This book is Montessori's own explanation of the theory behind her innovative education techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to "free a child to learn from his own efforts".
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The Montessori method is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child and clinical observation on the part of the teacher. It stresses the importance of adapting the