Title: Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three Author: Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen Publication Year: 2003 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: I don’t know why I find this book mildly offensive. The authors seem like decent people. I agree with ...
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Theories of Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, & Vygotsky
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Title: Theories of Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget, & Vygotsky Author: Carol Garhart Mooney Publication Year: 2013 Website: www.redleafpress.org Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: I am grateful for this book. It only took one evening to leisurely read ...
Child’s Play: Montessori Games and Activities for Your Baby and Toddler
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Title: Child's Play: Montessori Games and Activities for Your Baby and Toddler Author: Maja Pitamic Publication Year: 2009 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: If someone were at a complete loss with what to do with their baby or toddler, I might possibly say this is a decent resource. ...
How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way
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Title: How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way Author: Tim Seldin Publication Year: 2006 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: This book covers an extremely wide range of topics regarding life with children. It’s not written in a personal way, the writing isn’t particularly ...
Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years
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Title: Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years Authors: Elizabeth G. Hainstock and Lee Havis Publication Year: 1997 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: The real strength of this book is how short and easy-to-read it is. I finished this in a little over an hour while my kids ...
A Piaget Primer: How a Child Thinks
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Title: A Piaget Primer: How a Child Thinks Author: Dorothy G. Singer and Tracey A. Revenson Publication Year: 1996 Website: childstudycenter.yale.edu Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: I learned of Piaget from one of my favorite early childhood authors, Burton White, who claimed that much ...
From One Child to Two
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Title: From One Child to Two Author: Judy Dunn Publication Year: 1995 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: This book contains a lot of useful information. However, it contains such a large amount of information that I feel like the author attempted to cover so much that any really useful ...
The Secret of Childhood
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Title: The Secret of Childhood Author: Maria Montessori Publication Year: 1982 (originally 1936) Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: This book was a difficult to read. The original work was written nearly a century ago in Italian. However, I was determined to get through it since my 3 year ...
Beyond One: Growing a Family and Getting a Life
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Title: Beyond One: Growing a Family and Getting a Life Author: Jennifer Bingham Hull Publication Year: 2004 Website: www.growingafamily.com Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: I’ve read this book twice. Once while I was pregnant with my second child and once while my kids were one and ...
Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy
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Title: Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy Author: Louise Bates Ames and Frances L. Ilg Publication Year: 1980 Amazon Product Page (Affiliate Link) Review: Honestly, I skimmed this book past the first chapter. Some of the more amusing bits of advice are “Remember the television can be your friend. ...
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