Contents: Joyful Child, Montessori from Birth to Three, Montessori schools, infant, toddler, baby shower, childbirth preparation, toys, babies

MONTESSORI—BIRTH TO THREE THE JOYFUL CHILD VIDEO CLIPS stages of early childhood development 0-3 MONTESSORI SHOP for toys & materials for homes or schools MONTESSORI NEWSLETTER How to sign up. SHARE To share this page with friends, family, colleagues WWW.MICHAELOLAF.NET international children't projects, etc. CHILD OF THE WORLD companion volume, for ages 3-12 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Each section is presented 3 ways: (1) The "teaching" text from The Joyful Child (2) The appropriate materials for that age from the "Montessori Store" (3) A PDF file "picture" of the actual pages of The Joyful Child
PRENATAL & THE 1st YEAR PRENATAL MONTHS & FIRST YEAR —The Senses Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—senses THE FIRST YEAR FIRST YEAR—Reaching Out, Grasping, Changing the World Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—reaching FIRST YEAR—Sitting Up, Working Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—sitting FIRST YEAR—Crawling, Pulling up, Standing Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—crawling FIRST YEAR—A Gentle Beginning, Trust in the World Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—gentle FIRST YEAR—Unique Development & The Child's Self-Respect Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—unique	AGE 1-3 AGE 1-3 YEARS—Family Life: Care of Self, Others, and the Environment Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—care AGE 1-3 YEARS—Family Life: Food Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—food AGE 1-3 YEARS—Toys Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—toys AGE 1-3 YEARS—Puzzles Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—puzzles AGE 1-3 YEARS—Music Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—music AGE 1-3 YEARS—Language Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—Language AGE 1-3 YEARS—Art Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—art	AGE 1-3 YEARS—People: The World is My Home Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—people AGE 1-3 YEARS—Plants & Animals Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—plants and animals AGE 1-3 YEARS—Physical Science & Math Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—physical science & math AGE 0-3 Age 0-3 YEARS—A Superior Environment Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—environment AGE 0-3 YEARS—Parenting & Teaching Text Only Appropriate Materials PDF file—parenting & teaching Click here to go to the age 3-12 Montessori overview and catalogue of materials Child of the world ORDERING INFORMATION: Although the text, products, and actual PDF files of the pages of The Joyful Child are all linked to this page, a paper copy can be ordered from: The Michael Olaf Company: michaelolaf Maitri Montessori: maitrilearning Amazon.com amazon- Joyful Child
NOTE: The translation of the complete text, in Chinese and Polish, can be found at the bottom of this page. Other translations are in progress by parents and teachers who use this method (tranlating) to learn, and then send the translations to us. BABY SHOWER REGISTRY (USA only): To register for our (low tech) baby shower program, phone the Michael Olaf Company, 707-826-1557 with the name and address of the celebrating adult, the date of the event, and the wish list. Then either order copies of The Joyful Child to distribute to quests, or email this link so that guests can select gifts online. Guests MUST make their purchases BY PHONE in order to keep track of what has been selected from the wish list and avoid duplicates. SPECIAL While they last (USA only) 2008 Michael Olaf catalogs/overviews for educational purposes, box of 60, usually $180.00, now $35.00: BOX
THE JOYFUL CHILD, a PDF, click here to access: THE JOYFUL CHILD in POLISH Joanna and Rafal Szczypka, as they awaited the arrival of their first child, translated The Joyful Child into Polish. They tell us "It took some time but it was a great time for both of us - my wife and myself. We have learned so much doing the translation and rereading the text again and again." The Polish words for the title The Joyful Child is Radosne Dziecko. The Szczypka's hope to start a Montessori school in Poland and are wise in their assumption that preparing children from birth on is the best place to begin. PHOTO: This picture taken by Rafal, of Joanna and her son Jan, shows the intense concentration of the child and the innate wisdom of studying the human face, especially that of the parent.
THE JOYFUL CHILD, a PDF, click here to access: THE JOYFUL CHILD in CHINESE Michael Guo, of The International Training Center of Montessori Education of China, in order to inform people of the importance of the first three years of life, and to inspire the Montessori 0-3 training in China, translated The Joyful Child into Mandarin Chinese in 2003. Michael and the author, Susan Stephenson, are now working on a project to have a printed volume of The Joyful Child published in China, in Mandarin and English. Watch this site for information. PHOTO: This photo was taken by Susan, fall 2007, after attending the Montessori Centenary in China.
*One copy of The Joyful Child* sent to an address outside the USA, is usually about $18.00 One copy each of** The Joyful Child (birth to three) & Child of the World (age three to twelve+), sent to an address outside the USA is about $22. US dollars or credit card only. USA toll free number 888-880-9235. International 707-826-1557. Email:michaelola@aol.com
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