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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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcgN0lEh5IA&t=45s
The TED Conference hears from Google’s co-founders about how Montessori helped create their mammoth success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FSE3TNFkJQ&t=8s
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
An animated version of Ken Robinson’s follow-on talk about Changing Education Paradigms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
Articles
How do Innovators Think?
A recent article in Harvard Business Review discusses innovative entrepreneurs vs. average executives.
Read the Story
The Montessori Mafia
From the Wall Street Journal.
Read the Article https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-IMB-2034
Evaluating Montessori Education
Groundbreaking study by Angeline Lillard, published in Science Magazine.
Read the Article https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1132362
Ten Reasons People Still Need Cursive.
While some argue cursive writing belongs in the archives and Common Core ushers it out of schools, the evidence shows we need it as much as ever.
Read the Article https://thefederalist.com/2015/02/25/ten-reasons-people-still-need-cursive/
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