Nienhuis Montessori 2020 catalogue B2B

BY MARIA MONTESSORI

Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook Dr. Montessori’s notes as to the use and intent of Montessori curriculum tools. • Schocken: 189 pp, soft cover, 1965 edition. Item Number: 533200

The Discovery Of The Child First published in 1948, this book lucidly delineates the fundamental principles of the Montessori approach to education, which was based on a series of genuine discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori. The application of these principles, transcends boundaries of class, culture or creed, and is relevant to the whole of human development. • Clio: 339 pp, soft cover, 2002 edition. Item Number: 546100 • Kalakshetra: 360 pp, hard cover, 2006 edition. Item Number: 548200 • Ballantine: 339 pp, soft cover, 1972 edition. Item Number: 540000

What You Should Know About Your Child A valuable guide for parents, this book is based on the lectures delivered by Dr. Montessori. It simplifies her great educational principles, and brings them

within easy reach of the lay person. • Clio: 99 pp, soft cover, 1998 edition.

Item Number: 546500 Item Number: 548500

• Kalakshetra: 117 pp, hard cover, 1993 edition.

The Secret Of Childhood The book The Secret of Childhood is divided in three sections, dealing in turn with early childhood development, the author’s educational method, and the relation of the child to society. First, Montessori talks about the new-born child who is not only a body ready to function as a body, but also has a spiritual embryo with latent psychic capacities. The second part of the book gives an account of the first Casa dei Bambini about the essence of the Montessori Method. The adult should be determined to learn from the children rather than to force their own ideas on them. The essence of the Montessori Method lies in: observing, helping, presenting, rather than teaching or forcing. The adult, Montessori claims, must play a low-key role; all is free and open for the child, who chooses his own materials to work with, and learns from them because they interest him. Given the method of free choice of work and materials, the concentration is high and the need for punishment and reward is not necessary. Relieved from the emotional strain of competition and fear,

the child becomes stable, confident and happy. • Ballantine: 216 pp, soft cover, 1972 edition. • Kalakshetra: 234 pp, hard cover, 2005 edition. • The Montessori Series: 216 p, soft cover, 2018 ed.

Item Number: 539900 Item Number: 548900 Item Number: 544200

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