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Recommended Books for Parents

 

Books by Dr. Maria Montessori

 

  • Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook

  • Montessori Method

  • The Absorbent Mind

  • Secret of Childhood

  • Education and Peace

  • The Child in the Family

  • The Discovery of the Child

  • Education of the New World

  • To Educate the Human Potential

  • From Childhood to Adolescences

  • What You Should Know About Your Child

 

Books by Paula Polk Lillard

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  • Montessori Today

  • Montessori from the Start

  • Montessori in the Classroom

  • Montessori: A Modern Approach

 

Other recommended books

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  • At Home with Montessori by Patricia Oriti

  • Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work by E. M. Standing

  • Montessori Insights for Parents of Young Children by Aline D. Wolf

  • Teaching Montessori at Home by Elizabeth Hainstock

 

Booklist for Children

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  • Our Peaceful Classroom by Alice D. Wolf

  • The Peace Rose by Alicia Jewell

  • Books by Cheri J. Meiners (Learning How to Get Along)

Introduction to Montessori and the Montessori Foundation

Trevor Eissler "Montessori Madness!"  

Famous Montessori educated people include: Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, author, chef, TV cooking show personality Julia Child, video game pioneer Will Wright, co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit Wikia web-hosting company Jimmy Wales, 1983 Literature Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Amazon founder and CEO founder Jeff Bezos.

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