Interpretation of Childhood. Book of Diaries of Montessori Educators

This book contains diaries of observations created in different years and different people. They are united by the enthusiasm to the organization of the best conditions for the free and natural development of children. Most are supporters of Montessorian pedagogy. And the interpretation of the occurring events was made by the author of the book, too, from the point of view of a modern understanding of the discoveries of the Great Italian.
Childhood observation is one of the most exciting and significant activities of many adults. But rarely, who is trying to interpret such recordings from the point of view of a certain psychological and pedagogical approach, while maintaining his own understanding of childhood. The book contains unique diaries of supporters of the ideas of the Italian teacher Mary Montessori, who was an excellent observer of the world of children. The author makes an attempt to interpret recordings made by teachers and parents in different years since the beginning of the twentieth century for our days and in different countries, as well as leads their own observation diaries. Readers will have to evaluate the options for specially trained homes and in the kindergarten of educational environments for preschoolers and exercises that help children easily and naturally get acquainted with the world around the world and know it