Suggested Reading List

Entire School

• "The Montessori Way", Tim Seldin & Paul Epstein Ph. D.
• "Spirit Whisperers", Chick Moorman
• "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", Stephen R. Covey
• "Character First", Joseph W. Gauld
• "The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have", Laura and Malcolm Gauld
• "Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius", Angeline Stoll Lillard
• Additional Recommended Books

Infant and Toddler

• "At Home with Montessori", Patricia Ortiti
• "Montessori and Your Child – A Primer for Parents", Terry Malloy
• "Understanding the Human Being – The Importance of the First Three Years of Life", Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro, MD
• "A Child’s Home Environment", North American Montessori Teachers’ Association (Video)
• "Essential Montessori – An Introduction to Montessori Philosophy and Education", The Michael Olaf Company (Catalogue)
• "People Who Have Helped the World – Maria Montessori", Michael Pollard
• "Natural Childhood", John Thomson

Primary

• "The Child in the Family", Maria Montessori
• "The Normalized Child", Kathleen H. Futrell

Lower Elementary

• "Your Six-Year-Old: Loving and Defiant", Louise Bates Ames, Ph. D.
• "Your Seven-Year-Old: Life in a Minor Key", Louise Bates Ames, Ph. D.
• "Your Eight-Year-Old: Lively and Outgoing", Louise Bates Ames, Ph. D.
• "Your Nine-Year-Old: Thoughtful and Mysterious", Louise Bates Ames, Ph. D.
• "Joyful Scholars: Montessori for the Elementary Years", The Montessori Foundation (Video)
• "Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood", Paula Polk Lillard

Upper Elementary

• "7 Rules for Parents", Time Magazine, May 10,2004 (Article)
• "The Montessori Adolescent: Analysis and Retrospective", North American Montessori Teachers’ Association Journal, Vol. 26, Number 3, Summer 2001 (Article)34
• "The Absorbent Mind", Maria Montessori
• "To Educate the Human Potential", Maria Montessori

Middle School

• "To Educate the Human Potential", Maria Montessori
• "The Absorbent Mind", Maria Montessori
• "From Childhood to Adolescence", Maria Montessori
• "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls", Mary Pipher
• "Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls", Rachel Simmons
• "The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids", Barbara Strauch
• "Adolescent Boys and Dealing with Sex", Ryan Orr
• "Boys into Men", Mark Goldsteen