Montessori, Maria 1870-1952

The Montessori method by Maria Montessori ( Book )
141 editions published between 1912 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,660 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Montessori Method. Introduction of Montessori to America. Ideas and practices on education of children

Dr. Montessori's own handbook by Maria Montessori ( Book )
85 editions published between 1911 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 3,582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 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. Frames, geometrical objects, colored numerical rods, and many other items are familiar features of any Montessori classroom, and Montessori explains how to use them with preschool children to stimulate their powers of observation, recognition, judgment, and classification. She stresses that each child approaches the apparatus differently, while the role of the adult is to let the child experiment, perceive his own mistakes, and run his own risks in learning

The absorbent mind by Maria Montessori ( Book )
76 editions published between 1949 and 2012 in English and held by 3,235 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Based on the lectures given by Dr. Maria maria Montessori at Ahmedabad, during the first training course to be held after her internment in India, which lasted till the end of World War 2. In it she illustrated the unique mental powers of the young child which enable him to construct and firmly establish within but a few years- without teachers, without any of the usual aids of education, nay almost abandoned and often obstructed all the characteristics of the human personality

The secret of childhood by Maria Montessori ( Book )
66 editions published between 1936 and 2013 in English and held by 2,008 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Before anything else, this book is a description of the child, seen with the exactness of a scientist and the empathy of a warm heart. From this understanding grew the way of teaching based on collaborating with the needs and powers of a child and the removing of obstacles to this growth that has come to be known as the Montessori Method

Spontaneous activity in education. [Translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds] by Maria Montessori ( Book )
36 editions published between 1917 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The discovery of the child by Maria Montessori ( Book )
67 editions published between 1948 and 2013 in English and held by 1,830 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Montessori went beyond the conventions of the day to seek a new way of knowing and loving a child. In this book she describes the nature of the child and her method of working more fully with the child's urge to learn

The child in the family by Maria Montessori ( Book )
22 editions published between 1915 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,578 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From childhood to adolescence; including Erdkinder and the function of the university by Maria Montessori ( Book )
23 editions published between 1973 and 2007 in English and Multiple languages and held by 1,482 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Emphasizes the educational preparation, needs, and concerns of the adolescent and views the function of university education

The advanced Montessori method by Maria Montessori ( Book )
32 editions published between 1917 and 1995 in English and held by 1,031 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Montessori elementary material by Maria Montessori ( Book )
36 editions published between 1917 and 2010 in English and held by 989 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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