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Episode 64: 3 Montessori books that you must have (Part 2)
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Jul 21, 2023
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Hey there, this is Tanya Wright from MasterTheMontessoriLife.com, the place for Montessori lovers ready to make themselves centered, organized Montessori guides, nurture happy, normalized children, and create smooth, successful Montessori days
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Let's get you closer to your transformation today. Welcome. Hey there, this is Tanya Wright. How are you doing? Welcome to Master the Montessori Life Show
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I love that you are here learning so much about all the different topics that we have to talk
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about regarding Montessori. I am so glad that you are here. So let's get into it. Let me give you a
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few announcements real quick. First off, if you want to see all of my past trainings, this is
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episode 64. So that means you have 63 other trainings that are about Montessori that you
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haven't seen yet. Go to masterthemontessorilife.com and click on the link that says live trainings
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and you will see all of them there. Pick and choose. They're all super helpful. They are all
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Montessori. I know that they're going to really make a difference in your Montessori journey
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Okay. I also want to tell you about two Facebook groups that we have for free. Go to Facebook and
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you're welcome in that group. Otherwise you'll feel kind of lost. If you're curious about
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Montessori, then join and see what it's all about. It's really great. It's awesome. The second group
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on Facebook that is also free is called the natural homeschool community. Now, as you know
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I have started with the natural homeschool.com. That is my original website with all things
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Montessori, all things homeschool and all things natural. But then Montessori was kind of taking
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over. It was becoming a little too much Montessori there. So I decided to give Montessori stuff its
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own home. Now we have master the Montessori life.com for that. But the natural homeschool
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is still there for all things homeschool and all things natural. So if you homeschool using any kind
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it makes it super simple, super easy. Just go to the homepage and you will see the sign up right
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there. All right. Now today we are going into a very, very cool topic. And that is called Montessori
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books that you must have part two. This is a really, really good training that we had a few
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months ago. I did part one where I discussed three Maria Montessori books that you must have. Well
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today I am doing part two. So if you want to say, oh no, no, I need to do part one first and then I
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will watch part two. That's fine. Just go to masterthemontessorilife.com and in the search
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window, you're going to type Montessori books, part one, and it should take you to that episode
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You can watch that, take notes, take a look at all the resources that we have there. Watch the
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video training. It will be super helpful. And then you can come and watch this, or you can watch this
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today. And then part one later, they are not building on each other in terms of you need to
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do part one before you can do part two. You can do part two today without any issues. We're not
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picking up where we left off. We're just sharing three books in part one and three books in part
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two. There are so many good Montessori books out there that I can't possibly dedicate one training
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for all of them because then I won't do them justice and really go deeper into each one
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why each one is so important and so special. So I'd rather break it up into parts. So we talked
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about the first three in part one, and now I'm sharing another three. I hope that that makes
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sense. All right. So sure, I understand your interest in Montessori and your desire for
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reliable resources to expand your knowledge. Rest assured, you've stumbled upon a remarkable
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compilation of recommendations between part one and part two, and maybe more parts coming in the
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future. You will be all set to go. I've created a comprehensive yet easily digestible list to
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provide you with guidance without overwhelming you. Whether you are starting on a Montessori
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journey at home, or if you're an educator at a Montessori school, you'll find immense value
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in this selection of Montessori books because it's great for parents and it's great for Montessori
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guides which means Montessori teachers All right So we going to go into the training And like I said I will be going into three Maria Montessori books that you are going to love You will need to have Trust me you will go back and refer to them over and over and over
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There are three books that I recommend only in this training for a specific reason. These books
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offer the opportunity to gain knowledge without overwhelming you with giving you a huge list. And
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then by the end, you won't remember which one was good for what reason. I'd rather just give you
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three with digestible bits of knowledge and provide you exactly what you need to get started right
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away. Okay. So if you watch this part two today, and you want to go and get these books and start
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reading them, then you want to go and read or go watch part one and get those three books and so on
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And as the months go along, I can add more books because there are so many on my shelf that are Montessori
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I want to share with you why they are important. I don't want to just tell you, get these books
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I want you to know why. All right. Now, the Montessori method
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Let's talk a little bit about it. Would you like to learn how to effectively integrate Montessori principles into your child's education
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If you are a parent who is homeschooling your child at home, either full time or part time after the regular school hours, then this book resource vault will be extremely, extremely valuable for you
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So let's take a look at some of the books descriptions just so you know, you know, which ones you might want
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Maybe your budget is a little bit tight and you need to pick and choose. Once I tell you what the books are, then maybe you can decide which ones you want to get first or which ones you might want to get from the library and then see which ones you want to buy that are really going to make a difference
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Although I do recommend them all. I'm just going to be honest. I'm a little biased. I love, love, love all of these Montessori books
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They have been valuable for me in my 18 plus years of being involved in Montessori
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So let's get started with book number one for this lesson, The Discovery of the Child
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The Discovery of the Child. It's this book right here. I know that you can see it on the slide
