Montessori Today, Paula Polk Lillard
Montessori Today, Paula Polk Lillard
List: $19.99 | Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

Montessori Today
A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood

Author: Paula Polk Lillard

Narrator: Randye Kaye

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/14/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Education


Synopsis

Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from eighteen months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation by using the Montessori method. This is an essential handbook for parents and teachers who have chosen the Montessori alternative for the older child.

About Paula Polk Lillard

Paula Polk Lillard is the author of Montessori Today, Montessori in the Classroom, and Montessori: A Modern Approach. She is cofounder and director of the Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, Illinois.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on November 09, 2013

Piaget stages: - symbolic thought - concrete operations - formal thought 5 Periods of growth: Birth to 3 years - sensitive periods and absorted mind 3 to 6 years - bringing unconscious knowledge to a conscious level 6 to 9 years - academic and artistic skills to fit in his culture 9 to 12 years - open to kn......more

Goodreads review by Leli on June 15, 2015

As someone taking the training, this is the most poignant quote in this book, for me: "...Montessori decided her teachers must each write their own textbook based on their own understanding of Montessori education... her own personal guidebook to refer to, revise, and add to throughout her teaching......more

Goodreads review by Esther on August 05, 2017

I have heard and read that reading Dr. Montessori's books are difficult to comprehend/follow and literally hard to read because many copies of her books are xeroxed forms so some words get cut off. Lillard comes from an objective point of view to summarize the key points of Dr. Montessori's philosop......more

Goodreads review by Jean on May 21, 2018

If you read this book, make sure you get the “newer” 1988 version. I ordered it from ebay and got an original 1972 version. It is a decent overview of the method. But I think you can learn just as much by going to the American Montessori Society page and other Montessori web sites, so I’d just do th......more

Goodreads review by Alisha on October 24, 2024

I own this book so I indulged in the luxury of folding the corners of every page with a good quote. The thickening of the book due to folds quickly told me I deemed every page to be quotable. I read this book because it was recommended to me by my esteemed superiors within a Montessori School Admini......more