Organizations

American Montessori Society (AMS)

Association Montessori Internationale – USA (AMI-USA)

North American Montessori Teachers Association (NAMTA)

The Montessori Foundation

Learning Materials

Michael Olaf

Montessori Services

Parent-Child Press

Books

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.

Chattin-McNichols, John.  (1991). The Montessori Controversy.  Albany, NY;  Delmar.  Available from American Montessori Society.

Epstein, Paul; Seldin, Tim.  (2003) The Montessori Way:  An Education for Life.  The Montessori Foundation.

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

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

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

Lillard, Paula Polk. (1988) Montessori:  A Modern Approach. Rev. ed. New York: Schocken Books.

Lillard, Paula Polk. (1996) Montessori Today:  A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood.  New York: Schocken.

Lillard, Paula Polk; Jessen, Lynne Lillard.  (2003) Montessori from the Start:  The Child at Home from Birth to Age Three.  New York:  Schocken.

Loeffler, Margaret Howard (ed.) (1992) Montessori in Contemporary American Culture.  Proceedings of AMS symposium, Arlington, VA, April, 1990.  Portsmouth, NH:  Heinemann.

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.  (1917) The Advanced Montessori Method, Vol. 1 Spontaneous Activity in Education; Vol. 2 The Montessori Elementary Material.

Montessori, Maria.  (1932)  Peace and Education.  

Montessori, Maria.  (1932)  The Mass Explained to Children.

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

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

Montessori, Maria.  (1946)  Education for a New World.

Montessori, Maria.  (1948)  The Discovery of the Child.  Revised and enlarged edition of  The Montessori Method.

Montessori, Maria.  (1948) To Educate the Human Potential.

Montessori, Maria.  (1949) The Absorbent Mind.

Perry, Desmond.  (2001) The Child:  What Every Caring Parent Needs to Know.  Clarendon Hills, IL:  MECA-Seton Teacher Education Program.

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