The absorbent mind /
Maria Montessori
- Delhi : Aakar Books, 2014
- 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
The child's part in world reconstruction -- Education for life -- The periods of growth -- The new path -- The miracle of creation -- Embryology and behavior -- The spiritual embryo -- The child's conquest of independence -- The first days of life -- Some thoughts on language -- How language calls to the child -- The effect of obstacles on development -- The importance of movement in general development -- Intelligence and the hand -- Development and imitation -- From unconscious creator to conscious worker -- Further elaboration through culture and imagination -- Character and its defects in childhood -- The child's contribution to society: normalization -- Character building is the child's own achievement -- Children's possessiveness and its transformations -- Social development -- Cohesion in the social unit -- Mistakes and their correction -- The three levels of obedience -- Discipline and the teacher -- The teacher's preparation -- Love and its source: the child.