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Reading List

Recommended reading in the area of child development, parenting and Montessori theory .

Bullard, Sara
Teaching Tolerance: Raising Open-Minded, Empathetic Children
Coleman, Daniel
Emotional Intelligence
Coles, Robert
The Moral Intelligence of Children: How to Raise a Moral Child
Diamond, Marian and Janet Hopson
Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth to Adolescence
Elkind, David
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast, Too Soon
Faber, Adele and Elaine Mazlish
How to Talk So Kids will Listen and How to Listen So Kids Will Talk
Gardner, Howard
Multiple Intelligences
Glenn, H. Stephen and Jane Nelsen
Raising a Self-Reliant Child in a Self-Indulgent World
Gordon, Thomas
Parent Effectiveness Training
Gordon, Thomas
PET in Action
Hainstock, Elizabeth
Teaching Montessori in the Home
Hallowell, Edward M and John J. Ratey
Answers to Distraction
Healy, Jane
Endangered Minds
Kohn, Alfie
Punished by Rewards
Kindlon, Dan and Michael Thompson
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
 
Kurchinka, Mary Sheedy
Raising Your Spirited Child
Lillard, Paula Polk
Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood
Lillard, Paula Polk
Montessori: A Modern Approach
Montessori, Maria
The Montessori Method
Montessori, Maria
The Absorbent Mind
Montessori, Maria
A Child in the Family
Montessori, Maria
The Discovery of the Child
Montessori, Maria
The Secret of Childhood
Nelsen, Jane
Positive Discipline
Nelsen, Jane
Positive Discipline for Preschoolers
Nelsen, Jane, Lynn Lott, H. Stephen Glenn
Positive Discipline A-Z: 1001 Solutions
Orem, R.C.
A Montessori Handbook
Osman, Betty B.
Learning Disabilities and ADHD: A Family Guide to Living and Learning Together
Packard, Rosa Covington
The Hidden Hinge
Standing, E.M.
Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work
Winn, Marie
The Plug-in Drug: Television
     
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