Suggested
(Many of these books
are available in our school library)
Some books By Dr. Maria Montessori:
The Secret of Childhood
The Formation of Man
To Educate the Human Potential
The Child in the Family
Education and Peace
Writings
about Maria Montessori and this Method of Education
Montessori Play and Learn (ages 3-6)
Montessori Today by P. Lillard
Parent’s Guide to the Montessori
Classroom (primary)
Introduction to the Primary
Classroom
Introduction to the Elementary
Classroom
Understanding
the Human Being (0-3) by Dr. S. Montanaro
Parenting
The Hurried Child by David Elkind
Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary
Kurcinka
Punished By Rewards by Alfie Kohn
Between Parent and Child by Haim
Ginott
At Home with Montessori by Patricia
Oriti
The World of the Child by Aline Wolf
Our Last Best Shot by Laura Sessions
Stepp
Raising Cain, Protecting the Emotional Life of
Boys by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. & Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
Reviving Ophelia – Saving the Lives of
Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, PHD
Ecology
Earth in Mind by David Orr
The Great Work by Thomas Berry
.... The Universe is a Green Dragon by Brian Swimme
.......... Ecophobia
by David Sobel
Sharing Nature with Children by
James Cornell
Child Development
Your Child’s Growing Mind by Jane
Healy Ph.D.
In Their Own Way by Thomas Armstrong
The Hand by O. Wilson