| Patient Waiting for the Earth to Bloom Develops a Little Child Spiritually | Frontispiece |
| | FACING PAGE |
| Back-yard Apparatus for the Physical Development of Children Is Valuable | 28 |
| An Important Physical Exercise of Montessori | 30 |
| Hand and Eye Work in Connection in Exercises of Practical Life | 32 |
| Walking upon a Line Gives Poise and Muscular Control | 34 |
| The Kind of Toy Dr. Montessori Recommends for Physical Development | 36 |
| Replacing the Solid Insets by the Sense of Touch Alone | 70 |
| Building the Tower and the Broad Stair | 70 |
| A Fineness of Perception Is Developed by Discriminating Different Textiles Blindfolded | 74 |
| Perfecting the Sense of Touch with the Geometric Insets | 76 |
| To Match the Colors Two by Two Is the First Exercise | 84 |
| Grading Each Standard Color and Its Related Colors in Chromatic Order | 88 |
| All the Colors of Nature May be Found | 88 |
| Every Child Should Have a Pet | 110 |
| The Loving Care of a Dumb Animal Results in Child Sympathy | 114 |
| To Feel that Something Is Dependent upon Him for Care and Food Helps a Child to Reverence Life | 116 |
| Building Words with the Movable Alphabet | 122 |
| Learning the Form of Letters by the Sense of Touch | 126 |
| Filling in Outlines with Color to Gain the Muscular Control Necessary for Writing | 126 |
