Extra Resources & Links
Below you'll find links to some of our favorite web sites. We've included links to local resources, Montessori associations, and a child-friendly site. We hope you will find them useful and enjoyable to visit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori
Reading List
The following materials are available from the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, or can be ordered through your local library. The Rock Prairie Montessori Family Resource Room offers many of these items for use by our families. See the additional listing for Positive Discipline Resources from our ongoing parent education classes of Positive Discipline.
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Absorbent Mind | Maria Montessori |
| Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of... | John Taylor Gatto |
| Childhood Education | Maria Montessori |
| Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook | Maria Montessori |
| The Secret of Childhood | Maria Montessori |
| The Light Within; The Story Of Maria Montessori | Norah Smaridge |
| Montessori for Parents | Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
| The Essential Montessori | Elizabeth G. Hainstock |
| The Montessori System Examined | William Heard Kilpatrick |
| The Montessori Manual of Cultural Subjects; a... | Marjorie B. Kocher |
| Montessori and the Special Child | Reginal Calvert Orem |
| Montessori Today | Reginal Calvert Orem |
| Learning How to Learn | Nancy McCormick Rambusch |
| The Montessori Method; A Revolution in... | E. M. Standing |
| A Parent's Guide to the Montessori Classroom | Aline D. Wolf |
| Montessori: A Modern Approach | Paula Polk Lillard |
| Montessori Today | Paula Polk Lillard |
| How to Talk So Kids Will Listen,... | Adele Faber |
| Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is
More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic (Paperback) |
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka |
| Inside American Education | Thomas Sowell |
| Learning Activities for Toddlers | VIDEO |
| Learning Activities for Pre-Schoolers | VIDEO |
Positive Discipline Resources
* Highly recommended selections
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Raising Self-Reliant Children In A Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People* | H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen |
| Positive Discipline* | Jane Nelsen |
| The moral intelligence of children: How to raise a moral child | R. Coles |
| The Children's Book of Virtues | W. Bennett |
| The Caring Child | N. Eisenberg |
| A Call to Character | C. Greer |
| Books that build character: A guide to teaching you child moral values through stories | W. Kilpatrick, G. Wolfe and S. Wolfe |
| Bringing up a moral child | M. Schulman and E. Meckler |
| Coping With Kids | Linda Albert |
| Coping With Kids and School | Linda Albert |
| Strengthening Your Stepfamily | Linda Albert and Elizabeth Einstein |
| The Practical Parent | Raymond Corsini and Genevieve Painter |
| The Parent's Handbook, STEP/Systematic Training for Effective Parenting | Don Dinkmeyer and Gary D. McKay |
| Children: The Challenge | Rudolf Dreikurs and Vicki Soltz |
| How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk | Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish |
| What They See Is What You've Got: Five Keys to Working with Perception Video | H. Stephen Glenn |
| Redirecting Children's Misbehavior | Kathy and Bill Kvols-Riedler |
| Teaching Parenting the Positive Way | Lynn Lott and Jane Nelsen |
| To Know Me Is To Love Me | Lynn Lott |
| Positive Discipline for Preschoolers | Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin and Roslyn Duffy |
| Time Out: Abuses and Effective Uses | Jane Nelsen and H. Stephen Glenn |
Please note: In addition to the resources listed here, a variety of publications on Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen and other authors are available on cassette and video tape.
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