In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand
public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless
Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone.
Written by the women whose name is synonymous worldwide with child
development theory, The Absorbent Mind takes its title from the phrase
that the inspired Italian doctor coined to characterize the child's most
crucial developmental stage: the first six years.
A new foreword by John Chattin-McNichols, Ph.D., President of the
American Montessori Society, places this classic book in a contemporary
context, offering an intelligent discussion of current thinking in child
education.