Children’s Houses"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.1-the-quarter-of-san-lorenzo-before-and-since-the-establishment-of-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-houses%22) - [48](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/48/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.2 The evil of subletting the cruelest form of usury](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.2-the-evil-of-subletting-the-cruelest-form-of-usury) - [50](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/50/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.3 The problem of life is more profound than that of the intellectual elevation of the poor](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.3-the-problem-of-life-is-more-profound-than-that-of-the-intellectual-elevation-of-the-poor) - [52](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/52/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.4 Isolation of the masses of the poor, unknown in past centuries](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.4-isolation-of-the-masses-of-the-poor%2C-unknown-in-past-centuries) - [53](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/53/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.5 Work of the Roman Association of Good Building and the moral importance of their reforms](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.5-work-of-the-roman-association-of-good-building-and-the-moral-importance-of-their-reforms) - [56](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/56/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.6 The "Children's House" earned by the parents through their care of the building](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.6-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-house%22-earned-by-the-parents-through-their-care-of-the-building) - [60](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/60/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.7 Pedagogical organization of the "Children’s House"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.7-pedagogical-organization-of-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-house%22) - [62](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/62/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.8 The "Children's House" the first step toward the socialization of the house](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.8-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-house%22-the-first-step-toward-the-socialization-of-the-house) - [65](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/65/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.9 The communized house in its relation to the home and to the spiritual evolution of women](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.9-the-communized-house-in-its-relation-to-the-home-and-to-the-spiritual-evolution-of-women) - [66](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/66/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [3.10 Rules and Regulations of the "Children’s Houses"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+03+-+Inaugural+address+delivered+on+the+occasion+of+the+opening+of+one+of+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#3.10-rules-and-regulations-of-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-houses%22) - [70](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/70/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 04 - Pedagogical Methods used in the “Children’s Houses”](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+04+-+Pedagogical+Methods+used+in+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#chapter-4---pedagogical-methods-used-in-the-%E2%80%9Cchildren%E2%80%99s-houses%E2%80%9D) - 72 [4.1 Child psychology can be established only through the method of external observation](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+04+-+Pedagogical+Methods+used+in+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#4.1-child-psychology-can-be-established-only-through-the-method-of-external-observation) - [72](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/72/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [4.2 Anthropological Consideration](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+04+-+Pedagogical+Methods+used+in+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#4.2-anthropological-consideration) - [73](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/73/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [4.3 Anthropological notes](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+04+-+Pedagogical+Methods+used+in+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#4.3-anthropological-notes) - [77](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/77/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [4.4 Environment and Schoolroom Furnishings](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+04+-+Pedagogical+Methods+used+in+the+%E2%80%9CChildren%E2%80%99s+Houses%E2%80%9D#4.4-environment-and-schoolroom-furnishings) - [80](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/80/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 05 - Discipline](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+05+-+Discipline#chapter-5---discipline) - 86 [5.1 Discipline through liberty](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+05+-+Discipline#5.1-discipline-through-liberty) - [86](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/86/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [5.2 Independence](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+05+-+Discipline#5.2-independence) - [95](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/95/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [5.3 Abolition of prizes and external forms of punishment](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+05+-+Discipline#5.3-abolition-of-prizes-and-external-forms-of-punishment) - [101](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/101/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [5.4 The biological concept of liberty in pedagogy](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+05+-+Discipline#5.4-the-biological-concept-of-liberty-in-pedagogy) - [104](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/104/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 06 - How the lesson should be given](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+06+-+How+the+lesson+should+be+given#chapter-06---how-the-lesson-should-be-given) - 107 [6.1 Characteristics of the individual lessons](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+06+-+How+the+lesson+should+be+given#6.1-characteristics-of-the-individual-lessons) - [107](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/107/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [6.2 Method of observation the fundamental guide](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+06+-+How+the+lesson+should+be+given#6.2-method-of-observation-the-fundamental-guide) - [108](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/108/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [6.3 Difference between the scientific and unscientific methods