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I also have it right here in person and flesh and blood. No, it's not flesh and blood, but physically
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I do have this book and I absolutely love it. I have read it numerous times
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The Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori is an important book for parents and for Montessori
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teachers or Montessori guides. It explains how Montessori education works and why it is so successful
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So instead of just going to tell people, oh, Montessori is great
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Well, you can actually say why. because of this book, and you can explain how Montessori works. The book includes ideas about
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how to help children learn, as well as suggestions for activities that can be done
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in Montessori environment or at home, which is my case. I homeschooled my children using the
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Montessori philosophy. Parents and teachers will gain a better understanding of their child's
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development with this valuable resource. The Discovery of the Child, which is this book right
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here provides insight into Montessori's education, which can help parents and teachers provide
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better support for their children. It is an essential book, honestly, for anyone interested
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in Montessori education. It is written by Dr. Maria Montessori herself, and it's got a comprehensive
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approach to helping children learn. It is a must-have if you want to give your children
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the very best educational experience possible. So I want to share with you some important quotes
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from this book. There are so many I had a really hard time deciding which ones to share with you
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but hopefully these quotes will spark your, you know, interest and will want to make you want to
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you know, try it out and read it. One of the quotes is, the principal agent is the object itself
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not the instruction given by the teacher. It is the child who uses the objects. It is the child
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who is active and not the teacher. So this is going back to the child center philosophy, right
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Which is really, really important. And we have another quote. This one is long, but it is very
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very important. I couldn't break it up because everything was super awesome to share. A teacher
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must therefore be well acquainted with the material and keep it constantly before her mind
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She must acquire a precise knowledge of the techniques that have been experimentally determined
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for the presentation of the material and for dealing with the child so that he is effectively
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guided. All this constitutes a major part of the preparation of a teacher. And that is why if you
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see my trainings, if you see my blog posts, if you follow me on social media, I make a really big deal
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about the preparation of the Montessori guide, the preparation, the training of the teachers
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Okay. You are the mastermind behind it all. So I do the workshops and the framework
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the six month framework, the five day workshop. I do the show in hours. I do these shorter trainings
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all the time because the preparation of the teacher is so important So I am living what I telling you I not just talking the talk I walking the walk The preparation is absolutely important Okay The next thing is that you will want to try
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The Secret of Childhood. This is an awesome, awesome book by Maria Montessori
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The Secret of Childhood was written by renowned Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori
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It's one of the most beloved books in her collection. This book explores the power of observation and understanding of children's development
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Magissary explains that childhood is a process of growth. It can be fostered if parents and teachers have the right tools
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Through her observations of children, she unveiled the secrets behind her development
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and offered practical advice for guiding them. So if you go to my website and you start to look at my blog posts, you see that I have the six-month framework
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I focus a lot at the very beginning, the first lessons on observing the children
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It is so important to observe. So this book is going to be one of those really important ones that you will learn more about, the importance of child observation
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The Secret of Childhood, which is this book, is an essential book for anyone looking to understand Montessori's education philosophy
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It has become one of the most influential Montessori books. Reading this book is an essential part of learning
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And, you know, learning about Montessori and helping children reach their potential
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If you are interested in further exploring all of these things, then you want to read this book
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Honestly, it is just wonderful. Some important quotes from this book. Let me serve some of those with you
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Let me get the slide to work. Okay. There's a quote from this one, and I broke it up into two parts, actually, because it
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was pretty long, so I broke it up into two slides. The environment is fundamental
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It must facilitate the expansion of the being and process of development by a reduction of
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obstacles to a minimum. and must allow free scope for a child's energies by offering the necessary means for the activities to which they give rise
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And the second part is now the adult himself is part of the child's environment
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The adult, the Montessori teacher or the parent, must adjust himself to the child's needs if he's not to be a hindrance to him
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and if he is not to substitute himself for the child and the activities essential to growth and development
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I know that that is a lot to think about, but when I'm teaching the six-month Montessori
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the Montessori Way Foundation's framework, I teach my clients how to focus on the environment
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how to focus on the child, how to focus on yourself, the Montessori teacher
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how to focus on the Montessori environment, how to focus on the Montessori child
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how to focus on the Montessori teacher, which is yourself. And all of those things will create
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smooth, successful Montessori days for you. So it is important to pay attention to those things
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if you have listened to these quotes we've already covered all three parts the environment
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the child and the adult the teacher the parent right so let's go into the third book
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that i want to recommend but first let me take a quick break and tell you that if you want to find
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montessori living books library for home and school all you have to do is go to master the
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masterthemontessorilife.com and in the search box type books and you will see that image right there
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Click on it. You will find a Montessori living books library list of wonderful books that are
