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

For more information see this overview of The Assistants to Infancy (birth to three) program, in English, Chinese, and Polish: THE JOYFUL CHILD At this site files of the 70 pages of The Joyful Child, for Birth to Three Years are available. They contain a more complete overview of Montessori philosophy and practice for the first three years of life, and a selection of books and materials for this age.

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http://www.montessori.edu

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.

Included in the list of people who have taken the Assistants to Infancy course are parents, parents-to-be, grandparents, doctors, nurses, psychologists, Montessori teachers and teacher trainers, lactation, childbirth, and childcare professionals, and many others interested in human development in the formative years. There are many people training parents and professionals for caring for the child from birth to three.  The courses listed here are directly connected to the original course begun by Dr. Montessori in Rome in 1947.

Contact these centers for more information on the A to I courses presently offered in the USA:

The Montessori Institute, Denver, Colorado
Phone: (303) 832-6781; Fax (303) 765-5279
Website: http://www.tmidenver.com; E-mail: tmiami@mac.com

The Montessori Training Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
Phone:(651)-298-1120; FAX (651) 298-0039
Website: www.mtcm.org ; E-mail: mtcm@mtcm.org

The center below, member of The International Montessori Index, offers summer A to I courses:

The Montessori Institute Northwest, Portland Oregon
Phone: (503)963.8992; Fax: (503)963.8994
Web Site: www.montessori-nw.org; E-mail: info@montessori-nw.org