Author: Maria MontessoriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Montessori method of education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Discovery of the Child
Author: Maria MontessoriPublisher: Aakar Books
ISBN: 9788187879237
Category : Education, Preschool
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Maria Montessori (1870 1952), Italian Physician And Educationist, Born In Rome, The First Woman In Italy To Receive A Medical Degree (1894), She Founded A School For Children With Learning Disabilities (1899 1901), And Developed A System Of Education For Children Of Three To Six Based On Spontaneity Of Expression And Freedom From Restraint. The System Was Later Worked Out For Older Children, And Applied In Montessori Schools Throughout The World. She Opened The First Montessori School For Children In The Slums Of Rome In 1907.
The Montessori Method
Author: Maria MontessoriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Certain aspects of the system are in themselves striking and significant: it adapts to the education of normal children methods and apparatus originally used for deficients; it is based on a radical conception of liberty for the pupil; it entails a highly formal training of separate sensory, motor, and mental capacities; and it leads to rapid, easy, and substantial mastery of the elements of reading, writing, and arithmetic. - Introduction.
Montessori Today
Author: Paula Polk LillardPublisher: Schocken
ISBN: 0307761320
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation by using the Montessori method. This is an essential handbook for parents and teachers who have chosen the Montessori alternative for the older child.
The Absorbent Mind
Author: Maria MontessoriPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1625588682
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Absorbent Mind was Maria Montessori's most in-depth work on her educational theory, based on decades of scientific observation of children. Her view on children and their absorbent minds was a landmark departure from the educational model at the time. This book helped start a revolution in education. Since this book first appeared there have been both cognitive and neurological studies that have confirmed what Maria Montessori knew decades ago.
Education for a New World
Author: Maria MontessoriPublisher:
ISBN: 9789350026106
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to expound and defend the great powers of the child, and to help teachers to a new outlook which will change their task from drudgery to joy, from repression to collaboration with nature...the first two years of life are the most important... So here begins a new path, wherein it will not be the professor who teaches the child, but the child who teaches the professor
Teaching Montessori In the Home
Author: Elizabeth HainstockPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307823342
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Claim quality togetherness with your child and fully enjoy the sensitive and formative years from two to five by adopting proven teaching techniques in your own home. This acclaimed guide puts the entire range of the Montessori system within your reach, so you can make the most of your child's vital years. Teaching Montessori in the Home has already helped thousands of parents with the techniques, exercises, and easy-to-make Montessori materials that are essential for success. “The opportunity of teaching your child is a thrilling and challenging experience. It enables you to see his progressive steps in learning and to watch him develop into a responsible thinking human being. I feel that it is a unique opportunity, rewarding beyond measure. It nurtures a wonderful closeness between mother and child and will develop a real rapport between you.”—Elizabeth Hainstock, from the Introduction
From Childhood to Adolescence
Author: Maria MontessoriPublisher:
ISBN: 9781851091850
Category : Child psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
In this work, Maria Montessori examines the educational concerns of the older child, the adolescent, and even the mature university student. She considers each level and seeks the optimum method of facilitating growth.
Author: Tim Seldin
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher