I have completed the reading schedule for The Absorbent Mind. Finally, it is time to get started!
Every Monday and Thursday from now until June 29th we will (hopefully) have completed a reading and can post on it over the next few days. I have tried to keep the number of pages per reading to under twenty, though I stretched it occasionally to include chapters of similar topic, and at other times the readings are very short when I thought the chapter was particularly dense. You'll find that we start out fairly slowly and then pick up the pace a bit as we go along.
If, at any time, you feel that we are going too fast, please e-mail me and we can edit this schedule. Should you happen to finish a chapter/reading earlier than the planned date, don't feel that you need to wait to post. Write while the thoughts are still in your head. On the other hand, when you've fallen a bit behind, don't think that anyone will be bothered if you begin to re-visit earlier chapters with new comments.
Please note that the last two readings are not on the regularly scheduled format. I've skipped July 2nd and July 6th due to significant holidays (Canada Day on July 1st, my birthday on July 2nd, and the Fourth of July on July 4th... of course). Therefore we resume on July 9th (for which we have a longer reading, just to give you the heads up) and finish on July 13th.
If you have any confusion or questions, just let me know! Happy Reading!
DATE | CHAPTER(S) | TITLE(S) |
MAY | ||
7 | 1 | The Child's part in World Reconstruction |
11 | 2 | Education for Life |
14 | 3 | The Periods of Growth |
18 | 4 5 | The New Path The Miracle of Creation |
21 | 6 | Embryology and Behaviour |
25 | 7 | The Spiritual Embryo |
28 | 8 | The Child's Conquest of Independence |
JUNE | ||
1 | 9 | The First Days of Life |
4 | 10 11 | Some Thoughts on Language How Language Calls to the Child |
8 | 12 13 | The Effect of Obstacles on Development The Importance of Movement in General Development |
11 | 14 15 | Intelligence and the Hand Development and Imitation |
15 | 16 | From Unconscious Creator to Conscious Worker |
18 | 17 | Further Elaboration Through Culture and Imagination |
22 | 18 19 20 | Character and Its Defects in Childhood The Child's Contribution to Society – Normalization Character Building is the Child's Own Achievement |
25 | 21 | Children's Possessiveness and its Transformations |
29 | 22 23 | Social Development Cohesion in the Social Unit |
JULY | ||
9 | 24 25 26 | Mistakes and Their Correction The Three Levels of Obedience Discipline and the Teacher |
13 | 27 28 | The Teacher's Preparation Love and Its Source – the Child |
Ha Ha, just picked up my book and realised it's the Montessori Method, not the Absorbent Mind! So, I'm off to the bookstore after naps! HA!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for all the work! Can't wait to get started :)
ReplyDeleteI finished reading the first chapter and would be really thrilled if someone ELSE would kick us off with the first post...I have no idea how we should begin.
ReplyDeleteP.S. it's available in "Google Books" if anyone needs a digital copy.
ReplyDeleteWoo Hoo! I am a member! Very excited that I might get to read this book with people who actually care what's in it! My husband jokingly calls himself the Montessori-Widower, so is a less than willing participant in my very one-sided conversations with him about Montessori books I read! Looking forward to reading and chatting.
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Your husband and my husband should get together for a beer. I can't even get past inhaling and opening my mouth before my husband says "I know what you're going to say 'that's why we should homeschool'." On the other hand, all of my one-sided conversations are rubbing off on him. Every couple of days he does something with the kids and says "that was very Montessori of me!"
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