Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 7 Sept 2011 - Education - 240 pages
Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation by using the Montessori method. This is an essential handbook for parents and teachers who have chosen the Montessori alternative for the older child.

Contents

The Origin and Theory of Montessori Education
3
Overview of the Primary Years
24
The Childs Work
43
The Great Lessons and Key Lessons
54
The Classroom Environment
77
The Elementary Teacher
87
Freedom and Responsibility
98
Scenes from an Elementary Classroom
115
The Planes of Adulthood
152
Present and Future
177
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About the author (2011)

Paula Polk Lillard is the author of Montessori: A Modern Approach and Montessori in the Classroom. She is cofounder and director of the Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, Illinois.

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