I’ve been reading The Montessori Method, Maria Montessori’s classic text on the education of children. First published in Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century, the book outlines a set of principles which are still used in Montessori schools today. The Montessori method is all about encouraging the development of children by allowing them to pursue their own interests and by refraining from unnecessary control over a child’s activities. Most of Montessori’s theories make perfect sense. Then one comes to chapter 8, “Refection – The Child’s Diet.” The diet of little children must be rich in fats and...
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Radar Reading Series
Thurs., July 6, hear the following readers at Michelle Tea’s Radar Reading series at the main branch of SF Public Library. Always a great show, and Michelle makes the best cookies! Tamim Ansary Dexter Flowers Shira Tarrant Plus: from the hearts and minds of Tara Jepsen and Beth Lisick, the film DIVING FOR PEARLS, a short comedy that follows the quest of two best-friend lady comidiennes to get knocked up whilst on a comedy-writing retreat at a freewheeling hot springs establishment. 100 Larkin Street – Latino Reading Room / Basement Level – 6:00pm sharp / always free
Kyra Davis’s Literary Soundtrack
Kyra Davis, author of Release for Passion, stops by with her literary soundtrack: 1) The soundtrack to your latest book (what did you listen to while you were writing it?) : I didn’t listen to any particular artist or CD when writing Passion Betrayal And Killer Highlights. I usually listen to the radio when I’m writing and then every half hour or so the DJ will play a song that I’m seriously into at which point I’ll get up and dance around my house until it’s over. Then I’ll sit back down at my computer, freshly energized and ready...
Sara Rosett’s Literary Soundtrack
Next stop on the Girlfriends’ Cyber Circuit: Sara Roset, author of Moving is Murder, which involves air force life and domestic rerouting. The soundtrack to your latest book (what did you listen to while you were writing it?): Silence. I’m one of those people who have to have it quiet when I write, so no music for me! Well, I take that back. I listened to the muted sounds of kid’s television as I wrote. As long as I was in another room from the TV I managed to churn out quite a few words with the credits of...
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
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