Readings and Resources
Below are listed historical works and articles that provide a background for understanding the work of Maria Montessori.
Historical Roots
Rousseau
Rousseau's Emile, ou l'education
Itard
Itard - Brief Biography
A Historical Account of the Discovery and Education of a Savage Man, or of the First Developments Physical and Moral of the Young Savage Caught in the Woods Near Aveyron in the Year 1798 by E.M. Itard.
In French:
Memoir sur les Premiers Developpments de Victor de l'Aveyron (1801) (Ask Google to Translate into English)
RAPPORT SUR LES NOUVEAUX DÉVELOPPEMENTS DE VICTOR DE L'AVEYRON (1806 ; imprimé en 1807)
Sequin
In Memory of Edouard Seguin, M.D. (Transcript from Sequin's Memorial Service)
Edward Sequin - The Origin of the Treatment and Training of Idiots, 1856
Edward Sequin - Idiocy: And It's Treatment By The Physiological Method (1907 - Reprinted from 1866 Edition)
Edward Seguin - Idiocy, As the Effect of Social Evils, And As The Creative Cause of Physiological Education - 1870
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori - "Thinkers in Education - UNESCO Biography
Maria Montessori, chapter 2 of Senior Project by Sara Cockerham
Maria Montessori' Life in Pictures
The connectiion between Piaget and Montessori (written in French) -
Historique de Montessori en Suisse
Books by Maria Montessori Available online
The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori
Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori
The Advanced Montessori Method of Education Volume I (Spontaneous Activity in Education) by Maria Montessori
The Advanced Montessori Method of Education: The Montessori Elementary Material, by Maria Montessori
Dr. Monessori's Own Handbook by Maria Montessori