MMS Parent Book Club
MMS Book Club participants earn community hours while discussing books related to Montessori education, parenting, and social issues among other topics.
BOOKS
2020-2021
Our 2020-2021 selections will be posted here when available.
2019-2020
Our 2019-2020 Parent Book Club selections.
October 21, 2019
Selections from To Educate the Human Potential, Maria Montessori, 1947
UPDATE: We will be discussing chapters 1, 2, 3, 9, & 11
DATE: October 21
TIME: 5:30 - 7:00 (Discussion from 6:00 - 7:00)
LOCATION: India Palace (pending)
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“A more comprehensive study of child development, this book is a companion volume to Education For A New World. While unfolding before us the history of the world, and the history of human development, Dr. Montessori places her wide-spectrum approach to education in the modern context.”
FIND IT:
MMS Parents folder (Chapters 1-3, 9, & 11 ONLY)
MMS Library
Google Books
AMI/USA
Novel Bookstore
Burke's Bookstore
November 2019
Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown Ups, Leonard Sax, MD, PhD, 2015
DATE: November 18, 2019
TIME: 5:30 - 7:00 (Discussion from 6:00 - 7:00)
LOCATION: Crosstown Concourse
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“Drawing on more than twenty-five years of experience as a family physician and psychologist, along with hundreds of interviews with children, parents, and teachers, across the United States and around the world, Sax offers a blueprint parents can use to refresh and renew their relationships with their children, to help their children thrive in an increasingly complicated world.”
-Collapse of Parenting, 2015
FIND IT:
Memphis Public Library (Print)
Audible
Novel Bookstore
Burke's Bookstore
January 2020
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo, PhD, 2018
DATE: January 27, 2020
TIME: 5:30 - 7:00 (Discussion from 6:00 - 7:00)
LOCATION: Crosstown Concourse - 6th Floor
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“White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium. This book explicates the dynamics of White Fragility and how we might build our capacity in the on-going work towards racial justice.”
- Robin DiAngelo, PhD, 2019
http://www.robindeanglo.com
FIND IT:
Memphis Public Library (Print, eBook, & Audio)
Scribd (Audio)
Audible
Novel Bookstore
Burke's Bookstore
APRIL 2020
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work, Shawn Achor, 2018
DATE: April 20
TIME: 5:30 - 7:00 (Discussion from 6:00 - 7:00)
LOCATION: Zoom Link will be emailed to participants prior to the event
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“A must-read for everyone trying to excel in a world of increasing workloads, stress, and negativity, The Happiness Advantage at its core is about how to reap the benefits of a happier and more positive mind-set to achieve the extraordinary in our work and in our lives.”
FIND IT:
Memphis Public Library (eBook)
Scribd (Audio)
Audible
Novel Bookstore
Burke's Bookstore
Questions? Email Cat Hazelton.