illustrated](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+06+-+How+the+lesson+should+be+given#6.3-difference-between-the-scientific-and-unscientific-methods-illustrated) - [109](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/109/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [6.4 The first task of educators is to stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+06+-+How+the+lesson+should+be+given#6.4-the-first-task-of-educators-is-to-stimulate-life%2C-leaving-it-then-free-to-develop) - [115](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/115/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 07 - Exercises of Practical Life](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+07+-+Exercises+for+Practical+Life#chapter-07---exercises-of-practical-life) - 121 [7.1 Suggested schedule for the “Children’s Houses”](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+07+-+Exercises+for+Practical+Life#7.1-suggested-schedule-for-the-%E2%80%9Cchildren%E2%80%99s-houses%E2%80%9D) - [121](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/121/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [7.2 The child must be prepared for the forms of social life and his attention attracted to these forms](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+07+-+Exercises+for+Practical+Life#7.2-the-child-must-be-prepared-for-the-forms-of-social-life-and-his-attention-attracted-to-these-forms) - [122](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/122/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 08 - Reflection on the Child's Diet](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+08+-+Reflection+the+Child%E2%80%99s+diet#) - 125 [8.1 Diet must be adapted to the child’s physical nature](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+08+-+Reflection+the+Child%E2%80%99s+diet#8.1-diet-must-be-adapted-to-the-child%E2%80%99s-physical-nature) - [125](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/125/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [8.2 Foods and their preparation](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+08+-+Reflection+the+Child%E2%80%99s+diet#8.2-foods-and-their-preparation) - [126](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/126/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [8.3 Drinks](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+08+-+Reflection+the+Child%E2%80%99s+diet#8.3-drinks) - [132](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/132/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [8.4 Distribution of meals](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+08+-+Reflection+the+Child%E2%80%99s+diet#8.4-distribution-of-meals) - [133](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/133/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 09 - Muscular Education - Gymnastics](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#chapter-9---muscular-education---gymnastics) - 137 [9.1 Generally accepted the idea of gymnastics is inadequate](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.1-generally-accepted-the-idea-of-gymnastics-is-inadequate) - [137](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/137/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [9.2 The special gymnastics necessary for little children](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.2-the-special-gymnastics-necessary-for-little-children) - [138](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/138/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [9.3 Other pieces of gymnastic apparatus](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.3-other-pieces-of-gymnastic-apparatus) - [141](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/141/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [9.4 Free gymnastics](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.4-free-gymnastics) - [144](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/144/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [9.5 Educational gymnastics](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.5-educational-gymnastics) - [144](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/144/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [9.6 Respiratory gymnastics, and labial, dental, and lingual gymnastics](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.6-respiratory-gymnastics%2C-and-labial%2C-dental%2C-and-lingual-gymnastics) - [147](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/147/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 10 - Nature in Education - Agricultural Labor: Culture of Plants and Animals](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+10+-+Nature+in+education+agricultural+labor%3A+Culture+of+plants+and+animals#chapter-10---nature-in-education---agricultural-labor%3A-culture-of-plants-and-animals) - 149 [10.1 The savage of the Aveyron](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+10+-+Nature+in+education+agricultural+labor%3A+Culture+of+plants+and+animals#10.1-the-savage-of-the-aveyron) - [149](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/149/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [10.2 Itard’s educative drama repeated in the education of little children](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+10+-+Nature+in+education+agricultural+labor%3A+Culture+of+plants+and+animals#10.2-itard%E2%80%99s-educative-drama-repeated-in-the-education-of-little-children) - [153](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/153/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [10.3 Gardening and horticulture basis of a method for education of children](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+10+-+Nature+in+education+agricultural+labor%3A+Culture+of+plants+and+animals#10.3-gardening-and-horticulture-basis-of-a-method-for-education-of-children) - [155](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/155/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [10.4 The child initiated into the observation of the phenomena of life and into foresight by way of auto-education](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+10+-+Nature+in+education+agricultural+labor%3A+Culture+of+plants+and+animals#10.4-the-child-initiated-into-the-observation-of-the-phenomena-of-life-and-into-foresight-by-way-of-auto-education) - [156](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/156/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [10.5 Children are initiated into the virtue of patience and into confident expectation and are inspired by a feeling for nature](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+10+-+Nature+in+education+agricultural+labor%3A+Culture+of+plants+and+animals#10.5-children-are-initiated-into-the-virtue-of-patience-and-into-confident-expectation-and-are-inspired-by-a-feeling-for-nature) - [159](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/159/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [10.6 The child follows the natural way of development of the human race](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+10+-+Nature+in+education+agricultural+labor%3A+Culture+of+plants+and+animals#10.6-the-child-follows-the-natural-way-of-development-of-the-human-race) - [160](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/160/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 11 - Manual Labor - The Potter's Art and Building](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+11+-+Manual+labor+the+potter%E2%80%99s+art%2C+and+building#) - 