Resources for Parents

Books
Dr. Maria Montessori
The Absorbent Mind
The Child in the Family
The Secret of Childhood
From Childhood to Adolescence
Mario Montessori, Jr.
Education for Human Development
Paula Polk Lillard
Montessori Today – A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood
Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn L. Jessen
Montessori from the Start
Angeline Stoll Lillard
Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
Patricia Oriti
At Home with Montessori
E. M. Standing
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Her Work
Aline Wolf
Parents Guide to the Montessori Classroom
Terry Malloy
Montessori and Your Child – A Primer for Parents
Penelope Leach
Children First
R. Dreikurs and V. Stolz
Children, The Challenge
B. Bettelheim
A Good Enough Parent
A. Fabel and E. Mazlish
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
N. S. Peck
The Road Less Traveled
Leonard Saks
Why Gender Matters
Alfie Kohn
Punished by Rewards
Kathie Meizner, Lisa Nevans Locke and Meg Thale
Going Places with Children in Washington DC

Websites
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
www.montessori-ami.org
North American Montessori Teachers’ Association (NAMTA)
www.montessori-namta.org
The International Montessori Index
www.montessori.edu

Resources for  books, supplies, child sized utensils, tools etc.
Michael Olaf’s Essential Montessori
www.michaelolaf.net/ordering.html (to order a catalogue)
www.michaelolaf.net (for literature and developmental information)
888-880-9235
Montessori Services
www.montessoriservices.com/store
www.forsmallhands.com (Parent and Family Catalogue)
877-975-3003
Chinaberry Books
www.chinaberry.com/shop/catalog.cfm (to order a catalogue)
800-776-2242