THE JOYFUL CHILD - ONLINE
Michael Olaf's Essential Montessori for Birth to Three
Because of the many requests to make this information accessible to new parents and for baby gifts and baby showers, links to PDF's of the pages of The Joyful Child, complete with teaching text and products, are found below.
Printed copies of The Joyful Child, for Birth to Three, and Child of the World, for Age 3-12, are available directly from the Michael Olaf Company, and from also www.amazon.com (a company begun by a Montessori student!)
The Michael Olaf Montessori
Company was established in 1982
ABOUT US —
BIO OF THE AUTHOR
To order a printed copy of The Joyful
Child contact:
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Montessori Company
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NOTE: Joyful Child text now in both Polish and Chinese. See below.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Each chapter of The Joyful Child is a separate PDF document. Click on the chapters headings
below to open.
In the meantime a print copy of The Joyful Child is available from the Maitri Learning company: http://maitrilearning.com/books.html
PRENATAL & 1st YEAR
Pages 1 - 6: SENSES
Prenatal & First year—The Senses: music
and language; crying as communication; looking and processing; the absorbent
mind
FIRST YEAR
Pages 7 - 9 REACHING
OUT
First year—Reaching Out, Grasping, Changing the World:
the development of movement; toys that aid the natural development of
movement; natural materials for toys, first rattles and toys;
Pages 10 - 12 SITTING
UP
First Year—Sitting Up, Working: the baby's
work; eating and working while sitting up; safety; number of toys and
"putting away"; furniture for sitting up;
Pages 13 -16
CRAWLING,
PULLING UP
First Year—Crawling, Pulling up, Standing:
safety; the natural environment; pulling up, standing, and walking; toys
and equipment that aid movement development
Pages 17 - 19 A
GENTLE BEGINNING
First Year—A Gentle Beginning, Trust in the World:
preparation of parents; clothing; clothing for gentleness; developing
trust in the world
(continued)
FIRST YEAR
Pages 20 - 23 UNIQUE
DEVELOPMENT
First Year—Trust in Unique Development—The Child's Self-respect:
natural development & a child's self-respect; preparing the home to
welcome the newborn; clothing that supports free movement and development;
attachment and separation, preparation for weaning and toilet learning;
materials that support natural development and self-esteem; the end of
the first year
AGE 1-3 YEARS
Pages 24 - 27 FAMILY
LIFE - CARE
Age 1-3, Family Life—Care of Self, Others, the Environment:
participating in family life; three areas of family life; the work environment
and concentration; materials; a place for everything and everything in
its place; the child's purpose; undressing and dressing; expressing emotions;
needs of parents
Pages 28 - 31 FAMILY
LIFE - FOOD
Age 1-3, Family Life—Food: adults and children
working together; following the child; child's research; teach by teaching,
not by correcting; offering choices
Pages 32 - 37
TOYS
Age 1-3—Toys: selecting toys; organizing and
rotating toys; learning to put toys away; respecting work and concentration
Pages 38 - 39
PUZZLES
Age 1-3—Puzzles: visual discrimination
and eye-hand control; work cycles; control of error
Pages 40 - 41
MUSIC
Age 1-3—Music: making music; singing; instrumental
music
(continued) AGE
1-3 YEARS
Pages 42 - 47
LANGUAGE
Age 1-3—Language: listening–the child;
a second language; listening–the adult; including the child; vocabulary;
pictures & books; reading and writing; the alphabet; biting; imagination,
lying; the adult's help
Pages 48 - 50
ART
Age 1-3—Art: art materials; art appreciation
Pages 51 - 52
PEOPLE
Age 1-3—People: culture; daily life; a globe
Pages 53 - 56 PLANTS ANIMALS
Age 1-3—Plants & Animals: plants; animals
Pages 57 - 58
PHYSICS MATH
Age 1-3—Physical Science & Math: physical
sciences; math
Pages 59 - 65
PREPARED ENVIRONMENT
Age 0-3—A Superior Environment: a superior
birth to three environment; safety; general environment principles; furniture;
the environment & the absorbent mind; storage; the outside environment
66 - 69 PARENTS TEACHERS
Parenting & Teaching—From Birth to Three:
becoming parents; a gentle beginning; the father or second adult; a sense
of order; the changing environment; the parents' needs; educational materials
for 0-3; conclusion; Maria Montessori, MD
INDEX INDEX
INSIDE COVER INSIDE COVER
BACK COVER BACK COVER
THE JOYFUL CHILD, a PDF, click here to access: THE JOYFUL CHILD in POLISH
Joanna and Rafal Szczypka, as they awaited the arrival of their first child, translated The Joyful Child into Polish. They tell us "It took some time but it was a great time for both of us - my wife and myself. We have learned so much doing the translation and rereading the text again and again." The Polish words for the title The Joyful Child is Radosne Dziecko. The Szczypka's hope to start a Montessori school in Poland and are wise in their assumption that preparing children from birth on is the best place to begin.
This picture taken by Rafal, of Joanna and her son Jan, shows the intense concentration of the child and the innate wisdom of studying the human face, especially that of the parent.
THE JOYFUL CHILD, a PDF, click here to access: THE JOYFUL CHILD in CHINESE
Michael Guo, of The International Training Center of Montessori Education of China, in order to inform people of the importance of the first three years of life, and to inspire the Montessori 0-3 training in China, translated The Joyful Child into Mandarin Chinese in 2003. Michael and the author, Susan Stephenson, are now working on a project to have a printed volume of The Joyful Child published in China, in Mandarin and English. Watch this site for information.
This GREAT WALL photo was taken by Susan, fall 2007, after attending the Montessori Centenary in China.
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