Resources for Parents: Research Center

 

All these resources can be found in the Research Center and may be checked out for three weeks (and then renewed if necessary). Come and visit!

Books by Maria Montessori
Books about the Montessori Method
Books about Maria Montessori
Other Great Books and Resources for Parents

Books by Maria Montessori:

Absorbent Mind

Advanced Montessori Method

Child in the Family

Child, Society and the World

Discovery of the Child

Education and Peace

Education for a New World

Formation of Man

From Childhood to Adolescence

Montessori Elementary Material

Montessori Method

Secret of Childhood

Spontaneous Activity in Education

To Educate the Human Potential

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Materials about the Montessori Method:

At Home With Montessori, by Patricia Oriti

Computer and the Child, by Peter Gephart Seele

Look at the Child, by Aline D. Wolf

Maria Montessori: Follow the Child, by Douglas Clark (video)

Maria Montessori, her Life and Work, by E. M. Standing

Montessori in Contemporary Amercian Culture, by Margaret Loeffler

Montessori – A Modern Approach, by Paula Polk Lillard

Montessori: Play and Learn Parents Guide to Purposeful Play from 2 to 6, by Joy Starrey Turner

Montessori and the Special Child, by R.C. Orem

Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, by Angeline Stoll Lillard

Nuturing the Spirit, by Aline D. Wolf

Parents Guide to the Montessori Classroom, by Aline Wolf

Teaching Montessori in the Home, by Elizabeth Hainstock

What is Montessori Preschool, by David Kahn (video)

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Books about Maria Montessori:

Maria Montessori, by Bruno Leone

Maria Montessori: Mammoline, by Barbara O’Connor

Maria Montessori, by Michael Pollard

Maria Montessori: Teacher of Teachers, by Marie Tennent Shepard

Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work, by E. M. Standing

Maria Montessori, by Rita Kramer

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Other Great Books and Resources for Parents:

A Fine Young Man, by Michael Gurian

Anti Bias Curriculum, by Louise Derman Sparks

Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Life of Children, by Michael Thompson & Catherine O’Neill Grace

Being Your Best – Character Building in Children, by Barbara Lewis

Bringing Up A Moral Child, by Michael Schulman

Bringing Up Parents – The Teenager’s Handbook, by Alex Packer

Body Project, by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

Children of the Universe, by Michael & D’Neil Duffy

Children Who Are Not Yet Peaceful – Preventing Exclusion in the Early Elementary Classroom, by Donna Bryant Goertz

Children’s Minds – for Better and Worse, by Jane Healy

Creative Storytelling, by Jack Zipes

Drama of the Gifted Child, by Alice Miller

Essential Conversation – What Parents & Teachers Can Learn From Each Other, by Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

Failing at Fairness: How Schools Cheat Girls, by Myrna and David Sadker

Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds – for Better or Worse, by Jane Healy

Families Like Mine – Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is, by Abaigail Garner

Forty Ways to Raise A Nonracist Child, by Barbara Mathais and Mary Ann French

Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places, by Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble

Girls Speak Out – Finding Your True Self, by Andrea Johnston

Hearing Us Out – Voices from the Gay & Lesbian Community, by Roger Sutton

Hope and Healing – Peaceful Parenting in a Uncertain World, by Naomi Drew

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen, by Adele Faber

In Their Own Way, by Thomas Armstrong

Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties, by William Doherty

It’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues In School, Women’s Educational Media (video)

Language and Thought of the Child, by Jean Paiget

Learning to Honor the Young Adolescent, by Larry Schaefer (audio tape)

Mothers & Sons – The Making of Vital & Loving Men, by Evelyn Bassoff

Moral Life of Children, by Robert Coles

Out-of-Sync Child – Recognizing & Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, by Carol Stock Kranowitz

Positive Discipline, by Jane Nelson

Raising A Magical Child, by Joseph Chilton Pearce

Raising A Thinking Child, by Myrna Shure

Raising Cain – Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, by Dan Kindlon & Michael Thompson

Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self Indulgent World, by H. Stephen Gould & Jane Nelson

Raising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Read Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease

Reflexes, Learning and Behavior – A Window into the Child’s Mind, by Sally Goddard

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Mary Pipher

Right Brained Children in a Left Brain World – Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child, by Jeffrey Freed & Laurie Parsons

Safe Zone – A Kid’s Guide to Personal Safety, by Donna Chaiet & Francine Russell

Seven Kinds of Smart, by Thomas Armstrong

Seven Ways of Knowing – Understanding Multiple Intelligences, by David Lazear

Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families, by Mary Pipher

Strategies for Stay at Home Parents, by Kristine Berggren

Well Balanced Child – Movement & Early Learning, by Sally Goddard Blythe

Why Do They Act That Way – Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You & Your Teen, by David Walsh

Why Gender Mattters – What Paents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences, by Leonard Sax

Wonder of Boys, by Michael Gurian

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