| Links & Articles
Spanish Immersion Article Extracts
"Earlier is Better"
By Linda Foust, Parents Press
"Small Talk",
Thibaut, People Magazine, May 1999
"Early Childhood
Bilingualism in the Montessori Children's House," Montessori LIFE,
Spring 1998
Spanish Language Links
www.cal.org/ericcll can explain in more detail what a
foreign language immersion program is. This website also provides more
information on foreign language teaching and learning techniques.
www.1worldlc.org for further information on language and the brain.
www.primeraescuela.com
is an educational web site for preschool aged children, presented entirely
in Spanish.
www.suenosdecolores.com/articles.php provides articles, materials and
ideas for teaching languages to young children.
www.solycanto.com/lyrics.htm
provides lyrics for some Spanish songs, and allows you to listen to
some of their favorites.
www.mamalisa.com/world/ lists children's songs and nursery rhymes from
around the world, providing the foreign and the English languages side by
side along with the tune.
Montessori Article Extracts
"Educating the Child in His Movements" an article from "The Montessori
Home" by Madam Caspari (colleague of Maria Montessori).
"Gentle Hands, Quiet
Voices: Secrets of Montessori"
By Randi Lynn Mrvos, Mothering Magazine, Issue 118,
May/June 2003
More articles in past issues of Mothering: “The
Montessori Approach,” no. 69; “Montessori: Children Teaching Themselves,” no.
26; and “Montessori Education,” no. 23.
Montessori
Organizations and Websites
Organizations
American Montessori Society (AMS),
www.amshq.org
New York, NY 10010; 212-358-1250
Association Montessori Internationale (AMI-USA),
www.montessori-ami.org Rochester, NY 14607; 800-872-2643
The Montessori Foundation, & International Montessori Council,
www.montessori.org Sarasota, FL 34240; 941-379-6628
Websites:
Montessori Connections,
www.montessoriconnections.com.
The Montessori Method,
www.mtcm.org/me thod/m_tc.htm.
Montessori Online,
www.montessori.org.
North American Montessori Teachers’ Assn,
www.montessori-namta.org.
Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, www.macte.org
The International Montessori Index
www.montessori.edu
Montessori Books
Montessori Method, by Maria Montessori
Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook, Maria Montessori
The Absorbent Mind, by Maria Montessori
The Secret of Childhood, Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work, by E. M. Standing,
Montessori Today, by Paula Polk Lillard
Montessori in the Classroom , by Paula Polk Lillard
Teaching Montessori in the Home, by Elizabeth G. Hainstock
Montessori Play And Learn, by Lesley Britton
Basic Montessori, by David Gettman
The Montessori Controversy, by John Chattin-McNichols
Montessori: Play and Learn, by Lesley Britton, 1993.
Together with Montessori, by Cam Gordon, 2001.
Montessori at Home, by Heidi Spietz, 1991.
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