Recommended Reading
Check the Vancouver Island Regional Library for some of these titles.
Parents whose children are enrolled in the program have access to some of these titles through the CVMS library. Contact your directress for more information.
General Titles
Tomorrow’s Child Magazine – distributed by the Montessori Foundation
The Montessori Controversy by John Chattin-McNichols.
The Montessori Approach to Discipline by Lena L. Gitter
Parent Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon
Teacher Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon
Montessori: A Modern Approach by Paula Polk Lillard
Montessori today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education From Birth to Adulthood by Paula Polk Lillard
The Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
Montessori for the Millennium by Roland A. Wentworth
Infancy
Birth Without Violence by Frederick Leboyer
The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
The Secret Life of The Unborn Child by Dr. Thomas Verny
The First Three Years of Life by Dr. Burton White
Preschool Years
In Their Own Way by Thomas Armstrong, PhD.
The Developing Child by Helen Bee
How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
Montessori Play and Learn: A Parent’s Guide to Purposeful Play From Two to Six by Lesley Britton.
Montessori From The Start: The Child at Home From Birth to Age Three by Paula Polk Lillard
Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under Fives by David Gettman
Teaching Montessori In the Home: The Preschool Years by Elizabeth Hainstock
The Elementary Years
Teaching Montessori In The Home: The School Years by Elizabeth Hainstock
How Children Fail by John Holt
Montessori at Home by Heidi Anne Speitz
Child of the World: Essential Montessori by Susan Stephanson
No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
Montessori Read and Write by Lynne Lawrence
Our Peaceful Classroom by Aline Wolf
A Parents Guide to the Montessori Classroom by Aline Wolf
Montessori in the Classroom by Paula Polk Lillard
Modern Montessori at Home by Heidi Anne Speitz
- The Absorbent Mind
- Discovery of the Child
- Spontaneous Activity In Education
- Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook
- The Montessori Elementary Materials
- The Montessori Method
- The Secret of Childhood
Books about Maria Montessori and the Movement
Mammolina: a Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O’Connor
Maria Montessori: Teacher of Teachers by Marie T. Shephard
The Essential Montessori: An Introduction to the Woman, the Writings, the Method and the Movement by Elizabeth Hainstock
