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Miller, Darla Ferris – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2014
Long before empirical neurological research validated her insight, Montessori understood that healthy, full-term babies come equipped with a physiological passion for learning. Brain studies have confirmed that most of the brain's development and inner wiring occurs during the first 2 years of life. A newborn's neurons have sparse, weak…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Spiritual Development, Caring, Brain
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Thompson, Sherwood – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
Discouraged youth need caring adults who employ both traditional and creative strategies to help them develop character and positive life goals. Caring adults can help youth realize that they are worthy of love and possess great potential. There is great promise and hope for troubled youth if they connect with adults who are convinced that every…
Descriptors: Caring, Personality Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Rearing
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Montanaro, Silvana Quattrocchi – NAMTA Journal, 1999
Presents an intellectual view of transcendence in relation to the widening of consciousness. Indicates that the spiritual beginnings of life establish and integrate the human personality, which, when connected to a vital center, gives a fundamental point of reference. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Educational Philosophy, Personality Development