All of Erickson's publications on the Montessori Method

THE MONTESSORI METHOD AND THE FRAIL ELDERLY Principles and methods for improving well-being and autonomy

THE MONTESSORI METHOD IN MULTI-CULTURAL CONTEXTS Experiences and good practices from kindergarten to adulthood

MONTESSORI FROM A TO Z Pedagogist Maria Montessori’s lexicon

NURSERY SCHOOL WITH THE MONTESSORI METHOD Theoretical models and best practices for early childhood educators and professionals

THE MONTESSORI METHOD TODAY Reflections and paths for teaching and education

MONTESSORI MEETS… Pedagogical weaving of the Montessorian school and non-traditional teaching

MONTESSORI’S EDUCATIONAL ALBUM FOR TEACHERS A complete functional guide for getting to know and use the Montessori method in class.

THE MONTESSORI METHOD AND THE FRAIL ELDERLY

Principles and methods for improving well-being and autonomy

by Federica Taddia, Annalisa Perino, Ruggero Poi

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Thanks to the contributions of specialists, this volume explores the Montessori method applied to frail elderly people, proposing numerous examples of activities that can be easily set up in different contexts (in CRAs, Day Centers, in hospitals or at home).

The volume is divided into 3 parts:

• the first part explores the essential principles of the Montessori method;
• the second part focuses on designing a Montessori space;
• the third part illustrates the means of application of the method in the various contexts reserved for the elderly.

AUDIENCE The Montessori method and the frail elderly is aimed at educators, health care workers, and all assistance professionals.

AUTHORS Federica Taddia is an expert in the pedagogy of the elderly, a trainer in the health and social field and an adjunct professor at the University of Bologna, where she conducts laboratories on non-drug therapies. Annalisa Perino is an educator and director of training courses in the Montessori method. Since 2013 she has started experimenting with the Montessori method in contexts of frailty of the elderly. Ruggero Poi is a Montessori trainer and director of training courses in the Montessori method. He was executive vice president of the Montessori Italy Foundation and directs the Learning Environments Office of Cittadellarte - Pistoletto Foundation.

The Montessori method in multi-cultural contexts

Experiences and good practices from kindergarten to adulthood

by Sonia Coluccelli

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A book for reasoning about how the Montessori method can be applied successfully in multi-ethnic classes, from nursery to primary school, and in the teaching of a foreign language as an L2 for adults with very distant linguistic backgrounds, including cases of illiteracy.

This volume is divided into 5 chapters:

• the first chapter reviews some foundations of the Montessori method and breaks them down within today's multicultural society;
• the central chapters present concrete teaching experiences in multi-ethnic contexts, providing numerous working ideas for applying the method in kindergarten (chapter 2), in primary school (chapter 3), and in Italian schools as L2 for migrant adults (chapter 4);
• finally, the fifth chapter tells of a training experience with the Montessori method in Africa.

AUDIENCE The Montessori method in multi-cultural contexts is aimed at teachers working at Montessori method schools, and traditional schools, cultural mediators, inclusion association and institution workers.

AUTHOR Sonia Coluccelli is a graduate in Philosophy. She is a Montessori method primary school teacher and she also trains teachers and parents in various contexts and within programmes offered by the Fondazione Montessori Italia (Montessori Foundation Italy). Since 2013, she has coordinated the Rete scuole Montessori Alto Piemonte (Upper Piedmont Montessori School Network). She supports and supervises the setting up of new Montessori method divisions in various locations in Central-Northern Italy.

MONTESSORI FROM A TO Z

Pedagogist Maria Montessori's lexicon

by Battista Quinto Borghi

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In collaboration with the Fondazione Montessori Italia (Montessori Foundation Italy; www.fondazionemontessori.it), the book Montessori from A to Z was created with the aim of offering everyone, even non-expert readers of Montessori education, the possibility of better understanding the thought and educational activities of Maria Montessori.

The volume is organized in three parts:

• the first part consists of a dictionary of Montessori pedagogic principles, organized as single entries;
• in the second part, the tools and developmental materials which characterize the Montessori method are examined;
• in the third part, the Appendix, the methodological criteria adopted for drafting the lexicon, the documentation of the sources cited, a chronology of the most significant stages of the life of Maria Montessori and an essential bibliography of the main works of and on Maria Montessori in Italian are explained.

AUDIENCE Montessori from A to Z is aimed at teachers, parents, educators and all those who are interested in getting to know and understand Maria Montessori’s school of thought, and also serves as preparation for the direct reading of her works.

