Additional Resources

Montessori Web Sites

American Montessori Society
http://www.amshq.org/

Association Montessori Internationale
http://www.montessori-ami.org/ami.htm

North American Montessori Teachers' Association
http://www.montessori-namta.org/

The International Montessori Index
http://www.montessori.edu/

The Montessori Foundation
http://www.montessori.org/

 

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Recommended Reading

Britton, Lesley. (1992). Montessori Play & Learn: A Parents' Guide to Purposeful Play from Two to Six. New York: Random House. Also published 1992, Crown Publishing.

Claremont, Claude A. (1962). Montessori Education: The Hope of the Future. Amsterdam: AMI.

Epstein, Paul; Seldin Tim. (2003). The Montessori Way: An Education for Life. The Montessori Foundation.

Hainstock, Elizabeth G. (1997). The Essential Montessori. Rev. ed. New York: Plume.

Hainstock, Elizabeth G. (1997). Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years. Rev. ed. New York: Plume.

Kahn, David. (1995). What Is Montessori Elementary? Cleveland, OH: NAMTA

Kahn, David. (1995). What Is Montessori Preschool? Cleveland, OH: NAMTA.

Kahn, David; Dubble, Sharon; Pendleton, D. Renee. (1999). The Whole-School Montessori Handbook. Cleveland, OH: NAMTA.

Lillard, Paula Polk. (1988). Montessori: A Modern Approach. New York: Schocken Books.

Lillard, Paula Polk. (1996). Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood. New York: Schocken.

Lillard, Paula Polk. (1997). Montessori in the Classroom. New York: Schocken.

Montanaro, Silvana. (1991). Understanding the Human Being: The Importance of the First Three Years of Life. Mountain View, CA: Nienhuis Montessori USA.

Montessori Jr., Mario M. (1992). Education for Human Development: Understanding Montessori. Ed. Paula Polk Lillard. Oxford: Clio Press.

Montessori, Maria. (1917). The Advanced Montessori Method, Vol. I: Spontaneous Activity in Education; Vol. II: The Montessori Elementary Material. Currently in print: 1989, New York: Schocken; 1990, Madras, India: Kalakshetra; 1984, Hemet, CA: Education System Publisher; 1991, Oxford, England: Clio Press.

Montessori, Maria. (1932). Peace and Education. Address given at 2nd International Montessori Congress, Nice, France, 1932. Currently in print: 2002, New York: AMS; 1971, 5th ed., Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House.

Montessori, Maria. (1936). The Child in the Family. Currently in print: 1989, Oxford, England: Clio Press; Madras, India: Kalakshetra.

Montessori, Maria. (1936). The Secret of Childhood: A Book for All Parents and Teachers. Currently in print: 1936, Calcutta: Orient Longmans; 1982, New York: Ballantine; 1983, Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra; 1998, London & Hyderabad: Sangam Books.

Montessori, Maria. (1946). Education for a New World. Currently in print: 1946, Madras, India: Kalakshetra Publications; 1989, Oxford, England: Clio Press.

Montessori, Maria. (1948). The Discovery of the Child. Currently in print: 1948, Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra Press; 1976, Mattituck, NY: Amereon Ltd.; 1986, New York: Ballantine; 1988, Oxford: Clio.

Montessori, Maria. (1948). To Educate the Human Potential. Currently in print: 1948, Adyar, Madras, India: Kalakshetra Publications; 1989, Oxford, England: Clio Press.

Montessori, Maria. (1949). The Absorbent Mind. Currently in print: 1959, Thiruvanmiyur, Madras, India: Kalakshetra; 1988, Oxford, England: Clio Press Ltd.; 1993, Cutchogue, NY: Buccaneer Books, Inc.; 1995, New York: Henry Holt & Co.

Montessori, Maria. (1972). Education and Peace. Currently in print: 1992, Oxford, England: Clio Press; Madras, India: Kalakshetra.

Montessori, Maria. (1973). From Childhood to Adolescence. Currently in print: 1996, Oxford, England: Clio Press; Madras, India: Kalakshetra.

Montessori, Mario M.(1976). Cosmic Education. Amsterdam: AMI.

Oriti, Patricia. (1994). At Home with Montessori. Ed. David Kahn. Cleveland, OH: NAMTA.

Seldin, Tim; Wolff, Jonathan. (2001). Organizing a New Montessori School Step by Step. The Montessori Foundation.

Seldin, Tim; Wolff, Jonathan. (2001). Building a World Class Montessori School. The Montessori Foundation.

Standing, E.M. (1998). Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work. New York: Dutton-Plume.

Wolf, Aline D. (1978). Look at the Child: An Expression of Maria Montessori's Insights. Altoona, PA: Parent Child Press.

Wolf, Aline. (1980). A Parents' Guide to the Montessori Classroom. Altoona, PA: Parent Child Press.

Wolf, Aline. (1982). The World of the Child. Altoona, PA: Parent Child Press.

Wolf, Aline. (1989). Peaceful Children, Peaceful World. Altoona, PA: Parent Child Press.

Wolf, Aline. (1991). Our Peaceful Classroom. Altoona, PA: Parent Child Press.

Wolf, Aline. (1996). Nurturing the Spirit in Non-Sectarian Classrooms. Altoona, PA: Parent-Child Press.