Susan Feez is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

The book provides an overview of Montessori pedagogy and practice for those studying and working in the early childhood field - in both Montessori and non-Montessori settings.

Introduction
The Montessori Story
The child worker and the adult observer
An environment of movement and order
The exercises of practical life
The exercises of the senses
Montessori Language
Montessori mathematics
Prepared paths to culture
Montessori in context