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by Cheryl Allen | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
Neuromyths: Debunking False Ideas About the Brain Written by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa Have you ever explained behavior using information you have known for so long that it must be true? As parents and teachers, we may aim to learn about brain development and what is...
by Cheryl Allen | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
Grammar Tells a Story: Transforming Literacy with Montessori Storytelling Written by Michael J. Dorer Montessori grammar lessons formally begin in the 3-6 program. As they move through Elementary Montessori education, grammar lessons usually have at least one complete...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
My City Speaks Written by Darren Lebeuf Illustrated by Ashley Barron All of us use multiple senses as we go through our everyday lives. Many rarely think of how different, interesting, and beautiful life would be if one of those senses were impaired. This is the story...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
Yay, You! Moving Up and Moving On Written by Sandra Boynton I got this book last year (just a little bit too late for the traditional graduation season) and kept hanging on to it until the season came again. Although, I suppose I could have written a review at any...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
I Am Thinking My Life Written by Allysun Atwater Illustrated by Stevie Lewis What powerful minds we have! We can create our lives as we want to with the power of thought. The ideas presented by the author are expressed lavishly through colorful, thoughtful, and full...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
On Earth Written by G. Brian Karas Springtime always makes me think about new beginnings and new hope for our lives and our planet. That reminds me of a song by a greatly loved Montessorian, Sanford Jones… at the beginning is a good place to be. what will each...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
Pizza Day Written by Melissa Iwai This is a wonderful hardcover book with sturdy, somewhat water-proof pages. The illustrations are richly colored and very realistic. The story is all about a boy and his dad spending time together while preparing for their...
by Tim Seldin | Book Reviews, MFA
How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way: A Parent’s Guide to Building Creativity, Confidence, and Independence, second edition By Tim Seldin They say raising a child takes a village, and this book lets you include Tim Seldin and Maria Montessori in...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Uncategorized
Social Justice Parenting Written by Dr. Traci Baxley A friend of mine gave me a copy of this book, and I’m so glad that he did! Dr. Baxley is an interesting, honest, and insightful author. She has taken social justice and parenting (which makes some of us a bit...
by Tim Seldin | Book Reviews, Emotionally Healthy Children, MFA
Healing Breath: A Guided Meditation through Nature for Kids Written by William Meyer Illustrated by Brittany R. Jacobs Mr. Meyer wrote this book to help children release anxiety in general and more specifically about the condition of the planet through meditation. The...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA
I Wish You More Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld For the most part, we wish more good, kind, and together things for our children than the opposite. The illustrations are wonderful as they capture in very concrete ways the ideas in the text. It...
by Montessori Family Alliance Team | Book Reviews, Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Parenting on the Same Page, Video, Webinars / MFA
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by Cheryl Allen | Book Reviews, MFA
Written by Rebecca Roland Conversations can help provide learning opportunities, including developing essential listening skills and increasing vocabulary. Often, what we think of as a conversation with the children around us is more a session of us, as the adult,...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA
Written by Elizabeth Baguley Illustrated by Aurélie Blanz This is a charming book with gorgeous illustrations and interesting descriptive and rhyming verses. The story is about how sometimes groups teach their children to guard themselves against other groups without...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Book Reviews TC February 2023, MFA, TC February 2023
Note: A while ago, I was wondering: Why aren’t there books for children about Maria Montessori’s life and work? So, I began to do some research. It turns out that there are quite a variety of books from which to choose. There are paperbacks, hard covers, cartoon-ish,...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Book Reviews TC February 2023, MFA, TC February 2023
Soup Day Written by Melissa Iwai Melissa Iwai is fast becoming one of my favorite authors! She writes and illustrates engaging books about preparing food with the family. Some of the many attributes of her books are: • they have sturdy, hard-to-ruin pages, which is...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Book Reviews TC February 2023, MFA, TC February 2023
Written by Brook Pessin-Whedbee Illustrated by Naomi Bradoff The author has included suggestions about how to use this book. She also includes resources and activities to help parents and caregivers define gender and to learn more about the topic. Brook suggests that...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, TC February 2023
Written by Karen S. Robbins Illustrated by Rachael Brunson Well, I read this book several times, and I think this could be an introduction to reading together (an adult and a child) The aardvark shows confidence in its abilities and potential, and the mouse is...
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