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The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori Publisher Comments In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone. Written by the women whose name is... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori Publisher Comments Maria Montessori went beyond the conventions of the day to seek a new way of knowing and loving a child. In THE DISCOVERY OF THE CHILD, she describes the nature of the child and her method of working more fully with the child's urge to learn. With 16... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin Publisher Comments The president of The Montessori Foundation offers an inspirational handbook designed to help parents enhance a child's physical and intellectual growth from birth to six years of age, furnishing insights into each development stage; proven strategies for... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood by Paula Lillard Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Teaching Montessori in the Home: Pre-School Years: The Pre-School Years (Teaching Montessori in the Home) by Elizabeth G. Hainstock Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $13.00 New - Trade Paper
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Montessori Play and Learn: A Parent's Guide to Purposeful Play from Two to Six by Lesley Britton Publisher Comments We all want the best possible starts in life for our children, and one of the best possible starts in life, educationally, is the "method" pioneered by Maria Montessori and taught successfully today throughout the world. Now, Lesley Britton... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Montessori Learning in the 21st Century: A Guide for Parents & Teachers by M. Shannon Helfrich Synopsis This book fills a growing demand for contemporary books on Montessori education and how it applies to childhood learning and education in the 21st Century. Dr. Maria Montessori developed her theories and methods for educating young people more than a... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook by Maria Montessori Publisher Comments A short, illustrated guide to the use of Montessori classroom materials. Describes how to set up a "children's house" - an environment for learning where children can be their own masters.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Essential Montessori : an Introduction To the Woman, the Writings, the Method, and the Movement (Rev 97 Edition) by Elizabeth G. Hainstock Publisher Comments Since the remarkable success of Maria Montessori's first school ninety years ago, her theories have had a revolutionary influence on educational practices around the worldnot only in avowed Montessori schools but also in learning programs of every... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Montessori Method (Economy Editions) by Maria Montessori Publisher Comments "Dr. Montessori was par excellence the great interpreter of the child; and though she herself has passed on from the scene of her labours her work will still go on."—Westminster Cathedral Chronicle One of the landmark books in the history of... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori Publisher Comments This book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to "free a child to learn through his own efforts".... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives by David Gettman Publisher Comments For the first time, Basic Montessori opens the celebrated philosophy and method to a more general public. David Gettman has devised a clear and modern explanation of Montessori's revolutionary ideas about early intellectual development, and provides a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Montessori : a Modern Approach (72 Edition) by Paula Polk Lillard Publisher Comments Montessori: A Modern Approach has been called the single best book for anyone -- educator, childcare professional, and especially parent -- seeking answers to the questions: What is the Montessori method? Are its revolutionary ideas about early childhood... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work by E M Standing Publisher Comments Maria Montessori is important background reading for parents considering Montessori education for their children, as well as for those training to become Montessori teachers. The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius by Angeline St Lillard Publisher Comments Traditional American schooling is in constant crisis because it is based on two poor models for children's learning: the school as a factory and the child as a blank slate. School reforms repeatedly fail by not learning from the shortcomings of these... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Montessori Method by Maria Montessori Publisher Comments This book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to "free a child to learn through his own efforts".... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Montessori Method (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) (B&n Library of Essential Reading) by Maria Montessori Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Spiritual Basis of Steiner Education: The Waldorf School Approach by Roy Wilkinson Publisher Comments This book points to the unique approach of the philosopher and educationalist Rudolf Steiner, whose spiritual thought has provided practical new insight to the methods of education. The first school founded on his indications opened in 1919. The movement... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Montessori & the Special Child by R C Orem Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Child in the Family by Maria Montessori Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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