Montessori Resources

Montessori Organizations

Association Montessori Internationale

American Montessori Society (AMS)

North American Montessori Teachers Association (NAMTA)

Montessori Materials for the Home

Montessori Services

Michael Olaf

Parent-Child Press

Suggested Reading

Britton, Lesley. (1992). Montessori Play & Learn: A Parent’s Guide to Purposeful Play from Two to Six. New York: Random House. Also published 1992, Crown Publishing.

Seldin, Tim How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way

Futrell, Kathleen H. (1988) The Normalized Child. Rev. ed. Cleveland, OH: NAMTA.

Hainstock, Elizabeth G. (1968) Teaching Montessori in the Home. New York: Random House.

Kramer, Rita. (1988) Maria Montessori: A Biography. 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Lawrence, Lynn. (1998) Montessori Read and Write: A Parents’ Guide to Literacy for Children. New York: Three Rivers Press.

Lillard, Angeline Stoll. (2005) Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius. Oxford University Press.

Montanaro, Silvana. (1991) Understanding the Human Being: The Importance of the First Three Years of Life. Mountain View, CA: Nienhuis Montessori USA.

Montessori, Maria. (1912) The Montessori Method.

Montessori, Maria. (1914) Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook.

Montessori, Maria. (1932) Peace and Education.

Montessori, Maria. (1936) The Child in the Family.

Montessori, Maria. (1936) The Secret of Childhood.

Montessori, Maria. (1948) The Discovery of the Child.

Montessori, Maria. (1949) The Absorbent Mind.

Standing, E.M. (1998) Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work. Rev. ed., with introduction be Lee Havis. NY: Dutton-Plume.