162 [11.1 Difference between manual labor and manual gymnastics](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+11+-+Manual+labor+the+potter%E2%80%99s+art%2C+and+building#11.1-difference-between-manual-labor-and-manual-gymnastics) - [162](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/162/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [11.2 The School of Educative Art](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+11+-+Manual+labor+the+potter%E2%80%99s+art%2C+and+building#11.2-the-school-of-educative-art) - [163](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/163/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [11.3 Archaeological, historical, and artistic importance of the vase](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+11+-+Manual+labor+the+potter%E2%80%99s+art%2C+and+building#11.3-archaeological%2C-historical%2C-and-artistic-importance-of-the-vase) - [164](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/164/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [11.4 Manufacture of diminutive bricks and construction of diminutive walls and houses](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+11+-+Manual+labor+the+potter%E2%80%99s+art%2C+and+building#11.4-manufacture-of-diminutive-bricks-and-construction-of-diminutive-walls-and-houses) - [165](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/165/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 12 - Education of the senses](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+12+-+Education+of+the+senses#chapter-12---education-of-the-senses) - 168 [12.1 Aim of education to develop the energies](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+12+-+Education+of+the+senses#12.1-aim-of-education-to-develop-the-energies) - [168](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/168/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [12.2 The difference in the reaction between deficient and normal children in the presentation of didactic material made up of graded stimuli](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+12+-+Education+of+the+senses#12.2-the-difference-in-the-reaction-between-deficient-and-normal-children-in-the-presentation-of-didactic-material-made-up-of-graded-stimuli) - [169](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/169/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [12.3 Education of the senses has as its aim the refinement of the differential perception of stimuli through repeated exercises](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+12+-+Education+of+the+senses#12.3-education-of-the-senses-has-as-its-aim-the-refinement-of-the-differential-perception-of-stimuli-through-repeated-exercises) - [173](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/173/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [12.4 Three Periods of Seguin](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+12+-+Education+of+the+senses#12.4-three-periods-of-seguin) - [177](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/177/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 13 - Education of the senses and illustrations of the didactic material: General sensibility: The tactile, thermic, basic, and stereo gnostic senses](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#chapter-13---education-of-the-senses-and-illustrations-of-the-didactic-material%3A-general-sensibility%3A-the-tactile%2C-thermic%2C-basic%2C-and-stereo-gnostic-senses) - 185 [13.1 Education of the tactile, thermic, and baric senses](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.1-education-of-the-tactile%2C-thermic%2C-and-baric-senses) - [185](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/185/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.2 Education of the stereognosis sense](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.2-education-of-the-stereognosis-sense) - [188](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/188/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.3 Education of the senses of taste and smell](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.3-education-of-the-senses-of-taste-and-smell) - [190](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/190/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.4 Education of the sense of vision](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.4-education-of-the-sense-of-vision) - [191](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/191/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.5 Exercises with the three series of cards](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.5-exercises-with-the-three-series-of-cards) - [199](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/199/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.6 Education of the chromatic sense](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.6-education-of-the-chromatic-sense) - [200](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/200/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.7 Exercise for the discrimination of sounds](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.7-exercise-for-the-discrimination-of-sounds) - [203](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/203/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.8 Musical education](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.8-musical-education) - [206](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/206/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.9 Tests for acuteness of hearing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.9-tests-for-acuteness-of-hearing) - [209](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/209/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [13.10 A lesson in silence](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.10-a-lesson-in-silence) - [212](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/212/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 14 - General Notes on the education of the senses](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+14+-+General+notes+on+the+education+of+the+senses#chapter-14---general-notes-on-the-education-of-the-senses) - 215 [14.1 The aim of education biological and social](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+14+-+General+notes+on+the+education+of+the+senses#14.1-the-aim-of-education-biological-and-social) - [215](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/215/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [14.2 Education of the senses makes men observers and prepares them directly for practical life](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+14+-+General+notes+on+the+education+of+the+senses#14.2-education-of-the-senses-makes-men-observers-and-prepares-them-directly-for-practical-life) - [218](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/218/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 15 - Intellectual Education](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#chapter-15-intellectual-education) - 224 [15.1 Sense exercises a species of auto-education](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.1-sense-exercises-a-species-of-auto-education) - [224](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/224/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.2 