ILLUSTRATIONS

Dr. Montessori giving a lesson in touching geometrical insetsFrontispiece

FACING PAGE

Dr. Montessori in the garden of the school at Via Giusti144

Children learning to button and lace. Ribbon and button frames145

Children playing a game with tablets of coloured silk186

Girl touching a letter and boy telling objects by weight187

Pupils arranging colours in chromatic order187

Didactic apparatus to teach differentiation of objects190

Blocks by which children are taught thickness, length and size191

Geometric insets to teach form194

Geometric insets and cabinet195

Cards used in teaching form and contour196

Frames illustrating lacing; shoe buttoning; buttoning of other garments; hooks and eyes200

Tablets with silk, for educating the chromatic sense201

Didactic apparatus for training the sense of touch, and for teaching writing282

Children touching letters and making words with cardboard script283

Montessori children eating dinner348

School at Tarrytown, N. Y.349