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MONTESSORI BIRTH TO THREE
Assistants to Infancy Program

For parents of and professionals,
working with children from birth to three years

Begun under the direction of Dr. Maria Montessori, in Rome, Italy 1947, the Assistants to Infancy course has been offered in Italy, Japan, England, Australia, Sweden, and the USA.  It is in great demand through out the world.  Over and over it has been shown to provide children, during the earliest and most impressionable years, with a sense of security, a positive self-image, excellent social skills, habits of concentration and creativity, and a level of physical and intellectual development previous thought possible by only a fortunate few individuals.  The course is given over two full summers with work in the intervening nine months which can be done at home while one continues with one's own working or teaching schedule.

Here is a short introduction to the Assistants to Infancy approach:

1. Parenting

2. Preparing the Environment

3. Prenatal

4. The First Year

5. The Second Year - Working with My Family

6. The Second Year - Toys

7. The Second Year - Music, Art and Language