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PART II

THE NEW EDUCATION
I THE TASK OF THE TEACHER 113
DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE CHILD 113
SPIRITUAL PREPARATION 115
II OUR OWN METHOD 123
HOW IT ORIGINATED 123
"WHO ARE YOU?" 126
THE FIRST CHILDREN 129
WHAT THEY SHOWED ME 133
"Repetition of the Exercise" 133
Their Feeling for Order 135
"Free Choice" 136
They Never Chose the Toys 136
Rewards and Punishments 137
Silence Exercise 138
They Refused Sweets 140
Their Sense of Dignity 142
Spontaneous Discipline 145
"I've written! I've written!" 147
Reading Came Later 151
"New Children" 153
III FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS 154
THE PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED 154
THE MESSINA ORPHANS 159
WELL-TO-DO CHILDREN 163
TRUE NORMALITY 168
IV PSYCHIC DEVIATIONS 170
THEIR SINGLE CAUSE 170

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Secret of Childhood. Contributors: Maria Montessori - author, Barbara Barclay Carter - transltr, Barbara Barclay Carter - editor. Publisher: Orient Longmans. Place of Publication: Bombay. Publication Year: 1963. Page Number: vi.
    
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