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, or ...

The primary focus of the Montessori method is a child-centered developmental approach to education, says Sara Suchman, a Montessori educator and NCMPS's executive director. "Dr. Montessori ...

Yet only now is the Montessori method being tried on the gravest problem facing big-city educators in the U.S. Recalling that Maria Montessori formed her educational concepts teaching 60 slum ...

The Montessori method of child education encourages independent, child-centered learning for ages 3 to 12. Read about the key principles, how it looks, and more.

Maria Montessori developed a new method of education that appeals to children's senses, encouraging them to use their creativity and problem-solving skills (Credit: Alamy) The method encourages ...

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 ...

Diane Bauso, head of school for Creative Minds Montessori School in Auburn, writes about what's new there and how it relates to the Montessori method of education.

When Maria Montessori began to develop her pathbreaking teaching method in the early decades of the 20th century, she perhaps did not visualise what would happen in the world in a hundred years — and ...

Maria, meanwhile, also had a secret — a child born out of wedlock. “Montessori” will be widely released in France by Ad Vitam across 200 screens on March 13, while German distributor Neue ...

Maria Montessori receives an honorary doctorate in 1950. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons News of Montessori’s success spread quickly, and by 1908, her name was known around the world.