Books Recommended For Parents

Books by Maria Montessori:

Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook
 -Schocken Books

Education and Peace
-ABC-Clio Press

Education for a New World
-ABC-Clio Press

From Childhood to Adolescence:
  Including 'Erdkinder' and the Functions of the University
--Schocken Books

The Advanced Montessori Method, Vols. I & II
-ABC-Clio Press

The Child in the Family
-ABC-Clio Press

The Discovery of the Child
-Ballantine Books

The Formation of Man
-ABC-Clio Press

The Montessori Method
-Schocken Books

The Secret of Childhood
-By Maria Montessori-Ballantine Books

To Educate the Human Potential
-By Maria Montessori-Clio Press

What You Should Know About Your Child
-by Maria Montessori-Clio Press

Books by Other Authors:

A Parent's Guide to the Montessori Classroom
   - Aline Wolf - Parent-Child Press

At Home with Montessori
    - by Patricia Oriti - North American Montessori Teachers' Association (1994)

Endangered Minds:
   Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It
   - by Jane M. Healy - Simon & Schuster

Montessori - A Modern Approach
   - by Paula Polk Lillard - Schocken Books

Montessori and Your Child, A Primer for Parents
   - by Terry Malloy - Nienhuis USA

Montessori from the Start : The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
   - by Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen - Schocken Books

Montessori in the Classroom:
   A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn
   - by Paula Polk Lillard - Schocken Books

Montessori Play and Learn
   - by Leslie Britton - Three Rivers Press

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

Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
   - by Angeline Lillard, Ph.D. - Oxford University Press, USA

Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice
   - by Howard Gardner - Basic Books

Teaching Montessori in the Home, the Preschool Years
   - by Elizabeth Hainstock - Plume

Teaching Montessori in the Home, the School Years
   - by Elizabeth Hainstock - Plume

The Absorbent Mind
   - Henry Holt & Co.

The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon
   - by David Elkind, Ph.D. - Perseus Books

Your Child's Growing Mind:
   Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence
   - by Jane M. Healy - Broadway