Montessori in the Classroom

A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn

Paula Polk Lillard

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Schocken Books
24 October 1997

Pre-school & kindergarten; Teaching skills & techniques

What really happens inside a Montessori classroom? How do teachers teach? How do children learn? This fascinating day-by-day record of a year in the life of a Montessori classroom answers these questions by providing an illuminating glimpse of the Montessori method in action.

By: Paula Polk Lillard
Imprint: Schocken Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 276g
ISBN: 9780805210873
ISBN 10: 0805210873
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 24 October 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PAULA POLK LILLARD is the head emerita and cofounder of the Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, Illinois. She is also the author of Montessori Today; Montessori, A Modern Approach, and Montessori from the Start (with Lynn Lillard Jessen).

Reviews for Montessori in the Classroom: A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn

A moving book, and a deeply honest one. Lillard brings a compassionate intelligence to her task. . . . This is the book of a strong, wise, and sensitive teacher. It is a joy. from the foreword by Jerome Bruner, author of The Culture of Education and Research Professor of Psychology, New York University A clear account of how and why the method works. I hope as many parents and teachers as possible will read it. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Every teacher wishing to take a practical and philosophical look at Montessori teaching should read this book. David Kahn, Executive Director, North American Montessoi Teachers' Association (NAMTA) Through this diary parents and teachers witness the joyous explosion that can occur in the preschool experience. Publishers Weekly