Importance of an exact nomenclature, and how to teach it](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.2-importance-of-an-exact-nomenclature%2C-and-how-to-teach-it) - [225](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/225/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.3 Spontaneous progress of the child the greatest triumph of Scientific Pedagogy](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.3-spontaneous-progress-of-the-child-the-greatest-triumph-of-scientific-pedagogy) - [228](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/228/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.4 Games of the blind](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.4-games-of-the-blind) - [231](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/231/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.5 Application of the visual sense to the observation of the environment](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.5-application-of-the-visual-sense-to-the-observation-of-the-environment) - [232](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/232/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.6 Method of using didactic material: dimensions, form, design](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.6-method-of-using-didactic-material%3A-dimensions%2C-form%2C-design) - [233](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/233/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.7 Free plastic work](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.7-free-plastic-work) - [241](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/241/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.8 Geometric Analysis of Figures: Sides, Angles, Centre, Base](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.8-geometric-analysis-of-figures%3A-sides%2C-angles%2C-centre%2C-base) - [243](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/243/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [15.9 Exercises in the Chromatic Sense](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+15+-+Intellectual+education#15.9-exercises-in-the-chromatic-sense) - [244](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/244/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 16 - Methods for the teaching of reading and writing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#chapter-16---methods-for-the-teaching-of-reading-and-writing) - 246 [16.1 Spontaneous development of graphic language: Seguin and Itard](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.1-spontaneous-development-of-graphic-language%3A-seguin-and-itard) - [246](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/246/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.2 The necessity of a special education that shall fit man for objective observation and direct logical thought](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.2-the-necessity-of-a-special-education-that-shall-fit-man-for-objective-observation-and-direct-logical-thought) - [252](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/252/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.3 Results of objective observation and logical thought](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.3-results-of-objective-observation-and-logical-thought) - [253](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/253/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.4 Not necessary to begin teaching writing with vertical strokes](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.4-not-necessary-to-begin-teaching-writing-with-vertical-strokes) - [257](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/257/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.5 Spontaneous drawing of normal children](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.5-spontaneous-drawing-of-normal-children) - [258](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/258/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.6 Use of Froebel mats in teaching children sewing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.6-use-of-froebel-mats-in-teaching-children-sewing) - [260](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/260/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.7 Children should be taught how before they are made to execute a task](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.7-children-should-be-taught-how-before-they-are-made-to-execute-a-task) - [261](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/261/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.8 Two diverse forms of movement made in writing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.8-two-diverse-forms-of-movement-made-in-writing) - [262](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/262/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.9 Experiments with normal children](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.9-experiments-with-normal-children) - [267](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/267/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [16.10 Origin of alphabets in present use](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+16+-+Method+for+the+teaching+of+reading+and+writing#16.10-origin-of-alphabets-in-present-use) - [269](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/269/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 17 - Description of the method and didactic material used](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#chapter-17---description-of-the-method-and-didactic-material-used) - 271 [17.1 Exercise tends to develop the muscular mechanism necessary for holding and using the instrument in writing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.1-exercise-tends-to-develop-the-muscular-mechanism-necessary-for-holding-and-using-the-instrument-in-writing) - [271](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/271/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [17.2 Didactic material for writing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.2-didactic-material-for-writing) - [271](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/271/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [17.3 Exercise tends to establish the visual-muscular image of the alphabetical signs, and to establish the muscular memory of the movements necessary for writing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.3-exercise-tends-to-establish-the-visual-muscular-image-of-the-alphabetical-signs%2C-and-to-establish-the-muscular-memory-of-the-movements-necessary-for-writing) - [275](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/275/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [17.4 Exercises for the composition of words](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.4-exercises-for-the-composition-of-words) - [281](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/281/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [17.5 Reading, the interpretation of an idea from written signs](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.5-reading%2C-the-interpretation-of-an-idea-from-written-signs) - [296](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/296/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [17.6 Games for the reading of