Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook

Maria Montessori discusses some of her basic principles of education and shows why it is so important for adults to ‘follow attentively all the spiritual expressions of a child'. She stresses the importance of adult respect and support for ‘all reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages' and emphasizes the value of understanding rather than interfering with such activity. Adults should help children to become independent while at the same time fully appreciating how sensitive children are to external influences. 

This book is intended to help teachers and parents to envisage the needs of the child after the age of six. Every average by and girl of twelve years who has been educated till then in a Montessori School knows at least as much as the students who finish High School. And the surprising thing is that the child reaches this level easily.....

Dr. Maria Montessori writes about the development of the child, behavioral and learning issues. This book which appeared in 1916 in Italy gives rich information to any educator. Even though immense development of school subjects have been made since that time, what is dealt with in this book is till today the cornerstone of education and very much helpful for the Arab World. 

Maria Montessori tireless efforts to open new paths in education were as irresistible as a force of nature. Opening a Children's House, continuing following the psychological manifestations of the children, who evidently had been oppressed in their homes, opened new insights, which were breaking news for the world.

The Montessori Method is scientific education based on a sound knowledge of childhood. In this volume, Dr. Maria Montessori examines the physical and mental development of the child in its early years and discusses what she considers to be the basic truths underlying the child's nature, growth and development.

Maria Montessori went beyond the conventions of the day to seek a new way of knowing and loving a child. In THE DISCOVERY OF THE CHILD, she describes the nature of the child and her method of working more fully with the child's urge to learn. With 16 pages of photographs.

The Secret of Childhood

In this book Maria Montessori explains the method which she has developed by observing children. It is here that she discovered the secret of childhood. The child has a spontaneous urge to learn. An understanding of this simple secret....

"An analysis of Maria montessori's educational beliefs and methodology, this text also discusses her views on the important problems of education in the family and in the pre-school and school environments"--Publisher's description.

Emphasizes the educational preparation, needs, and concerns of the adolescent and views the function of university education

The psychic life in newborns has aroused great interest. Th conclusion of research is that the first two years of life are the most important. So here begins a new path, wherein it will not be the professor who teaches the child, but the child who teaches the professor.

The Absorbent Mind is an analysis of the physical and psychological aspects of a child's growth during the most significant period of life. During this period the child learns motor co-ordination, language, the making of social adjustments, the setting of work habits, and the beginning of routines that set patterns for life. Dr. Montessori illustrates the unique mental powers of young children which enable them to construct and establish all the aspects of human personality. Paperback.

This collection of speeches and lectures by Dr. Montessori provides the reader with a vivid and accurate understanding of the theories and working methods of the most important educationalist of the 20 th century. In addition, the teaching of peace, environmental awareness and universal responsibility lie at the heart of Montessori's ‘cosmic education'

The Montessori Method is scientific education based on a sound knowledge of childhood. In this volume, Dr. Maria Montessori examines the physical and mental development of the child in its early years and discusses what she considers to be the basic truths underlying the child's nature, growth and development.