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Amy All ison Beth Norman 2017 AIMS Conference

MONTESSORI REALISM: Creative by Nature

PROCESS = DEVELOPMENT

“The creative process requires more than

reason. Most original thinking isn’t even verbal.

It requires a groping experimentation with

ideas, governed by intuitive hunches and

inspired by the unconscious. “ David Ogilvy Advertising Mogel

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See

Feel

Compare

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Create

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“Art is a way of finding out what the world is really like, insofar as it causes us

to view things more objectively and also more subjectively.”

John B. Mitchell

“There is

nothing

in the

intellect

which

was not

first in

some

way

in the

senses.”

FEELING WEIGHT = PROPRIOCEPTIVE SENSE

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EXAGGERATED FEEDBACK

DEPTH PERCEPTION

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PROCESS + EXPERIENCE = REFINEMENT

SOUND

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“Reality – which reality?” Giving reality perspective

Bug’s eye view vs. Bird’s eye view

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Bug’s eye view vs. Bird’s eye view

Bug’s eye view (left)

Bird’s eye view (below)

Bug’s eye view vs. Bird’s eye view

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OUTER NATURE CREATES INNER NATURE

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1. Scribbles 2. Scribbles become shapes 3. Shapes are combined with lines and outlines 4. Outline shapes become designs 5. Designs become symbols called mandalas,

suns, and radials 6. Symbols become pictures of humans, plants

and animals 7. Symbols are used to create pictures 8. Pictures tell stories

GROWTH STAGES IN CREATIVITY

SCRIBBLES BECOME LINES

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Credit: Seton Montessori School, Petra Singerhoff-Mohr,

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Toddlers explore balance

Nature wall Credit: Condie Ward

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Credit: Filev Yurley, Russia

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Richard Shilling Land Art for Kids

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Credits: Above, Seton Montessori School, To the side, Highland Park Montessori

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Credit: Seton Montessori School, Petra Singerhoff-Mohr

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Beginning snow design

Intermediate snow design

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Color

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“Finches are so smart. How do they weave the grasses to

make their nests?”

“Every chi ld is born with the power to create, that power should be released early and developed wisely. I t may become the key to joy and wisdom, and possibly to self-real ization. Whether or not the chi ld becomes an art ist is immaterial.” F lorence Kane The art i s t in each of us ; New York: Pantheon,1951

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“Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and, when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew; let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning as it wakes every living creature!”

Dr. Maria Montessori, Nature in Education, The Discovery of the Child

“When the

artist is al ive

in any person, whatever his kind of work may be,

he becomes

an inventive, searching, daring,

self-expressive creature … ”

Robert Henri,

American School of Realism

!  “When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature … He finds gain in the work itself, not outside of it.”

!  Robert Henri THANK YOU!

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Unless otherwise noted, al l photography was f rom the personal l ibrar ies of Amy Al l ison and Beth Norman. Montessor i School Photos: Highland Park Montessor i , IL

Montessor i School of Beaverton, OR Montessor i School of Lemont, IL Port land Montessor i , OR Seton Montessor i School , IL F i lev Yur ley, Школа Монтессори "Изумрудный город , Russ ia Art is ts featured: Andy Goldsworth, http://v isualmelt .com/Andy-Goldsworthy Simon Beck https://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures- in-number land/gal lery/2014/nov/06/s imon-becks-snow-art- landscapes-mathematical-des igns-drawings-alps Richard Shi l l ing http://r ichardshi l l ing.co.uk/

CREDITS

Art icles !  http://montessor iaust ral ia.org.au/s i tes/default/f i les/

downloads/ issues/CongressPapersSD.pdf !  http://bigthink.com/arpan-bhattacharyya/forest-

bathing-as-st ress- reducer- immune-booster-and-art i s t ic- inspi rat ion?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#l ink_t ime=1486490218

!  https://www.wired.com/2011/01/the-5-best- toys-of-

al l - t ime/ !  Wil l i s , Clai re. “Clay in the Montessor i Classroom”,

Montessor i L i fe, Fal l 2015, Vol . 27, No. 3 !  Bel l Meagan and Pooja Dubey. “Exper iences in

Nature, Connect ing Chi ldren and Fami l ies to the Natural Wor ld, Teaching Young Chi ldren/Preschool , Vol . 8 , No. 4.

!  Ward, Condie. “Connect ing Young Chi ldren with

Nature, Teaching Young Chi ldren/Preschool , Vol . 8 , No. 1.

Blog !  http://www.petraeper jes i .com/blog/2015/1/9/th is -

week-at- forest-school- f i r s t -week-back

CREDITS

Books !  Montessor i , Mar ia. “Nature in Educat ion”, The

Discovery of the Chi ld. 1988 by Montessor i -P ierson Publ i sh ing company. Pgs . 69-77.

!  Creat ive Development in the Chi ld, Volumes 1 and 2.

Ed i ted by Rukmin i Ramachandran. 1998, Kalakshet ra Publ icat ions .

!  Gopnik , A l i son. The Gardener and the Carpenter. 2016. Far rar, S t rauss and Gi roux, New York . Pgs . 176-177.

Videos !  Forest hymn for L i t t le Gi r l s

ht tps ://www.k ickstar ter.com/pro jects/922108067/forest -hymn-for - l i t t le-g i r l s -a-documentary- in- four

!  Forest K ids v ideo – puddles

https ://www.k ickstar ter.com/pro jects/922108067/forest -hymn-for - l i t t le-g i r l s -a-documentary- in- four

!  Andy Goldsworthyhttps ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz14M_pbzdU

!  S imon Beck ht tps ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1W_wkPaLV8

Websi te !  Richard Sh i l l ing on Land Art

ht tps ://ar t fu lparent .com/2010/01/r ichard-sh i l l ing-on-land-art - for -k ids .html

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