Words](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.6-games-for-the-reading-of-words) - [299](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/299/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [17.7 Games for the reading of phrases](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.7-games-for-the-reading-of-phrases) - [303](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/303/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [17.8 Point education has reached in the "Children’s Houses"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.8-point-education-has-reached-in-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-houses%22) - [307](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/307/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 18 - Language in childhood](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+18+-+Language+in+childhood#chapter-18---language-in-childhood) - 310 [18.1 The physiological importance of graphic language](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+18+-+Language+in+childhood#18.1-the-physiological-importance-of-graphic-language) - [310](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/310/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [18.2 Two periods in the development of language](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+18+-+Language+in+childhood#18.2-two-periods-in-the-development-of-language) - [312](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/312/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [18.3 Analysis of speech necessary](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+18+-+Language+in+childhood#18.3-analysis-of-speech-necessary) - [319](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/319/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [18.4 Defects of language due to education](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+18+-+Language+in+childhood#18.4-defects-of-language-due-to-education) - [322](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/322/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 19 - Teaching of numeration, the introduction of arithmetic](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+19+-+Teaching+of+numeration%3A+Introduction+to+arithmetic#chapter-19---teaching-of-numeration%2C-the-introduction-of-arithmetic) - 328 [19.1 Numbers as represented by graphic signs](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+19+-+Teaching+of+numeration%3A+Introduction+to+arithmetic#19.1-numbers-as-represented-by-graphic-signs) - [328](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/328/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [19.2 Exercises for the memory of numbers](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+19+-+Teaching+of+numeration%3A+Introduction+to+arithmetic#19.2-exercises-for-the-memory-of-numbers) - [330](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/330/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [19.3 Addition and subtraction from one to twenty: multiplication and division](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+19+-+Teaching+of+numeration%3A+Introduction+to+arithmetic#19.3-addition-and-subtraction-from-one-to-twenty%3A-multiplication-and-division) - [332](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/332/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [19.4 Lessons on decimals: arithmetical calculations beyond ten](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+19+-+Teaching+of+numeration%3A+Introduction+to+arithmetic#19.4-lessons-on-decimals%3A-arithmetical-calculations-beyond-ten) - [335](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/335/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 20 - Sequence of exercise](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+20+-+Sequence+of+exercise#chapter-20---sequence-of-exercise) - 338 [20.1 Sequence and grades in the presentation of material and in the exercises](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+20+-+Sequence+of+exercise#20.1-sequence-and-grades-in-the-presentation-of-material-and-in-the-exercises) - [338](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/338/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [20.2 First Grade](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+20+-+Sequence+of+exercise#20.2-first-grade) - [336](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/336/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [20.3 Second Grade](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+20+-+Sequence+of+exercise#20.3-second-grade) - [339](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/339/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [20.4 Third Grade](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+20+-+Sequence+of+exercise#20.4-third-grade) - [342](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/342/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [20.5 Fourth Grade](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+20+-+Sequence+of+exercise#20.5-fourth-grade) - [343](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/343/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [20.6 Fifth Grade](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+20+-+Sequence+of+exercise#20.6-fifth-grade) - [345](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/345/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 21 - General Review of Discipline](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#chapter-21---general-review-of-discipline) - 346 [21.1 Discipline better than in ordinary schools](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#21.1-discipline-better-than-in-ordinary-schools) - [346](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/346/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [21.2 The first dawning of discipline comes through work](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#21.2-the-first-dawning-of-discipline-comes-through-work) - [350](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/350/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [21.3 Orderly action is the true rest for muscles intended by nature for action](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#21.3-orderly-action-is-the-true-rest-for-muscles-intended-by-nature-for-action) - [354](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/354/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [21.4 The exercise that develops life consists in repetition, not in the mere grasp of the idea](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#21.4-the-exercise-that-develops-life-consists-in-repetition%2C-not-in-the-mere-grasp-of-the-idea) - [358](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/358/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [21.5 Aim of repetition that the child shall refine his senses through the exercise of attention, comparison, of judgment](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#21.5-aim-of-repetition-that-the-child-shall-refine-his-senses-through-the-exercise-of-attention%2C-comparison%2C-of-judgment) - [360](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/360/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [21.6 Obedience is naturally