Book List

The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori

The Montessori Method immediately captivated social reformers and educators around the world. First published in Italian in 1909, The Montessori Method has been translated into twenty languages, including the 1912 English translation. Its ideas were new and innovative compared to the traditional Lancasterian method in which large groups of children recited the teachers' words, word for word in unison. Instead of the teacher being the center of the classroom and the students being listeners and observers, Maria Montessori believed in children learning at their own pace and in their own fashion. The book begins with a collection of Montessori's speeches and then moves onto her research in education. Early chapters show how she used scientific methodology of the era, anthropomorphic measurement, to substantiate physiological explanations for children's educational potentials. It depicts Montessori as a scientist using scientific inquiry to validate her ideas and methods as the beginning of pedagogical science.

The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori describes the child with warmth and the exactness of a scientist. She also discusses the array of materials and techniques needed to release his learning potential.

Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori went beyond the conventions of the day to seek a new way of knowing and loving a child. In THE DISCOVERY OF THE CHILD, she describes the nature of the child and her method of working more fully with the child's urge to learn.

The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori

In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone. Written by the women whose name is synonymous worldwide with child development theory, The Absorbent Mind takes its title from the phrase that the inspired Italian doctor coined to characterize the child's most crucial developmental stage: the first six years.

Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing

Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.

The Montessori Way by Tim Seldin

Based on the key Montessori principle that children learn best through active experience, Teach Me to Do It Myself presents simple activities through which children explore and develop their skills. These skill areas include sensory perceptions, body coordination, language, understanding of numbers, and movement. This practical, color-illustrated parenting book is filled with activities and instructions for overseeing children as they carry out a variety of learning activities. Most activities will seem simple to parents, because once mastered, adults perform them automatically. However, toddlers experience a sense of accomplishment and self-worth when they learn to perform them independently.

How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin

Adapted for easy use with children at home and based on the key ideas that create confident, independent children in Montessori schools, this inspiring book shows parents how to deal with children's physical and intellectual growth from birth to six years.

Understanding Montessori: A Guide for Parents by Maren Schmidt

Maren Schmidt explains the how's and why's of Montessori education while asserting that authentic Montessori education is the most effective way for children to learn.

Nurturing the Spirit by Aline D. Wolf

Aline D. Wolf explores how teachers can serve the fundamental purpose of Maria Montessori's work: to bring about a more peaceful world by nurturing the spirit of the child.

What is the meaning of the word spirit? How is nurturing the spirit fundamentally different from teaching a specific religion? How can we nurture the spirit in non-sectarian classrooms? How can teachers become spiritually aware? How can we explain spiritual nurturing to parents?  In this book, Aline Wolf explores these questions in depth and shares many practical suggestions for non-sectarian classrooms from Montessori teachers around the United States.

A Parent's Guide to the Montessori Classroom by Aline D. Wolf

This classic describes in sequence the Montessori materials for children ages 3 through 6, the Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Math and Geography materials.  Essential reading for parents of Montessori students.  Ideal for parents when considering a Montessori school and an excellent preparation for observing a Montessori classroom.

Montessori Insights for Parents of Young Children by Aline D. Wolf

This book explains in a clear and straightforward style Maria Montessori's insights about child development and the applications at home that flow from these principles. These principles can guide parents throughout the early years of their children's lives.

Peaceful Children. Peaceful World: The Challenge of Maria Montessori by Aline D. Wolf

Montessori Madness! by Trevor Eissler

"A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education".  Montessori Madness! explains why the incremental steps politicians and administrators continue to propose are incremental steps in the wrong direction. The entire system must be turned on its head. This book asks parents to take one thirty-minute observation at a Montessori school. Your picture of what education should look like will never be the same.

Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius by Angeline Stoll Lillard

Lillard presents the research concerning eight insights that are foundations of Montessori education, describing how each of these insights is applied in the Montessori classroom. In reading this book, parents and teachers alike will develop a clear understanding of what happens in a Montessori classroom and, more important, why it happens and why it works.

Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to       Adulthood by Paula Polk Lillard

Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation by using the Montessori method. This is an essential handbook for parents and teachers who have chosen the Montessori alternative for the older child.

Montessori: A Modern Approach by Paula Polk Lillard

Montessori: A Modern Approach has been called the single best book for anyone — educator, childcare professional, and especially parent — seeking answers to the questions: What is the Montessori method? Are its revolutionary ideas about early childhood education relevant to today's world? And most important, especially for today's dual-career couples. Is a Montessori education right for my child?

The Montessori Controversy by John Chattin McNichols

This excellent book presents a balanced review of the strengths and weaknesses of the Montessori method. Detailed information is given on the Montessori educational philosophy, terms, and concepts. This history of Montessori education in the United States is discussed, along with the reasons for the split between Maria Montessori and 'traditional' early childhood education proponents.

Teach Me to Do it Myself: Activities for You and Your Child by Maja Pitamic

Based on the key Montessori principle that children learn best through active experience, Teach Me to Do It Myself presents simple activities through which children explore and develop their skills. These skill areas include sensory perceptions, body coordination, language, understanding of numbers, and movement. This practical, color-illustrated parenting book is filled with activities and instructions for overseeing children as they carry out a variety of learning activities.

Montessori Play and Learn by Lesley Britton

Montessori Play and Learn is packed with ideas, activities, and games that can fit into your normal routine and help supplement preschool learning for your child. For planning your home, introducing your child to the supermarket or the neighborhood, and helping him discover other people and cultures, this book provides valuable tips and insights that help parents and children grow and learn together.

Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years by Elizabeth Hainstock

An easy-to-follow authoritative guide for enriching your child's formative years.

Math Works: Montessori Math and the Developing Brain by Michael Duffy

You will find clear descriptions of the Montessori math materials and explanations of how the children using them learn math while stimulating every area of their developing minds.

Montessori Read & Write: A Parent's Guide to Literacy for Children by Lynne Lawrence

This book shows you how you can teach your children to read and write using the famous Montessori system.  The book is packed with ideas and age-specific activities and games that make learning easy and fun.

Children of the Universe by Michael & D-Neil Duffy

This first complete book on Cosmic Education explains Maria Montessori's overall plan for the elementary curriculum. Includes stories of the Universe, the solar system, the earth, life, humans and civilizations and related work and research projects for children. Written by two experienced Montessori teachers who are now teacher-trainers.

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