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l") E I THE Aways“ - Thursday, May 20, I964 - P090 . A Now Look... ...At Education Al I “and in my last column. children .uendinq tho Meow wl when“ nun haunts: the ages of three and uvm I“! found these age: well represent- ed at the Oahvilh when], visited Ital wed tor tho nomad than. The childun In quietly at small table. or knelt on small run that an providod with cer- tain pines at Montensou equip- meat. As t sat down " one end of the clueroom the children} Mrs. Boss. tt graduate of the nearest me ruined that any" gun l University of British Columble. smiled u it in welcome. then became interested 1n the Mon- lowered their heed: elmoet im. tessorl Method Ut 1060 while liv- medtately and conunued with In: in North Salem. New York. whet they had been doing, with her husband and two chil- One small child stood tttily: At that time 3h. was seek- rows of shining belle tappmgling such a echool tor her own gently for melodic sound, Occa-lchlldren and tinding none avail- sionally one would rise sdiitiyhiie, decided to take the course yet without haste, and put away herself. his eppentue u neatly " my‘ In October 1962, Mrs. Rose adult could have done, then sec opened the Oakville school with leet another piece. Jive students. She now his A demure little girl ot aboutltwenty children under her cure five knelt at my feet worklnlland is assisted by Anne Bennd. with a beautifully colored map‘sen who taught the Montessori of Europe. Each country httedlMethod in Holland before com- mto the map like I jig-saw puz- l ing to Can-do fifteen your ego. zle. Dewy, the little girl pegged' I was utterly amazed at the each accurately end. when It/fret' behaviour of the tiny iehOd. place it into its !.uletefe.eee; their graceful move- space on a reek of similar maps. ments, careful treatment of the On one side of the room were several beautiful reproductions of tine art. During my previ. ous visit I had been shown how the frames could be slip?“ easily apart to facilitate re- quent changes. At that time the old Dutch Masters predomirtat- ed. This time the French School was well represented along with a few from the Canadian Group of Seven. Apparently the children dir. play great interest in the pic- tures, asking questions about them, and can name the artists when the pictures return tor an- by Joy McAllister ‘ Monlmori schools - Part II l The Pruning techniqua mu laviseti by Mrs. Roar' husband, Alan, Wilma oath-Mum for [la-chin. ha- ‘rown Alon; wsth "tis wifc'l occupation. A year Ao h. gave up the more lucra- llive career ot ciinl augmenting Ito teach science and physics " " public high school. auter vbwuq. Non. m but ted. I was utterly anal-d at the decorou. behaviour of tho tiny pupils; their graceful movev ments, careful treatment of the apparatus, their Courteous.man- ner - all of which Mrs. Ross claims u the result ot " liberty which has come at!" knowl- edge" "Nothing," says Mrs, Ross, "is left to chance. There is a right way and a wrong way of doing everything. And so the right way is carefully demonstrated to the child," From the very beginning - in the Exercise: of Practical Life -- the tiny children are given what ere called lesson: in grace and courtesy: The child is taught carefully how to wuh Another objcctivn in the vision at a bad will (to In mud ”MOM tar bound m podium: tloor his lands. to you: wan tram on. VII. to another without spilling w on th. ttoor, to mow about amount trail. ots .iecu without bucking them, to touch things without walling than. to clan things and put than in order, to was; and dun the furniture of hit little world, to unnu (Iowan, m at the table, to wuh dUho and no on. Than is also . “Silence gone" Which combines n number ot thou leaving: and in addition. prawn ta the children the mysterious {min-lion ot colloc- tive manna. Rhythmieal our- cim haw I130 bun designed to develop point and "mutual! ot movement. One of tho fundamental lprin- clples of the method is that the apparatus IS devised in sucn II way that it correct: mistaker' automatically. The little tables' and chairs are deliberately made) light and portable " they can‘ be easily knocked out of place; thus the children soon learn to correct any clumly or awkward movements in their efforts tol avoid these minor accidents. ( When the child first come: ml a Monteamri school. " the out of three or tour, his natural in. stinct to touch and feel things‘ is " one: harnessed to educa- tional ends. For example, when learning to write, the child learn: the shape at the Iettersl of the alphabet by means all Physiotherapy Pool and Equipment Provided By Queensway Hospital Woman's Auxiliary DUO. to" _Mm.g.tt.testuttotAttit- lDriiii is -dinator at volun- f,gt,d, tae, tee tal 'At mu . an (towns. out“ man:- to: an 2303; 11ng but” has and t noun-nu - tad Wm}. nim- that b; and the military In“: an hospital gift “I... Utter. cut out in “you: and an!“ on and“. By light- V mum an mum at tho mdpaw may now at than the child won acquit.- a mum- lar memory ot the Mary. u mwer to the objection" Iota-tint“ ruined Intuit ihr! Monmi‘method thet it In” ' en ova-manna ou the tram. ' In. ot the une- to the d-ui- ' aunt of the development at ut', unuinmon. June no“ dawn". attention to the writings ot I Marie Manta-art who“ own re- ply to objectors on this Icore‘ takes mmethin; of the [allow- ing taunt Fe: from “new that the child'e preoccupation with sensorial objects is likely to thwart us imaginative develop- ment, she Inserts that it will ma- terially assist it. I Discussing the creative work of the imagination Dr. Montes- sori says: "The sensory educa- tion which prepares for the ac- curate perception of all the dif- ferential details in the qualities of things is, therefore, the loun- dation of the observation of things Ind of phenomena which present themselves to our senm, and with this, it helps us to col- lect trom the external world the material tor the imagination. ". . . So it may be said that in order to develop the imagina- tion it is necessary fur every- one first ot all to put himself in contact with reality." M I“; T H RI FT COTTONS M plum shady no under- VII}. in: the Ladies In Pink rev tin! thin tall. 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