The following books by Dr Maria Montessori provide essential background reading.
The Absorbent Mind ISBN: 9780805041569
The Secret of Childhood ISBN: 9780345305831
The Discovery of the Child ISBN: 9780345336569
Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook ISBN: 9780486445250
The Montessori Method: The Origins of an Educational Innovation
Including an Abridged and Annotated Edition of Maria Montessori's
The Montessori Method ISBN: 9780742519121
Other material and authors
Montessori Today: A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood by Paula Polk Lillard ISBN: 9780805210613
Copies of this title are available in the Seward Media Center for parents to check out and read.
Montessori: A Modern Approach by Paula Polk Lillard
ISBN: 9780805209204
Montessori Read and Write: A Parent's Guide to Literacy for Children
by Lynne Lawrence ISBN: 9780091863517