sacrificing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#21.6-obedience-is-naturally-sacrificing) - [363](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/363/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [21.7 Obedience develops will-power and the capacity to perform the act it becomes necessary to obey](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+21+-+General+review+of+discipline#21.7-obedience-develops-will-power-and-the-capacity-to-perform-the-act-it-becomes-necessary-to-obey) - [367](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/367/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 22 - Conclusions and impressions](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+22+-+Conclusions+and+impressions#chapter-22---conclusions-and-impressions) - 371 [22.1 The teacher has become the director of spontaneous work in the "Children’s Houses"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+22+-+Conclusions+and+impressions#22.1-the-teacher-has-become-the-director-of-spontaneous-work-in-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-houses%22) - [371](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/371/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [22.2 The problems of religious education should be solved by positive pedagogy](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+22+-+Conclusions+and+impressions#22.2-the-problems-of-religious-education-should-be-solved-by-positive-pedagogy) - [372](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/372/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') [22.3 The spiritual influence of the "Children’s Houses"](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+22+-+Conclusions+and+impressions#22.3-the-spiritual-influence-of-the-%22children%E2%80%99s-houses%22) - [376](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/376/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') --- ## [Chapter 23 - Illustrations](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Illustrations "The Montessori Method - Illustrations") - [XIV](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/xiv/mode/2up) 1. [Dr. Montessori giving a lesson in touching geometrical insets Frontispiece](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+00+-+Dedication%2C+Acknowledgements%2C+Preface+to+the+American+Edition%2C+Introduction#c---preface-to-the-american-edition "The Montessori Method - ") - [XVI](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/n25/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 2. [Dr. Montessori in the garden of the school at Via Giusti](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.5-educational-gymnastics "The Montessori Method - ") - [144](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/144/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 3. [Children learning to button and lace. Ribbon and button frames](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+09+-+Muscular+education+gymnastics#9.5-educational-gymnastics "The Montessori Method - ") - [145](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/145/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 4. [Children playing a game with tablets of colored silk](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.1-education-of-the-tactile%2C-thermic%2C-and-baric-senses "The Montessori Method - ") - [186](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/186/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 5. [Girl touching a letter and boy telling objects by weight](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.1-education-of-the-tactile%2C-thermic%2C-and-baric-senses "The Montessori Method - ") - [187](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/187/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 6. [Pupils arranging colors in chromatic order](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.1-education-of-the-tactile%2C-thermic%2C-and-baric-senses "The Montessori Method - ") - [187](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/187/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 7. [Didactic apparatus to teach differentiation of objects](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.3-education-of-the-senses-of-taste-and-smell "The Montessori Method - ") - [190](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/190/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 8. [Blocks by which children are taught thickness, length, and size](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.3-education-of-the-senses-of-taste-and-smell "The Montessori Method - ") - [191](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/191/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 9. [Geometric insets to teach form](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.4-education-of-the-sense-of-vision "The Montessori Method - ") - [194](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/194/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 10. [Geometric insets and cabinet](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.4-education-of-the-sense-of-vision "The Montessori Method - ") - [195](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/195/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 11. [Cards used in teaching form and contour](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.4-education-of-the-sense-of-vision "The Montessori Method - ") - [196](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/196/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 12. [Frames illustrating lacing; shoe buttoning; buttoning of other garments; hooks and eyes](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.6-education-of-the-chromatic-sense "The Montessori Method - ") - [200](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/200/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 13. [Tablets with silk, for educating the chromatic sense](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+13+-+Education+of+the+senses+and+illustrations+of+the+didactic+material%3A+General+sensibility%3A+The+tactile%2C+thermic%2C+basic%2C+and+stereo+gnostic+senses#13.6-education-of-the-chromatic-sense "The Montessori Method - ") - [201](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/201/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 14. [Didactic apparatus for training the sense of touch, and for teaching writing](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.4-exercises-for-the-composition-of-words "The Montessori Method - ") - [282](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/282/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 15. [Children touching letters and making words with cardboard script](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used#17.4-exercises-for-the-composition-of-words "The Montessori Method - ") - [283](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/283/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 16. [Example of writing done with pen, by a child five years. One-fourth reduction](https://montessori-international.com/s/the-montessori-method/wiki/Chapter+17+-+Description+of+the+method+and+didactic+material+used# "The Montessori Method - ") - [309](https://archive.org/details/montessorimethod00montuoft/page/309/mode/1up 'Link to "The Montessori Method" on Archive.Org') 17. 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