“TheMontessoriPotentialshouldbehandedtoeveryonewhohaseverasked,’ButhowdoesMontessoriworkinpracticeandwhy?’PaulamakestheMontessoriapproacheasytodigest,sharesherwisdomandexperience,anddelightsthereaderwithstoriesofrealchildrenandfamiliestobringtheideastolife.AbeautifullycomprehensivebookonhowtheMontessoriapproachappliestoallagesofchildrenandhowwecanmakeMontessoriaccessibletoall.“--SimoneDavies,authorofTheMontessoriToddlerandcoauthorofTheMonessoriBabyChildren’sfuturesuccessesdependondevelopingtheabilitiestoinnovate,beresilientinthefaceoftheirmistakes,problem-solvecreatively,andcollaboratewithpeerseffectively.However,standardAmericaneducationalpractices--stressingmemorization,grades,andtesting--arefailingtofostertheseskills.Thereisonecompletesystemofeducationthateffectivelysupportsthenaturaldevelopmentofsuchessentialabilities:Montessori.MontessorieducationexpertPaulaLillardPreschlackoffersaclearexplanationofhowtheMontessoriapproachhelpschildren.BylookingcloselyatauthenticMontessoripractices,sheshowsthetightcorrelationbetweentheMontessorisysteminactionandchildrenpracticingandstrengtheningtheverytraitstheywillneedforadulthood.Whenimplementedproperly,Montessoricanensurepositiveoutcomesforgenerationsofchildren--TheMontessoriPotentialshowsexactlyhowthisisdoneinprivateandpublicschools,andathome.
