Book: The Montessori Approach to Music – Maria Montessori

The Montessori approach to music soft cover book from the Montessori series, volume 23, published by Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, focuses on the depth and richness of musical experience for children that is the legacy of Maria Montessori and Anna Maccheroni – a legacy to embrace and a responsibility to carry forward.

Montessori recognised the significance of music in the lives of children and intended a thorough and developmentally based education in music be offered for all of the children in Montessori schools. In the person of Anna Maccheroni, a musician and gifted Montessori teacher, she found a colleague with a deep understanding of Montessori principles as well as the necessary background in music. As the Montessori approach to music is based upon the understanding that young children learn first through their experiences and senses, we at once engage the ear, the eye, the voice, the hand, the body, and the soul of the child – the whole of the child is actively involved in the entire musical experience.

Based in Laren, the Netherlands, the Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company publishes and distributes the books as well as the unpublished writings by Dr. Maria Montessori in English and Spanish.

The publishing house upholds, propagates and furthers the pedagogical principles and practices formulated by Maria Montessori for the full development of the human being. They also care for and maintain all the (publishing) rights and copyrights of the work and books of Maria Montessori and the Archives of Maria Montessori which are managed by the Association Montessori Internationale in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Contents:

1 soft cover book – 208 pages