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Montessori Today : A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood
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Montessori Today : A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood Paperback - 1996

by Lillard, Paula Polk

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  • Title Montessori Today : A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood
  • Author Lillard, Paula Polk
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Fourth Printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-01-30
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 21412463-6
  • ISBN 9780805210613 / 080521061X
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.05 x 5.27 x 0.54 in (20.45 x 13.39 x 1.37 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Education, Elementary, Montessori method of education
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95004608
  • Dewey Decimal Code 371.392

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From the publisher

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

From the jacket flap

Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 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.

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"Paul Lillard is an excellent guide to Maria Montessori's key ideas and to the place of Montessori education in contemporary society."--Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind

"Children's schools shape their lives, intellects, and worldviews. This clear guide to Montessori education today will help parents to consider the Montessori alternative for their child."
--Jane M. Healy, author of Your Child's Growing Mind

Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/1996, Page 759
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/18/1995, Page 45

About the author

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

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