Book: Montessori Today – Paula Polk Lillard

Paula Polk Lillard’s book Montessori Today is a practical guide to the Montessori method and curriculum.

It includes an introduction to Montessori in theory and practice for parents and teachers, with special emphasis on the child’s elementary school and later years. This book offers a clear and concise guide to the Montessori method of child development and education.

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 valuable handbook for parents and teachers who have chosen the Montessori alternative for the older child, and all those who are concerned about education today.

Writing from the viewpoint of both a trained educator and a parent, Paula Polk Lillard has many years’ experience as a teacher and director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years. She has become a leading voice in the Montessori movement.

1996 edition, published by Schocken.

Contents:

1 soft cover book – 207 pages