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Reading Lists
We recommend you read the following publications before starting your course. If you are unable to obtain copies through one of the book sellers listed below, copies may be purchased at the Montessori Institute. Email the MIM office for information.
Book Sellers:
| Required Reading - MIM Elementary Course | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maria Montessori | The Absorbent Mind | ABC-CLIO |
| Education and Peace | ABC-CLIO | |
|
Advanced Montessori Method
Vol. I & II |
ABC-CLIO | |
| From Childhood to Adolescence | ABC-CLIO | |
| To Educate the Human Potential | ABC-CLIO | |
| Mario Montessori | The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education | AMI |
| Recommended Reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lillard, Paula Polk | Montessori: A Modern Approach | Schocken Books |
| Montessori Today | Schocken Books | |
| Maria Montessori | The Child in the Family | ABC-CLIO |
| The Discovery of the Child | ABC-CLIO | |
| Education for a New World | ABC-CLIO | |
| The Formation of Man | ABC-CLIO | |
| The Secret of Childhood | ABC-CLIO | |
| Mario Montessori Jr. | Education for Human Development | Schocken Books |
| E. M. Standing | Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work | Penguin Group |
| Required Reading - MIM Elementary Foundation Course | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maria Montessori | The Absorbent Mind | ABC-CLIO |
| The Secret of Childhood | ABC-CLIO | |
| The Discovery of the Child | ABC-CLIO | |
| Education for a New World | ABC-CLIO | |
| The Child in the Family | ABC-CLIO | |
| Education and Peace | ABC-CLIO | |
| Mario Montessori | The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education |
AMI |
| Recommended Reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maria Montessori | What you Should Know About Your Child |
Required Reading - MIM Primary Course - 2010-2012
- The Absorbent Mind - Maria Montessori
- The Formation of Man - Maria Montessori
- The Discovery of the Child - Maria Montessori
- The Secret of Childhood - Maria Montessori
- The Advanced Montessori Method, Volume I - Maria Montessori
- Education and Peace - Maria Montessori
- The Four Planes of Education (pamphlet) - Maria Montessori
- The Human Tendencies and Montessori Education (pamphlet) - Mario Montessori
- Creative Development in the Child - Maria Montessori
Recommended Books
- The Child in the Family - Maria Montessori
- The Child, Society and the World - Maria Montessori
ABC-CLIO - Education for Human Development - Mario Montessori Jr.
- To Educate the Human Potential - Maria Montessori
- What You Should Know About Your Child - Maria Montessori
- Education for a New World - Maria Montessori
- **Other books are available for sale - please visit the office with any requests**
AMI Approved Educational Materials
The following companies manufacture educational materials according to detailed blueprints provided by AMI and identified by the AMI logo.
Applications are now being accepted for the A.M.I. Primary Diploma for ages 3-6.
This is a Multi-Summer Program from 2013-2015
Primary studies include: Psychology, child development, and philosophy of the Montessori approach, the Exercises of Practical Life and the child's acquisition of fundamental learning skills, sensorial development, and development of spoken and written language, mathematics, geography, history, art, biology, and music.
Includes supervised practice with the Montessori materials under the guidance of experienced, qualified staff, observation in AMI classes, practice teaching in AMI classes under trainer supervision, material making, preparation of albums containing illustrated notes of didactic materials
Submit application here now, or
Contact MIM for more details:
Tel: (414) 481-5050
Email: Sarah Travis Keskar, BSN, RN
sarah@execpc.com
Primary studies include: Psychology, child development, and philosophy of the Montessori approach, the Exercises of Practical Life and the child's acquisition of fundamental learning skills, sensorial development, and development of spoken and written language, mathematics, geography, history, art, biology, and music.
Includes supervised practice with the Montessori materials under the guidance of experienced, qualified staff, observation in AMI classes, practice teaching in AMI classes under trainer supervision, material making, preparation of albums containing illustrated notes of didactic materials
Submit application here now, or
Contact MIM for more details:
Tel: (414) 481-5050
Email: Sarah Travis Keskar, BSN, RN
sarah@execpc.com
In this highly visual, rapid-paced and entertaining talk, Dr. Hughes describes how Maria Montessori's brain-based approach to education provides an unparalleled foundation for the development of academic, social, and executive functions critical for advanced problem solving and lifetime success. He shows how Montessori education parallels what we now know about brain development and fosters the development of advanced cognitive functions, social cognition, and such higher-order competencies as empathy and leadership.