Montessori and Parenting Resources
Recommended Montessori Books
- The Absorbent Mind by Dr. Maria Montessori
- The Secret of Childhood by Dr. Maria Montessori
- To Educate the Human Potential by Dr. Maria Montessori
- Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood by Paula Polk Lillard
- Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius by Angeline Stoll Lillard
- How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
- Montessori for Every Family by Tim Seldin and Lorna McGrath
- Montessori Madness! by Trevor Eissler
- A Parent's Guide to the Montessori Classroom by Aline D. Wolf
Recommended Montessori Articles and Studies
- Montessori Education's Impact on Academic and Nonacademic Outcomes: A Systematic Review (2023)
- What the Evidence Says About Montessori Education
- article from
Psychology Today (2023)
- Evaluating Montessori Education by Angeline Stoll Lillard and Nicole Else-Quest
- The Five Great Lessons of the Elementary Curriculum - article from Montessori for Everyone
- Maria Montessori: Is the Montessori method any good? - article from The Christian Science Monitor (2012)
- Montessori Builds Innovators by Andrew McAfee
Recommended Parenting Books
- Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home from Birth to Age Three by Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen
- Between Parent and Child by Dr. Haim G. Ginott, Alice Ginott, and H.Goddard
- Living Simply with Children by Marie Sherlock
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and How to Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Positive Discipline by Dr. Jane Nelson
- Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World by Dr. H. Stephen Glenn
- The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey
- Raising Critical Thinkers by Julie Bogart
- Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv