Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook

<SPAN name="THE_METHOD" id='THE_METHOD'></SPAN> <h2>THE METHOD</h2> <p>The technique of my method as it follows the guidance of the natural physiological and psychical development of the child, may be divided into three parts: <span class='pagenum pncolor'><SPAN id='page_18' name='page_18'></SPAN>18</span></p> <ul> <li>Motor education.</li> <li>Sensory education.</li> <li>Language.</li> </ul> <p>The care and management of the environment itself afford the principal means of motor education, while sensory education and the education of language are provided for by my didactic material.</p> <p><SPAN name="DIDACTIC_SENSES" id="DIDACTIC_SENSES"></SPAN> The didactic material for the <i>education of the senses</i> consists of:</p> <ul> <li>(<i>a</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Three sets of solid insets.</li> <li>(<i>b</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Three sets of solids in graduated sizes, comprising: <ol class="secondlevel" style="list-style-type:decimal"> <li>Pink cubes.</li> <li>Brown prisms.</li> <li>Rods: (<i>a</i>) colored green; (<i>b</i>) colored alternately red and blue.</li> </ol> </li> <li>(<i>c</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Various geometric solids (prism, pyramid, sphere, cylinder, cone, etc.).</li> <li>(<i>d</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Rectangular tablets with rough and smooth surfaces.</li> <li>(<i>e</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;A collection of various stuffs.</li> <li>(<i>f</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Small wooden tablets of different weights.</li> <li>(<i>g</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Two boxes, each containing sixty-four colored tablets.</li> <li><span class='pagenum pncolor'><SPAN id='page_19' name='page_19'></SPAN>19</span> (<i>h</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;A chest of drawers containing plane insets.</li> <li>(<i>i</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Three series of cards on which are pasted geometrical forms in paper.</li> <li>(<i>k</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;A collection of cylindrical closed boxes (sounds).</li> <li>(<i>l</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;A double series of musical bells, wooden boards on which are painted the lines used in music, small wooden discs for the notes.</li> </ul> <h3><SPAN name="DIDACTIC_WRITING" id="DIDACTIC_WRITING"></SPAN> Didactic Material for the Preparation for Writing and Arithmetic</h3> <ul> <li>(<i>m</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Two sloping desks and various iron insets.</li> <li>(<i>n</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Cards on which are pasted sandpaper letters.</li> <li>(<i>o</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Two alphabets of colored cardboard and of different sizes.</li> <li>(<i>p</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;A series of cards on which are pasted sandpaper figures (1, 2, 3, etc.).</li> <li>(<i>q</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;A series of large cards bearing the same figures in smooth paper for the enumeration of numbers above ten.</li> <li>(<i>r</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;Two boxes with small sticks for counting.</li> <li>(<i>s</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;The volume of drawings belonging specially to the method, and colored pencils.</li> <li><span class='pagenum pncolor'><SPAN id='page_20' name='page_20'></SPAN>20</span> (<i>t</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;The frames for lacing, buttoning, etc., which are used for the education of the movements of the hand.</li> </ul> <hr class='toprule' /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />