Recommended Resources

Works By or On Montessori

The Montessori Method
Maria Montessori

From Childhood to Adolescence
Maria Montessori

Montessori- A Modern Approach
Paula Polk Lillard

Montessori Today
Paula Polk Lillard

Maria Montessori – A Biography
Rita Kramer

Montessori for the New Millennium
Ronald Wentworth

Montessori Principles and Practices: A book for Parents and Teachers
E.P. Calverwell

Montessori: Her Method & the Movement: What you need to know
Reginald Calvert Orem

General Education

The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School
Neil Postman

Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner

All Kinds of Minds
Mel Levine, M.D.

A Mind at a Time
Mel Levine, M.D.

Child and Young Adolescent Development

The Magic Years
Selma H. Frailberg

Endangered Minds
Jane M, Healy, Ph.D.

The Hurried Child
David Elkind, Ph.D.

Touchpoints
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.

Yardsticks
Chip Wood

Positive Discipline A to Z
Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, H. Stephen Glenn

Children: The Challenge
Rudolf Dreikurs

Siblings Without Rivalry
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

I learn from my teacher, and sometimes I learn from myself.
—Children's House Student