Montessori Today

Montessori Today
Author: Paula Polk Lillard
Publisher: Schocken
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011-09-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0307761320

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.

At the Heart of Montessori I - Core Principles

At the Heart of Montessori I - Core Principles
Author: Clare Healy Walls
Publisher: Waterpark Books
Total Pages:
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780955716829

The At the Heart of Montessori series provides a thorough and easy-to-follow explanation of Maria Montessori's philosophy and educational method for all ages from birth to adolescence. These books will be of special interest to Montessori teachers or trainee teachers, acting as a support to, but not as a substitute for, Montessori teacher training. In addition parents, teachers and others who wish to find out about how children develop and how to help them as they grow, will find the books useful and interesting. The first two books (At the Heart of Montessori 1 and 2) should be read as a foundation as they apply to all age groups. Then choose the book that relates to the age of choice. At the Heart of Montessori series provides a thorough and easy-to-follow explanation of Maria Montessori's philosophy and educational method for all ages from birth to adolescence.

The Montessori Elementary Material

The Montessori Elementary Material
Author: Maria Montessori
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2022-05-29
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This scientific pedagogy applied to children's education includes chapters on grammar, arithmetic, geometry, music, and painting. This book is definitely a classic worth collecting for educators. The author is known for her philosophy and Montessori method of children's education from birth to adolescence. Today, her method of education is used in many public and private schools around the world.

The Discovery of the Child

The Discovery of the Child
Author: Maria Montessori
Publisher: Aakar Books
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2004
Genre: Education, Preschool
ISBN: 9788187879237

Maria Montessori (1870 1952), Italian Physician And Educationist, Born In Rome, The First Woman In Italy To Receive A Medical Degree (1894), She Founded A School For Children With Learning Disabilities (1899 1901), And Developed A System Of Education For Children Of Three To Six Based On Spontaneity Of Expression And Freedom From Restraint. The System Was Later Worked Out For Older Children, And Applied In Montessori Schools Throughout The World. She Opened The First Montessori School For Children In The Slums Of Rome In 1907.

The Montessori Method

The Montessori Method
Author: Maria Montessori
Publisher:
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1912
Genre: Child psychology
ISBN:

Certain aspects of the system are in themselves striking and significant: it adapts to the education of normal children methods and apparatus originally used for deficients; it is based on a radical conception of liberty for the pupil; it entails a highly formal training of separate sensory, motor, and mental capacities; and it leads to rapid, easy, and substantial mastery of the elements of reading, writing, and arithmetic. - Introduction.

Children of the Universe

Children of the Universe
Author: Michael Duffy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9780939195435

Cosmic Education, detailed here, can introduce elementary-age children to the universal values that can save us from wars and planetary destruction...My purpose in publishing (this book) is to bring home to teachers the importance of helping students to see themselves, not as self-engrossed individuals, but as Children of the Universe with all that this image entails. -Aline D. Wolf

The Montessori Way

The Montessori Way
Author: Tim Seldin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2003
Genre: Montessori method of education
ISBN: 9780974638706

A Parents' Guide to the Montessori Classroom

A Parents' Guide to the Montessori Classroom
Author: Aline D. Wolf
Publisher: Parent Child Press, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Montessori method of education
ISBN: 9780939195404

The most definitive book about Montessori classrooms for parents, featuring concise explanations and steps of nearly every Montessori activity. All areas of the classroom are explained in easy to understand terms and materials and activities are pictured clearly. If you are a parent interested in Montessori education, or if you have a little one at a Montessori school, this book is a must-have! An excellent tool for educating parents interested in or new to Montessori.

Montessori Math Workbook - Primary Book 1

Montessori Math Workbook - Primary Book 1
Author: Katie Key
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-06-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578707006

A hands-on open-and-go Montessori math curriculum. Use as a supplement to traditional, physical Montessori math materials OR as a stand-alone math curriculum. Montessori math sets a firm foundation in concrete principles before slowly progressing into abstraction. This workbook uniquely takes the Montessori concrete materials and puts them on paper, so your child can sit with a pencil, scissors, and glue, and concretely manipulate, touch, and visualize numbers, creating a strong math foundation using just this workbook.This is meant to be a first exposure to math, so we start at the very beginning. We cover conceptualizing numbers 0-100 in a Montessori sequence through many hands-on and visual activities. Using just a pencil, scissors, and glue, you can help your child conceptualize numbers 0-100 while working through the Montessori Math framework. In this first book, your child will be exposed to:?? tactile numerals ?? the spindle box ?? number rods ?? beginning operations with number rods ?? cards and counters ?? the short bead stair ?? the addition snake game ?? teen numbers and teen number formation ?? counting by tens ?? counting all the way to one hundred using the 100 chain and the 100 board. ? Best of all, directions are included for every activity. ? Give your child the gift of understanding math. Target ages: 3-6.