AUTHOR Battista Quinto Borghi is Pedagogical Director of Services for Childhood in the city of Turin and a lecturer at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. With extensive experience of training behind him, he has published ten books as well as a number of papers in journals and essays. He is President of the Fondazione Montessori Italia (Montessori Foundation Italy).

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A book focused on the Montessori method nursery, compared to a traditional pre-school which is aimed at identifying the historical, cultural and pedagogical roots that the two types of services share.

The book is organized in three chapters:

• the first chapter deals with the problem of the historical, cultural and pedagogical identity of the nursery, examining the experiences of zero-three services that came into operation before the nursery, as such, was established by law;
• the second chapter focuses on the Montessori method nursery, highlighting the similarities with the traditional nursery and illustrating in depth the development materials normally used;
• the third chapter, which includes images, is of a descriptive and practical nature and explains on the operational level how a Montessori method nursery works and how it is organized.

AUDIENCE Nursery school with the Montessori method is aimed at teachers, parents, and educators of nursery school children who want to create a Montessori method nursery, or simply deepen their understanding of the methods and practices implemented within it. 

AUTHOR Andrea Lupi is a pedagogist and trainer, supervisor of method structures, expert in designing educational material for nursery and primary schools. He is Secretary General of the Fondazione Montessori Italia (Montessori Foundation Italy).

THE MONTESSORI METHOD TODAY

Reflections and paths for teaching and education

by Sonia Coluccelli and Silvia Pietrantonio

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The Montessori method today offers a reflection on how the Montessori method can become a common good and not a rarity accessible only to a chosen few, with the aim of seeing the method accepted not only by those who study and practice the educational thought and practices of Maria Montessori, but by all those who, in one guise or another, approach the difficult and exciting task of educating children.

The volume is divided into three parts:

• the first part is designed to facilitate reflection on the pillars that support the Montessori educational and didactic vision;
• in the second part some critical issues of contemporary school are addressed, from language teaching to Specific Learning Disorders or Special Educational Needs;
• the third part describes the possible paths to starting a Montessori school experience.

AUDIENCE The Montessori method today is aimed at educators who already work in a Montessori context, as well as those who are just starting out.  

AUTHORS Sonia Coluccelli is a graduate in Philosophy. She is a Montessori method primary school teacher and she also trains teachers and parents in various contexts and within programmes offered by the Fondazione Montessori Italia (Montessori Foundation Italy). Since 2013, she has coordinated the Rete scuole Montessori Alto Piemonte (Upper Piedmont Montessori School Network). She supports and supervises the setting up of new Montessori method divisions in various locations in Central-Northern Italy. Silvia Pietrantonio has a degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences, a master of arts in Contemporary European Studies and a research doctorate in Contemporary History. She founded and is president of the Libera-Mente association in Trento, through which she contributed in bringing the Montessori method to Trentino for the first time, supervising a plurilingual Montessori educational experience for two years.

MONTESSORI MEETS...

Pedagogical weaving of the Montessorian school and non-traditional teaching

by Sonia Coluccelli

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66 years after the death of Maria Montessori, Montessori meets ...presents ten meetings that the educator never experienced directly, but that can be transformed into educational and didactic reflection, as well as into practice.

The volume is organized in four parts:

• in the first part Montessori meets ...other great teachers of the past and present (Mario Lodi, Gianni Rodari, Camillo Bortolato);
• in the second part Montessori meets ...other innovative school experiences (Pedagogy in the forest, Schools Without a Backpack, Reggio Children, widespread education);
• in the third part Montessori meets ...people who have made their own work and communication tools in a Montessori context, attentive to the enhancement and support of interpersonal relationships in the learning process (Nonviolent Communication, cooperative learning);
• finally, in the fourth part, Montessori meets ...Barbiana and don Milani, a meeting that represents the inspiring motive of the book.

AUDIENCE Montessori meets is aimed mainly at educators who are passionate about the Montessori method and have the desire and the ability to make it live in the present, without the fear that contamination could mean distorting the essence and value of the method itself

AUTHOR Sonia Coluccelli is a graduate in Philosophy. She is a Montessori method primary school teacher and she also trains teachers and parents in various contexts and within programmes offered by the Fondazione Montessori Italia (Montessori Foundation Italy). Since 2013, she has coordinated the Rete scuole Montessori Alto Piemonte (Upper Piedmont Montessori School Network). She supports and supervises the setting up of new Montessori method divisions in various locations in Central-Northern Italy.