A GUIDE TO THE MONTESSORI METHOD MARIA MONTESSORIDR. A GUIDE TO THE MONTESSORI METHOD BY ELLEN YALE STEVENS V WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY MCMXIII Copyright, 1913, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY All that translation intorights reserved, including of foreign the Scandinavianlanguages, 1913February, PRESS. YORK* PA DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO PROFESSOR JOHN DEWEY WHO BY HIS TEACHING AND WRITING HAS PREPARED THE MINDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THE THEORIES OF DR. MONTESSORI 258650 PREFACE IT is more than twelve that anyears ago course in Educationalilluminating Psychol- which I took under Professor Johnogy then of the ofDewey, University Chicago, directed what had until that time been on a interest inmypart generalonly psychology, toward the of the relationspecific question of various educational theories to the truths of child The interest so direct-psychology. ed was further stimulated relationsby my with Professor Thorndike of the Teacher's in connection with his courses inCollege methods there. The ofsubsequent years as of a school whichexperience principal includes a andkindergarten primary depart- ment in its and as a teacher ofcurriculum, to the olderelementary psychology pupils, have concrete forgiven opportunities putting theories into practice. The last fifteen months have been largely devoted as time to an intensivepermitted of Dr.
A GUIDE TO THE MONTESSORI METHODMARIA MONTESSORIDR.A GUIDE TO THE MONTESSORI METHOD BY ELLEN YALE STEVENS V WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY MCMXIIICopyright, 1913, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY All that translation intorights reserved, including of foreign the Scandinavianlanguages, 1913February, PRESS. YORK* PA