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RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
Active Learning for Infants (Addison-Wesley Active Learning Series)
by Debby Cryer, Thelma Harms, Beth Bourland
Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home from Birth to Age Three
by Paula Polk LillardThis book has had some mixed reviews. I still recommend it, however: there are some "nuggets" in it, but some of it is outdated (like, allowing an infant to "cry it out"). The book is called Montessori from the Start by Lillard--having read it, the book reads like a Montessori infant training program and I am guessing that is what she based it on, her infant Montessori training from twenty or thirty years ago.
My philosophy is more progressive and I am less rigid--you will know what I mean after reading the book (and or some of the reviews on Amazon.com!).
As a footnote, my mother-in-law is 65 and my how things have changed in terms of how you take care of an infant today versus 35 years ago! My mother-in-law and I often "compare notes" when taking care of my son. That is what it is like to read Lillard's book! Things our parents did 35 years ago we just don't do today! (I'm lucky my mother-in-law is "nice" about it, and good humored!) So you may have this experience with your own parents or in-laws, ESPECIALLY if you are doing it "Montessori" style--in the end, you THE MOM (and dad) are in charge! --MEARTH
The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori
Diane Eyer
Achievement-Oriented Society by William Crain
TOYS & MATERIALS, MISC.
Lamaze Educational Items for Baby, Infant and Toddler: "These baby toddler and infant toys are designed with color and style to inspire interaction and entertainment from birth to toddler years. Lamaze educational toys help babies and infants start learning." From Learning Things.Montessori Infant Toddler Online Training; purchase the manuals only--or view and print out the table of contents for free!; price list.
Birth to One Year from eLearningToys.com
Baby Scholar (0-2 toys & gifts)
Online Consulting by Susan Tracy, M.Ed., "an educator of parents, children and teachers. She founded Learning Together in 1999. She also teaches Parent-Infant at the Montessori School of Long Grove, Illinois. She has taught Parent-Infant and parenting classes for fifteen years. Susan has certifications from both the American Montessori Society and Association Montessori Internationale, and a Master’s Degree in Education, but insists that her greatest education has been through observing children."
Montessori Parent Infant Program workshop cassette with Susan Tracy, M.Ed. (order form)
ARTICLES & BLOGS:
Daily Montessori: Montessori Education at Home (for 0-3 years)
Lots of informative infant tot articles and more, if you can get past all the ads.The Clever Parent: babies (non-Montessori)
THE FIRST YEAR - text from The Joyful Child
Michael Olaf's Essential Montessori for Birth to ThreeThe Infant as a Human Being
An article by Herbert Ratner, M.D. Adapted from a talk at a national seminar of the American Montessori Society, June 14-16, 1963. The late great Dr. Ratner was editor of Child and Family.Infant Classroom (two to fourteen months)
From Montessori ConnectionsThe Montessori Baby
"Babies are such delightful and mysterious creatures. One day your baby is lying on his or her back and a few minutes later..."MONTESSORI PARENTING from Birth to Three
Sponsored by The Assistants to Infancy Program, The Montessori Institute Denver, ColoradoMontessori Principles Can Be Used in Mainstream Infant Care
An article by Phyllis Porter, M.AWhy babies don't need toys
"Educational psychologist Anita Hughes believes babies deserve something better than plastic rattles." Go here http://www.archive.org/web/web.php and enter the URL http://www.montessorimagazine.com/magazinebody19.htmlOr try the link below!
http://web.archive.org/web/20060428074043/http://www.montessorimagazine.com/magazinebody19.html
