THE

ADVANCED MONTESSORI METHOD

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SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY
IN EDUCATION

BY

MARIA MONTESSORI

AUTHOR OF "THE MONTESSORI METHOD," "PEDAGOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY," ETC.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY

FLORENCE SIMMONDS

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Copyright, 1917, by
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CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
a survey of the child's life
  
Laws of the child's psychical life paralleled by those of its physical.PAGE
Current objections to a system of education based upon "liberty"1
Hygiene has freed the infantfrom straps and swaddling clothes and left it free to develop2
Education must leave the soul free to develop5
Principle of liberty in education not a principle of abandonment9
  
The liberty accorded the child of to-day is purely physical.
Civil rights of the child in the twentieth century.
 
Removal of perils of disease a step toward physical liberation10
Supplying the child's physical needs is not sufficient11
Child's social rights overlooked in the administration of orphan asylums12
Poor child's health and property confiscated in the custom of wet nursing13
We recognize justice only for those who can defend themselves16
  
How we receive the infants that come into the world. 
Home has no furnishings adapted to their small size17
Society prepares a mockery for their reception in the shape of useless toys18
Child not allowed to act for himself20
Constant interruption of his activities prevents psychical growth21
Bodily health suffers from spiritual neglect