ILLUSTRATIONS
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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