Montessori Books for children and adults

Summary of The Whole-Brain Child

There are some books that I recommend year in and year out. One of my favourites is “The Whole-Brain Child" by Dr Daniel Siegel and Dr Tina Payne Bryson. The scientific parts are easy to digest, provide a scientific base to parent from, and the 12 strategies outlined in the…

Book review: This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell

I couldn’t be more excited that Tiffany Jewell – a Black bi-racial Montessori educator – is a #1 New York Times bestseller for her book “This Book is Anti-Racist." I bought two copies – one for my home and one for my classroom. Because even though this book was written…

My favourite Montessori books for diversity and inclusion for young children

During the break, I’ve been looking through the books in our classroom and admit there is a lack of diversity in the books. Children need to be able to see themselves represented in books, art and media around them. So these are some of the books I’ve found that are…

A book recommendation: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry

Generally before I buy a book, I will check Amazon or Goodreads to see if I’d like it. I try not to get too many spoilers but I do tend to “check with the internet first." This book was different. Back in February (before we even thought about social isolation!),…

Some advanced Montessori

For those of you following along for a long time, I wanted to take you a little deeper into the Montessori approach. Even after more than 15 years working in Montessori, I still feel like a beginner with so many things to learn. And I had many moments of reflection,…

My favourite Montessori and parenting books

My favourite Montessori books Don’t forget, you can now order my books The Montessori Toddler (1 - 3 years), The Montessori Baby (0 - 1 year), and The Montessori Child (for 3-12 year olds + a chapter on adolescence)! A parent’s comprehensive guide to raising your toddler in a Montessori…

SECRET PROJECT REVEALED: I am writing a book called “The Montessori Toddler”

So it turns out I am not very good at keeping secrets. Or it was time to put something positive out into the world with all the sad news in the world at the moment. Either way, today I decided to spontaneously reveal my secret project. And the secret project…

Books for Montessori children

I have been working on something special for you all – a guide to choosing books for Montessori children PLUS a list of all my favourite books in my school library. That’s 75 books that are read over and over again in my class and which I will never get…

My very favourite books for 3 year olds

I am such a fan of books. And wanted to pass on my love of books to my children. So I’m pretty happy to live in a family of book worms. Young children don’t stop very often, so I still remember clearly the day my son flopped on the couch…

Sewing in the Montessori Classroom

I loved this book from the opening page where Aimee says she is looking for practical life activities to include in her classroom. “I knew that I wanted activities that were culturally and socially relevant and appealing in my classroom, but what could those lessons be? ….For me, the answer…

introversion

How are you? Wow. It’s really Autumn now in Amsterdam. The clocks have changed and herfstvakantie has already been and gone! You won’t believe where we went. Normally in the herfstvakantie, we like snuggling up at home with lots of pyjama days and a few low-key outings with friends. So…

Book review: “Unconditional Parenting” by Alfie Kohn

Book Review: “Unconditional Parenting" by Alfie KohnI often recommended to parents an article by Alfie Kohn called “5 Reasons to Stop Saying Good Boy/Good Girl". And I’ve been told many times that parents have found his book “Unconditional Parenting" the most useful parenting book they had read.So I was excited…