Print Book Cover image
Title Bringing the Montessori approach to your early years practice / Barbara Isaacs.
Author Isaacs, Barbara, 1949- author.
Edition Third edition.
Publisher Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.


Status Loan Type Location Shelf-mark
 In Library  Standard  Library Level 4  Education E29.M75 2015-I  

More Details

Description vii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN 9781138022454 hardback
1138022454 hardback
9781138022447 paperback
1138022446 paperback
Note Previous edition: 2010.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-148) and index.
Contents Background -- The Montessori approach -- The Montessori early years curriculum -- Montessori practice and the early years foundation stage : exploration of the principles and their reflection in statutory guidance -- Montessori practice and the early years foundation stage : exploration of learning and development -- Observing and assessing effective early learning in Montessori classrooms -- Montessori practice in the United Kingdom today -- Appendix 1. How the early learning goals are met at a Montessori nursery -- Appendix 2. The safeguarding and welfare requirements (DfE, 2012) -- Appendix 3. Comparing the EYFS statutory frameworks : 2014 with 2012 -- Appendix 4. Montessori activities and materials.
Summary Have you ever wondered what the Montessori approach is all about and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? This book explains how the Montessori approach works offering guidance on planning and assessment methods alongside practical activities for practitioners to try. Throughout there are practical examples involving children of different ages in a wide range of settings to show how Montessori principles have been implemented. . This new edition has been fully updated to include: - The revised areas of learning in the EYFS and how these link to Montessori practice - An examination of early effective learning - Approaches to effective learning in Montessori settings - A new chapter on Montessori approaches to the assessment requirements of the EYFSquestions for reflection This convenient guide will help early years practitioners, students and parents to really understand what the Montessori approach means to their setting and children.
Series Bringing ... to your early years practice
Library Class Education E29.M75
Subject Montessori method of education.
Education, Preschool.
Early childhood education.

Permanent link to record