20
SENSORY EDUCATION 29
LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD 69
FREEDOM 77
WRITING 80
Exercises for the Management of the Instrument of
Writing 86
Exercises for the Writing of Alphabetical Signs 92
THE READING OF MUSIC 98
ARITHMETIC 102
MORAL FACTORS 114

ILLUSTRATIONS

Dr. Maria Montessori _Frontispiece_

FIG. FACING PAGE
1. Cupboard with Apparatus 12
2. The Montessori Paedometer 13
3. Frames for Lacing and Buttoning 22
4. Child Buttoning On Frame 23
5. Cylinders Decreasing in Diameter only 30
6. Cylinders Decreasing in Diameter and Height 30
7. Cylinders Decreasing in Height only 30
8. Child using Case of Cylinders 31
9. The Tower 31
10. Child Playing with Tower 31
11. The Broad Stair 36
12. The Long Stair 36
13. Board with Rough and Smooth Surfaces 37
14. Board with Gummed Strips of Paper 37
15. Wood Tablets Differing in Weight 47
Color Spools 42
16. Cabinet with Drawers to hold Geometrical Insets 44
17. Set of Six Circles 44
18. Set of Six Rectangles 45
19. Set of Six Triangles 45
20. Set of Six Polygons 46
21. Set of Six Irregular Figures 46
22. Set of Four Blanks and