Free to Be Maria Montessori's Essential Message (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798902140535)

Free to Be offers an introduction to Maria Montessori and in-depth exploration of essential ideas underlying her work. I discuss what education really can be, as it honors the body, mind, and spirit. Chapters are devoted to the most important concepts of Montessori's philosophy and pedagogy and include stories of children and adults that illustrate each idea. Richly illustrated, the book is an easily understood handbook for parents and teachers of babies and toddlers, preschoolers and up. I sum up the ideas and provide statistics and real-life examples of outcomes of Montessori children and schools.