Montessori: A Modern Approach

The Classic Introduction to Montessori for Parents and Teachers

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On sale Oct 30, 1988 | 192 Pages | 978-0-8052-0920-4
Montessori: A Modern Approach is the best source for educators and childcare professionals seeking answers to the questions: What is the Montessori Method? Are its ideas about early childhood education relevant to today’s world? Paula Polk Lillard writes both as a trained educator and as a concerned parent. Her book offers the clearest and most concise statement of the Montessori method of child development and education available today.

“The best introduciton to the Montessori movement in education.” —John Holt

“Lillard’s account is the best to date. She has a sensitive understanding about how and why Montessori methods can work so superbly.” —Chicago Tribune

“Provides an intelligent guide to the famous philosophy and method, and answers many questions . . . teachers may have.” —Choice

PAULA POLK LILLARD is the head emerita and cofounder of the Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, Illinois. She is also the author of Montessori Today; Montessori, A Modern Approach, and Montessori from the Start (with Lynn Lillard Jessen).

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“Lillard's account is the best to date. She has a sensitive understanding about how and why Montessori methods can work so superbly.” Chicago Tribune

“Provides an intelligent guide to the famous philosophy and method, and answers many questions parents and teachers may have.” —Choice

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Montessori: A Modern Approach is the best source for educators and childcare professionals seeking answers to the questions: What is the Montessori Method? Are its ideas about early childhood education relevant to today’s world? Paula Polk Lillard writes both as a trained educator and as a concerned parent. Her book offers the clearest and most concise statement of the Montessori method of child development and education available today.

“The best introduciton to the Montessori movement in education.” —John Holt

“Lillard’s account is the best to date. She has a sensitive understanding about how and why Montessori methods can work so superbly.” —Chicago Tribune

“Provides an intelligent guide to the famous philosophy and method, and answers many questions . . . teachers may have.” —Choice

Author

PAULA POLK LILLARD is the head emerita and cofounder of the Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, Illinois. She is also the author of Montessori Today; Montessori, A Modern Approach, and Montessori from the Start (with Lynn Lillard Jessen).

View titles by Paula Polk Lillard

Praise

“Lillard's account is the best to date. She has a sensitive understanding about how and why Montessori methods can work so superbly.” Chicago Tribune

“Provides an intelligent guide to the famous philosophy and method, and answers many questions parents and teachers may have.” —Choice

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