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Summary: Inspiring work for parents and young children!
Review: I was completely ignorant about the Montessori method when I bought this book. My son is almost 3 and as I hadbecome tired of playing with cars and trucks and saying No all the time. I was looking for a more engaged kind of play-with-learning that we could do at home. This book is fantastic - outlining many activities and giving a taste of the Montessori approach that will let you decide whether you want to know more (I did!). Many Montessori programs are expensive but this book equips you to do the activities with home made equipment. It also inspires parents to engage their children with everyday activities - eg. my son loved the 'lesson' on how to open and close a drawer properly. He quickly "taught" his panda and Maisie how to do it noiselessly and showed a great deal of pride. What a change from throwing Hot Wheels cars at the wall!
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Summary: Inspiring work for parents and young children!
Review: I was completely ignorant about the Montessori method when I bought this book. My son is almost 3 and as I had become tired of playing with cars and trucks and saying "no" all the time. I was looking for a more engaged kind of play-with-learning that we could do at home. This book is fantastic - outlining many activities and giving a taste of the Montessori approach that will let you decide whether you want to know more (I did!). Many Montessori programs are expensive but this book equips you to do the activities with home made equipment. It also inspires parents to teach their children about everyday activities in a more formal way - eg. my son loved the 'lesson' on how to open and close a drawer properly. He quickly 'taught' his panda and Maisie how to do it noiselessly and showed a great deal of pride in his new ability. What a change from throwing Hot Wheels cars at the wall!
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Summary: Inspiring work for parents and young children!
Review: I was completely ignorant about the Montessori method when I bought this book. My son is almost 3 and as I hadbecome tired of playing with cars and trucks and saying No all the time. I was looking for a more engaged kind of play-with-learning that we could do at home. This book is fantastic - outlining many activities and giving a taste of the Montessori approach that will let you decide whether you want to know more (I did!). Many Montessori programs are expensive but this book equips you to do the activities with home made equipment. It also inspires parents to engage their children with everyday activities - eg. my son loved the 'lesson' on how to open and close a drawer properly. He quickly "taught" his panda and Maisie how to do it noiselessly and showed a great deal of pride. What a change from throwing Hot Wheels cars at the wall!
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Summary: The methods really worked!
Review: My children are now ages 25 and 28. In the late 60's I purchased this book and made all the materials to teach the children from infancy. Both children could read phonetically by age 3, both attended Montessori schools from age 3 to 6, both were Merit Scholars and both still love to learn. I am purchasing an updated copy for my daughter to use for her first child.
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Summary: Practical book for teaching the very young.
Review: My mother was an educator who spent the first nine years of my life staying home with my sisters and me. My parents could not afford to send me to Montessori School. Instead, my mother constructed many of the materials described in the book and used them with me. Because of her efforts, I was reading phonetically at 4 in addition to being well prepared for 1st grade math. I remember fondly the time when we spent together with "school" and do not remember any insecurity or feelings of being pushed. I feel I have benefited from a lifetime a learning and self-confidence that has aided me in many of my endeavors. When I became pregnant with twins, my mother purchased the new addition of this book for me. I work full time, but still have found time to make the materials in the book (they are very easy!). I enjoy spending time on the exercises with my girls, who are now two and a half . They also look forward to when he have "school". As an introduction to the world of Montessori; this book has been an eye-opener to me. This book has shown me the beauty of the Montessori Method itself, so much so that my husband and I are considering placing our girls in a Montessori school when they get a little older. I did find the index of toys and materials outdated, as hinted at by the below critic. Some of these toys are no longer manufactured. I find it sad, however, that the below critic finds teaching manners such as cleaning up after yourself outdated. My girls, at two and a half, enjoy watching me and my husband in the kitchen, helping us clean with their child-size brooms and mops, dusting, etc. I want my children to understand that they are a contributor to their own environment, and not to expect such things to be taken care of by maids or parents. I recommend this book to you as I have to many parents of pre-school children.
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Summary: This is an excellent guide & resource book
Review: My oldest son attended a Montessori school for the first 5 years of his formal schooling and I believe it gave him a firm foundation for his future schooling. Now I have two small children and I also want them to be exposed to the Montessori method, however, I want to homeschool them as well. This seemed a formidable task until I found this book and the book "Montessori Read & Write" by Lynne Lawrence, both of which gives me the guidelines and instruction I need to successfully utilize the Montessori method in my own home. I highly recommend this book to all parents, whether homeschooling or not.
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Summary: Great advice for making teaching materials!
Review: This book is great to have if you are interested in introducing some Montessori materials into your home. It gives easy "how-to" directions which are great because many Montessori materials are expensive when purchased.
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Summary: Great advice for making teaching materials!
Review: This book is great to have if you are interested in introducing some Montessori materials into your home. It gives easy "how-to" directions which are great because many Montessori materials are expensive when purchased.
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Summary: wonderful
Review: This book is wonderful!! I was looking for the guidance to homeschool my son via the Montessouri Method and this is the place to start. It explains and demonstartes all kinds of activities. It explains all of the activity benefits as well. It also tells you how to construct many of the activity pieces. I have read several other Montessouri books and haven't felt like I knew enough to start teaching it at home but that has all changed with this book!! Many thanks to Elizabeth Hainstock!
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Summary: Disappointing & Out-dated
Review: This book supposedly has been updated & revised. I found it to be very out-dated (50's & 60's photo/graphics of children) and (many remarks about etiquette & being graceful). Granted I want my children to be well mannered, but this reads like something from "leave it to beaver" Some good tips of things to do with your pre-schoolers, but nothing out of the ordinary that one wouldn't think to do of on their own, or read about in a parenting magazine.
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