Titoki Montessori School Library List

• The Child is Father of the Man / Il Bambino E’ Padre
Dell’Uomo – Edizioni Opera Nationale Montessori
Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro
Information, using photos, on prenatal life, birth and first years and the special importance of this period in human development.

• Montessori from the Start – The Child at Home from Birth to Age Three.
Paula Polk Lillard & Lynn Lillard Jessen
This informed, careful and intelligent response to the unfolding of personality will peak parents’ interest as they learn how to establish healthy, enjoyable and sustaining relationships with their children.

• Montessori Education in Australia and New Zealand
Dan O’Donnell
Dr. Dan O’Donnell has taught and lectured extensively in Australia and overseas and is the author of many books.

• A Parents’ Guide to the Montessori Classroom
Aline D. Wolf (2 Copies available)
Details the Montessori program for children between the ages of three and six. To understand the purpose of Montessori education and give a description of the equipment your child will be using for the next three years.

• What is Montessori Preschool?
David Kahn, Editor
• Montessori Read & Write – a Parents Guide to Literacy for Children.
Lynne Lawrence
Reading and writing are the basic tools of modern living and gives the best start in life. Using Montessori Method guarantees your child will learn and enjoy learning.

The “Montessori Talks to Parents” series of Magazines
AMI – Association Montessori Internationale
Articles by Maria Montessori and commentators
• The Home Environment
• The Road to Discipline (2 copies)
• The Spiritual Side of Love
• Language, Literature and the Family (2 copies)
• The Child in Nature (2 copies)
• Nurturing the creative Personality

• A Parent’s Guide to Montessori Elementary
In affiliation with the Association Montessori Internationale
You have made a sound investment in the Montessori preschool program. You now face the choice of whether or not to continue with the Montessori experience.

Catalogue of Montessori Equipment with information
• Child of the World Ages 3 -12+ (2003 – 2004)

Montessori Children’s Projects
• The Search for The First Humans
• The Human Family
Montessori Explorer Series
• In the Beginning…

• A Volcano in My Tummy - Helping children to handle anger.
Eliane Whitehouse & Warwick Pudney
For any adult who has faced the challenge of coping with a angry child. It offers insights, sensible advise and guildelines as well as activities, stories and games …all designed to help children handle anger in appositive way.

• The Reading Bug …and how you can help your child catch it.
Paul Jennings
In a clear humorous style he explains how you can open the world through a love of books.

• The Religious Potential of a Child
Sofia Cavalletti
Experiencing scriptures and liturgy with young children. This book describes an experience with children from ages three to six, an experience of adults and children dwelling together in the mystery of god.

• Becoming Better Parents – 4th Edition
Maurice Balson
To help parents understand their children’s behaviour and gain parenting skills appropriate for today’s society.

• Turning the Tables on Tiny Tyrants - Consistent Discipline: How to be the big person your little person needs.
Terri Hardwick
Gives you the necessary confidence and survival skills to raise, effectively discipline and enjoy your children.

• Fathers Who Dare Win
Ian Grant
Pocket Book of Inspiration for Dads.

DVD’s
• Passages
Maria Montessori
Dr. Maria Montessori’s own written passages intended to inspire a holistic understanding of Montessori education.

• Montessori 3 – 6
Auckland University of Technology
Featuring the teachers and children of Titoki Montessori School.

• Montessori Conference New Zealand 2004
The Child in the Family - DVD 1, 2 & 3

Videos
• Montessori in Action – Learning for Life
Shows a day in the life of a Montessori School.

• Montessori – A Time to Blossom
Montessori for the kindergarten year.