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Peer reviewedMoore, Mary Jo – NAMTA Journal, 1999
Discusses the concept of teacher as coach for 11- to 14-year-old Montessori students writing poetry. Notes the children's need for nurturing at this sensitive age and the coach's process of acknowledging the universal and poetic in them. Presents samples of children's poetry to show how development and self-expression are fundamental partners in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity
