ILLUSTRATIONS

Patient Waiting for the Earth to Bloom Develops a Little Child Spiritually[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Back-yard Apparatus for the Physical Development of Children Is Valuable[28]
An Important Physical Exercise of Montessori[30]
Hand and Eye Work in Connection in Exercises of Practical Life[32]
Walking upon a Line Gives Poise and Muscular Control[34]
The Kind of Toy Dr. Montessori Recommends for Physical Development[36]
Replacing the Solid Insets by the Sense of Touch Alone[70]
Building the Tower and the Broad Stair[70]
A Fineness of Perception Is Developed by Discriminating Different Textiles Blindfolded[74]
Perfecting the Sense of Touch with the Geometric Insets[76]
To Match the Colors Two by Two Is the First Exercise[84]
Grading Each Standard Color and Its Related Colors in Chromatic Order[88]
All the Colors of Nature May be Found[88]
Every Child Should Have a Pet[110]
The Loving Care of a Dumb Animal Results in Child Sympathy[114]
To Feel that Something Is Dependent upon Him for Care and Food Helps a Child to Reverence Life[116]
Building Words with the Movable Alphabet[122]
Learning the Form of Letters by the Sense of Touch[126]
Filling in Outlines with Color to Gain the Muscular Control Necessary for Writing[126]


MONTESSORI CHILDREN


DR. MONTESSORI, THE WOMAN