BF721.M7213

'An owl book.' Previously published: New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1967 Includes bibliographical references and index

1- The Child's part in the world reconstruction 2- Education for life 3- the periods of growth 4- the new path 5- the miracle of creation 6- embryology and behavior 7- the spiritual embryo 8- the child's conquest of independence 9- the firt days of life 10- sp,e 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- charcter 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 preparayion 28- love and its source the child

In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone. Written by the women whose name is synonymous worldwide with child development theory, The Absorbent Mind takes its title from the phrase that the inspired Italian doctor coined to characterize the child's most crucial developmental stage: the first six years.