Montessori, Maria 1870-1952

Dr. Montessori's own handbook by Maria Montessori ( Book )
69 editions published between 1911 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 3,423 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 )
61 editions published between 1949 and 2013 in English and held by 3,276 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 Montessori method by Maria Montessori ( Book )
55 editions published between 1912 and 2013 in English and held by 3,007 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Montessori method is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child and clinical observation on the part of the teacher. It stresses the importance of adapting the child's learning environment to his or her developmental level, and of the role of physical activity in absorbing abstract concepts and practical skills. The Montessori method teaches reading via phonics and whole language, the comparative benefits of which are currently being recognized. To all educators this book

The secret of childhood by Maria Montessori ( Book )
60 editions published between 1936 and 2013 in English and held by 2,038 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

The Montessori method; scientific pedagogy as applied to child education in "the Children's Houses" by Maria Montessori ( Book )
85 editions published between 1912 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,994 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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

The discovery of the child by Maria Montessori ( Book )
54 editions published between 1948 and 2010 in English and held by 1,854 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

Spontaneous activity in education. [Translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds] by Maria Montessori ( Book )
21 editions published between 1917 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The child in the family by Maria Montessori ( Book )
14 editions published between 1970 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,591 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The advanced Montessori method by Maria Montessori ( Book )
30 editions published between 1917 and 1995 in English and held by 1,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Montessori elementary material by Maria Montessori ( Book )
29 editions published between 1917 and 2010 in English and held by 991 WorldCat member libraries worldwide