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Books
These books are available in most libraries and bookstores. This is not a comprehensive list but rather a suggested reference list of books we have found valuable to our understanding of the growth and development of children and the Montessori Method.
Books About Montessori Education
- Montessori Today, A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood, Paula Polk Lillard
- Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, Angelene Stoll Lillard
- Montessori Madness!, Trevor Eissler
- A Parent’s Guide to the Montessori Classroom, Aline D. Wolf
- To Educate the Human Potential, Maria Montessori
- The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori
Books About Parenting and Education
- Montessori From the Start, Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen
- Living Simply with Children, Marie Sherlock
- Endangered Minds, Jane Healy
- Punished by Rewards, Alfie Kohn
- Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
- Siblings Without Rivalry, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Between Parent and Child,
Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Alice Ginott, and H.Goddard
Videos
Trevor Eissler, Montessori parent, offers a parent-to-parent argument for Montessori education.
The TED Conference hears from Google’s co-founders about how Montessori helped create their mammoth success.
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
An animated version of Ken Robinson's follow-on talk about Changing Education Paradigms.
Articles
Montessori Education Provides Better Outcomes Than Traditional Methods, Study Finds
Does it Work? What Research Says About Montessori and Student Outcomes
Montessori: The Missing Voice in the Education Reform Debate
Mindfulness Practices in Education: Montessori’s Approach
The Future Of Education Was Invented In 1906
Is Montessori The Origin Of Google & Amazon?
Montessori Is An Example Of The New Culture of Learning
Websites
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) is the original organization to promote the ideas and principles of Dr. Maria Montessori, both training teachers and accrediting schools. Association Montessori Internationale / USA is AMI's branch office in the United States.
amiusa.org
The American Montessori Society (AMS) leads, empowers, and serves the global community of Montessori educators as the foremost advocate for research and policy, ongoing teacher education, and standards of accreditation through opportunities for mentored individual growth, collaboration, and member engagement.
Aid to Life offers clear, simple, straightforward parenting advice that is easy to understand and most importantly easy to apply.
aidtolife.org