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Montessori, Maria . Discovery of the Child . New York : Fides Publications, Inc , 1967. Print. This book helped me understand about how children think and why they do certain things. Also this book has helped my education about kids brains and development. Montessori , Maria . Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook . New York : Frederick Stokes Company , 1914. Print. This book was a Handbook of Maria Montessoris thoughts and ideas about her methods and how to approach the various levels of education for children. It made it easier to connect to Maria Montessori with this book. "Maria Montessori." Maria Montessori. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/montessori2.html This website gave an overall idea and background information about her methods, early life, and how it has expanded throughout the world. Montessori, Maria. Spontaneous Activity in Education. [Translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds]. New York: Schocken, 1967. Print. This book gave me great information because it was about the fundamental Montessori philosophy. Montessori, Maria. The Absorbent Mind . Redford, VA : Wilder Publications , 2007. Print. This book made me understand more about children and adults mindset about how they think things through. Also it made it clearer why Maria Montessori made the teaching methods because of the way the mind is set. Montessori , Maria. The Montessori Method . Redford, VA: Wilder Publications , 2008. Print. This particular book was revised to the English translation from the Italian language. This book listed and made it clearer of the methods Maria Montessori choose and why she had chosen them. Montessori, Maria . The Secret of Childhood . New York : Fides Publisher, Inc. , 1966. Print. This book also made it easier to understand children and the way they think things through. Since Maria Montessori shared her ideas and thoughts about children, I understood more of why the teaching method she decided to teach students. Montessori, Maria. The Secret of Childhood Takes a Psychological and Spiritual. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. This book helped me understand how what really happens to young children and how to harness their interests and find the proper materials to teach them to their ultimate potential.

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Carey, Kathy , and Carey Jones. " Early History of Montessori | American Montessori Society ." Home | American Montessori Society . N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2012. <http://www.amshq.org/Montessori%20Education/History%20of%20Montessori%20Educ ation/Early%20History%20of%20Montessori.aspx>. This website gave a lot of information about Maria Montessori and what her life was like. It also helped me with clarification of certain things, this website has also shared a lot of information to me that I didnt know and helped me understood the information a lot easier. Dasbach, Marlena. "Maria Montessori." Nova Online Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/Montessori52/Montessori52.html>. From this particular website, I was able to understand everything that was going on a little more and this website was able to give great clarification for some areas that I struggled in to understand about the Montessori Movement. "Digital History Project: First Montessori School in America Miss Anne E George." Digital History Project: First Montessori School in America Miss Anne E George. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. <http://www.digitalhistoryproject.com/2012/06/first-montessori-schoolin-america-miss.html>. This website gave me great information about Montessori schooling in the United States and how it started. Felder, Deborah, The book company, London, and 1997. "Maria Montessori and Teaching Method | Suite101." Suite101. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2012. <http://suite101.com/article/montessori-and-her-method-of-teaching-a66773>. This websites main focus was on Marias methods in teaching students. I used this information in my website to give a general idea of what her ideal thought of teaching was difference from traditional. Kennedy , Robert . "Profile of Maria Montessori - Dr. Maria Montessori (18701952)." Private Schools - How to Get Into and Succeed in Private School. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2012. <http://privateschool.about.com/od/montessoriindex/p/Montessori.htm>. This website has also helped me out on clarification about Maria Montessori and she got started, and how other schools are doing now. Kramer, Rita. Maria Montessori: A Biography. Reading, MA : Perseus Books , 1988. Print. This book focused on Maria Montessoris life and how she lived her life. This book helped me out to understand where her mind was at with all of the methods, classroom setting, and why she would want to change education in the first place. Lillard, Paula . Montessori: A Modern Approach. New York : Shocken Books, Inc. , 1972. Print. This book was about how the approach is for traditional and Montessori teaching around the world. This book helped me a lot due to find the differences and some similarities about the two different teaching styles around the world.

Milligan, Carmen . "Maria Montessori." Courthouse Montessori School. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Dec. 2012. <http://www.courthousemontessorischool.com/maria%20montessori.html>. From this particular website, I learned about her life, goals, and successes in life. I used a quote from this website, which I felt that had a great fitting into the topic. I also had some clarification about a few items. Maria Montessori." Maria Montessori. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. <http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/montessori2.html> This website helped me understand Maria Montessoris thinking and how she was able to convert that to her methods, also it helped about the AMI group that had formed also. "Maria Montessori." Maria Montessori. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. <http://www.nndb.com/people/189/000108862/> This particular website helped me with certain items and pictures for my website. "MontessoriConnections." MontessoriConnections. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. <http://www.montessoriconnections.com/>. This website helped me out on the connections Maria Montessori made and clarification. Wheatley School. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://www.wheatleyschool.com/index.php/montessori>. This website gave me great information on schools today that are doing the Montessori methods. "Woodland Montessori School of Harrisonburg." Woodland Montessori School of Harrisonburg RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. <http://www.woodlandharrisonburg.org/?page_id=213>. This website also included information about current schools in the United States.