Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Reading Schedule for The Absorbent Mind

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

6 comments:

  1. 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!

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  2. Thank you so much for all the work! Can't wait to get started :)

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  3. I 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.

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  4. P.S. it's available in "Google Books" if anyone needs a digital copy.

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  5. Woo 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.

    Meg

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  6. 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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