Reading List

Recommended Reading List

• The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori
• The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn
• Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
• Montessori: A Modern Approach by Paula P. Lillard
• Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius by Angeline S. Lillard
• Shunned and Admired: Montessori, Self-Determination, and a Case for Radical School Reform by Angeline S. Lillard
• Montessori Madness!: A Parent to Parent Argument for Montessori Education by Trevor Eissler
• Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood by Paula P. Lillard
• Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home from Birth to Age Three by Paula P. Lillard and Lynn L. Jessen
• Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
• The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori
• Your Child’s Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning from Birth to Adolescence by Jane M. Healy
• The Montessori Notebook by Simone Davies