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Montessori approved, that are Montessori friendly, that you are going to love and children are going
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to love. Okay, so masterthemontessorilife.com and search books. You will see the cover that says
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Montessori Living Books Library. Okay, so just click on that and you will find it. Number three
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mine looks a little different. It is a maroon red and dark red as opposed to the
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green that you see on the slide. So make sure that you know that these books, even though I have the
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same ones in some, the covers might look a little different. And it doesn't mean that it's a
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different book as long as you know the author and you have the right title of the book. So don't get
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confused by the way the book's cover looks, okay? This book is Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work
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This book is not written by Maria Montessori. The three books that I shared with you in part one
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were written by Maria Montessori and the first two that I shared with you in this part two
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were written by Dr. Maria Montessori. This one was not. This one is written by E.M. Standing
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And it is an in-depth biography of the renowned Italian educator, Dr. Maria Montessori
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Why did I want to include this one? Well, it gives you a little bit of a different perspective
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because it was written by somebody else Although there are many many quotes by her in this book it will give you a really good look at her life It begins with her childhood and traces her accomplishments all the
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way through her death in 1952. So readers are given a unique insight into Montessori's educational
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philosophy and how it impacted the world of education. Through detailed explanations of her
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most famous works, the book provides an engaging exploration of her life and her work. So this book
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Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing is perfect for parents, teachers
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and anyone interested in learning more about who Maria Montessori was, what her works were
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and why the Montessori philosophy is so successful. It offers both theory and practice. It provides
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readers with the tools necessary to implement her educational philosophy in their own classrooms
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whether at school or at home. The book also features an extensive bibliography of Montessori's
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works and writings, so you can explore her ideas further. If you are looking for something that is
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comprehensive and that will give you a really good insight into this philosophy and into the
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creator of this philosophy, then this is the book. Okay. And it's going to give you detailed
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accounts, insightful yses. And honestly, the writer is very, very good. Get your copy of this
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book today because it really is very, very awesome. Let me share some quotes from this one also
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When this principle of preserving the order and environment is understood and regularly practiced
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by the children and directress, there springs up what Montessori calls a rapport between the
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children and their environment. Another quote is, concentration is the key that opens up to the
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child the latent treasures within him. That is beautiful. So concentration is another really
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important part of the Montessori philosophy. Reaching a deep level of concentration is
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something that is to be valued, and it should be a goal aimed to be attained as much as possible
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So let's talk about some key takeaways from these three wonderful books. You can get them
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very easily today at very, very affordable prices. They are all in paperback, so they are
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very affordable. Maria Montessori's books are a must-read for parents and teachers alike. Her
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insights on the inner workings of children offer valuable insights. We now know how to foster
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healthy growth and development in those young little minds. These three books provide an
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insightful look at her life, work, discoveries, and philosophy. This insight can help any parent
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or teacher to better understand their child or student. Through her works, we gain great insight
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into what it takes to nurture each individual child's unique gifts. We can then guide them
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toward becoming independent thinkers with strong character traits. By taking the time to read these
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Montessori books, you will have a greater understanding of many things. Among them
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how best to support your own little one's journey through childhood. So I hope that today's training
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has helped you and convinced you that reading Montessori books are definitely the way to go
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because they will help you a lot. If you want to watch this training again sometime and you want to
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you know, make sure that you get all of these resources, the links and all of that good stuff
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then go to masterthemontessorilife.com and search in the search window. Just type Montessori books
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part two and you will see this training as well as all of the resources that I gave you in this
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the slides and the quotes and all of that good stuff. You'll see it there. All right. So thank
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you so much for being here. I am so excited that I am sparking some interest in you reading some
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awesome Montessori books because they will propel you forward in your Montessori journey. Take your
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time. Just take one at a time. Take one chapter at a time, one page at a time, one concept at a time
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Take your time to really read it and understand it before you move on. Don't feel overwhelmed
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okay? And don't forget that if you want the Montessori Living Books Library, just search
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in the search window. Go to masterthemontessorilife.com and in the search window put
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Montessori Living Books Library and you will find it. Or just search books and it will show you all
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the different blog posts and trainings and articles that we have written and we have put
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together for you that have to do with Montessori books. All right. Well, thank you so much. And I
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will see you next time. Bye. I appreciate you sharing time with me today. You have tons of
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choices about what you're listening to. And I love that you chose Master the Montessori Life Show
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Thank you. Well, that's it for today. Until next time, this is Tanya Wright with
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masterthemontessorilife.com. I hope that you will take the time to digest the training to create
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solutions that will bring about smooth, successful Montessori days for you. Let's get you closer to
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that transformation today
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