1st Edition
Incorporating Montessori Principles into Your Early Years Environments A Guide to Following the Child
1. The Montessori Approach
2. Montessori Early Years: The Child, the Adult, and the Prepared Environment
3. Observation
4. The Planes of Development and the Absorbent Mind
5. The Sensitive Periods
6. The prepared Environment
7. Play Is Work
8. Freedom Within Limits
9. Hands-On Learning
10. Independence
11. Respect
12. Language
13. Mathematics
14. Movement and Wellbeing
15. Social and Emotional Development
16. Making It Work in Your Environment
Biography
Sarah Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Leeds Trinity University, UK.
“I am pleased to endorse this new contribution to early years libraries on working in early childhood education with Montessori principles. The book expertly explains key concepts from Montessori’s approach and their relevance in contemporary early childhood contexts.
This text supports educators to understand the developing child in their early years setting and how to adapt a Montessori approach to meet the child’s needs at that time. Starting with the importance of observation and knowing the child, the book offers practical suggestions to help plan appropriate resources and activities.
The author has used their extensive knowledge and experience, bringing together theory and practice to create a text which is rooted in theory and yet is highly practical.
This is a modern, up to date, well-researched and easy-to-follow guide for students, educators, and leaders alike. It reminds us to reconnect with our purpose – to follow the child.”
Nathan Archer, Director, International Montessori Institute, Leeds Beckett University, UK
“Interest in Montessori pedagogy is increasing as practitioners look for approaches to support young children’s holistic development in their early years environments. This is a must have book for education and early years students and practitioners, internationally, who want to develop their knowledge and practice through a Montessori lens. Sarah’s intuitive understanding of both the early years child and the Montessori method will enable the reader to understand and reflect through their own cultural lens to create learning environments in which children will flourish and reach their full potential.”
Michelle Wisbey, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, MA Montessori Education, School of Education and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
