10th Anniversary EditionThe Joyful Child: Montessori,
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Introductions by Judi Orion and Silvana Montanaro PART ONE, The First Year PART TWO, AGE1-3 PART THREE, THE ADULT APPENDIX Available on international Amazon sites, and wholesale for schools and teacher training centers: WHSL MONTESSORI BOOK SERIES: |
Susan Stephenson's book truly reflects the spirit and purpose of Montessori in a way that makes the philosophy translatable to both new parents and veteran Montessorians. Susan's passion for the pedagogy, her extensive experience, and her world travels resonate as she explores the universal, emotional, and psychological depths that construct the child's development. The Joyful Child adds so much to our Human Development class. Its use brings alive the imaginative challenge of thinking about parenting, and it guides adolescents to think kindly about themselves and others. Susan Stephenson embodies Montessori principles in prose so clear and simple that anyone with an open heart can apply them to their culture. In this guide to the first three years of life, she describes what a baby needs and how easily we can meet those needs if we observe and respect what he teaches us. This is an inclusive book for every new parent and earlier versions have been translated into many languages Teachers and administrators at all levels will see preschool, elementary, and adolescent students with new eyes when they understand the potential of children in the first 3 years of life. |
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(Our graduation from the A to I, Assistants to Infancy, teacher training seminar program, April 26, 2013. Picture taken in Dr. Montessori's office at AMI in Amsterdam.) |
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GRATITUDE: This book was published with the help of many friends and colleagues. Karin Salzmann, founding director of AMIUSA and "best friend" who insisted it be written; Julia Hilson (Australia) and Seiko Ohara (Japan) who provided many of the pictures; Ei Bi Chung (Korea) who was the first post-publisher reader; Takako Fukatsu who oversaw the first translation; parents I have worked with over the years, students met while working with Judi Orion at the AMI 0-3 training center in Denver, and other 0-3 friends AND teacher trainers (including Chacha Vidales, Teanny Hurtado and Silvia Dubovoy, in China, USA, and Mexico) who have invited me to their courses as an oral examiner. There are many more people who have contributed to this book and its spread around the world and I thank you even though you are not mentioned here. There is no end to what a person can learn about the child in the first three years of life and I am grateful for every experience. |
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The Joyful Child is used as a text for parenting workshops, book clubs, and teacher training centers world wide. It has been translated into many languages and more are in progress: TRANSLATIONS
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Over the last fifty years the author has carried out a variety of Montessori work in thirty-two countries on six continents; a teacher for all ages, school consultant, speaker, and oral examiner for Montessori teacher training courses. Her eight books each express Montessori from a unique perspective. She has three AMI Montessori diplomas, degrees in philosophy, education, and she studied with Dr. Howard Gardner at HGSE (The Harvard Graduate School of Education). Susan's Books Because of COVID and internet ease of anyone to present themselves as an expert there is a lot of misinformation being shared about "How to Montessori" at various ages. It can be difficult to tell the difference between this and authentic Montessori. These books speak to anyone wanting to understand Montessori. They are based on the author's fifty years of experience as a Montessori teacher and administrator, speaker, school consultant, and examiner for Montessori teacher training courses. Some have been translated in other languages, the English versions are available from Montessori book suppliers and online. QUOTING BOOKS AUTHOR'S WEBSITE, Montessori work over the years, art and international blog, SUSAN MICHAEL OLAF Montessori information MICHAEL OLAF MICHAEL OLAF Montessori shop BOOKS & MATERIAL |
Newsletters announcing books #13 Book, Child of the World: Montessori, Global Education for Age 3-12+, March 2013 #23 Book, Montessori and Mindfulness, November 2017 #25 Book, The Red Corolla, Montessori Cosmic Education (preparation in the 3-6 class), June 2019 Other Newsletters of interest Updated on June 30, 2023
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