Have you ever wondered if there’s a way to truly nurture your child’s unique potential, beyond the traditional classroom ...

The story begins with 6-year-old Maria attending a public primary school in Rome—"a prison for children," as De Stafano summarizes Montessori's views. Sitting at their desks for hours ...

Maria Montessori, education philosopher and physician “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” —Haim Ginott, educator and child psychologist “One child ...

Maria Montessori stood before a crowd of 60 underprivileged children, her students. It was January 6, 1907, and the 36-year-old educator was opening her first school: the Casa dei Bambini ...

The Montessori Method, developed by educator Dr. Maria Montessori over a century ago, encourages self-directed learning that ...

One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s ... One of Italy’s first female doctors, Montessori applied her training as a scientist to teaching children in new ways.

many people don’t know that Dr. Maria Montessori originally developed her pedagogical approach while running a school for some of the poorest children in Rome. Unfortunately, with the exception ...

It’s been more than 100 years since Dr. Maria Montessori first developed the Montessori method of education, which focuses on building children’s resourcefulness and natural abilities through ...

Maria set to cut the legs off of all this furniture so that the children were able to access them. After the recognized success of her educational work with Italian boys and girls, Montessori made ...

Children work in groups and individually to explore knowledge of the world and develop their maximum potential. The teaching method is named for Maria Montessori, an Italian physician and educator ...