Works
Montessori published a number of books, articles, and pamphlets during her lifetime, often in Italian, but sometimes first in English. According to Kramer, "the major works published before 1920 (The Montessori Method, Pedagogical Anthropology, The Advanced Montessori Method—Spontaneous Activity in Education and The Montessori Elementary Material), were written in Italian by her and translated under her supervision." However, many of her later works were transcribed from her lectures, often in translation, and only later published in book form.
Montessori's major works are given here in order of their first publication, with significant revisions and translations.
- (1909) Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all'educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini
- revised in 1913, 1926, and 1935; revised and reissued in 1950 as La scoperta del bambino
- (1912) English edition: The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in the Children's Houses
- (1948) Revised and expanded English edition issued as The Discovery of the Child
- (1950) Revised and reissued in Italian as La scoperta del bambino
- (1910) Antropologia Pedagogica
- (1913) English edition: Pedagocial Anthropology
- (1914) Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook
- (1921) Italian edition: Manuale di pedagogia scientifica
- (1916) L'autoeducazione nelle scuole elementari
- (1917) English edition: The Advanced Montessori Method, Vol. I: Spontaneous Activity in Education; Vol. II: The Montessori Elementary Material.
- (1922) I bambini viventi nella Chiesa
- (1923) Das Kind in der Familie (German)
- (1929) English edition: The Child in the Family
- (1936) Italian edition: Il bambino in famiglia
- (1934) Psico Geométria (Spanish)
- (2011) English edition: Psychogeometry
- (1934) Psico Aritmética
- (1971) Italian edition: Psicoaritmetica
- (1936) L'Enfant(French)
- (1936) English edition: The Secret of Childhood
- (1938) Il segreto dell'infanzia
- (1948) De l'enfant à l'adolescent
- (1948) English edition: From Childhood to Adolescence
- (1949) Dall'infanzia all'adolescenza
- (1949) Educazione e pace
- (1949) English edition: Peace and Education
- (1949) Formazione dell'uomo
- (1949) English edition: The Formation of Man
- (1949) The Absorbent Mind
- (1952) La mente del bambino. Mente assorbente
- (1947) Education for a New World
- (1970) Italian edition: Educazione per un mondo nuovo
- (1947) To Educate the Human Potential
- (1970) Italian edition: Come educare il potenziale umano
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