Montessori Elementary School Library, Rockford, IL

Maria Montessori Elementary School Library

Rockford, Illinois

Montessori Elementary School

Maria Montessori Picture Credit: Wendy Lewis (Used with permission)

Knowledge is free at the library. Just

bring your own container. - Unknown

FOR TEACHERS

Visit Rockford Public Library

Illinois Children's Choice Awards

	2010 Nominees
	2009 Winner: Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley

	2010 Nominees
	2009 Winner: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Grades 9-12 Abraham Lincoln Illinois

High School Award

	2010 Nominees
	2009 Winner:

All Time Classic Books

Grades

K-3

4-6

7-8


Montessori Schools are Celebrating Their Centennial Year

Third Thursday in September is Constitution Day
Third Thursday in November is Family Reading Night
February in Black History Month
March is Women's History Month
April is National Poetry Month
A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up children without surrounding them with books.... Children learn to read being in the presence of books. — Horace MANN (1796-1859)