About Montessori

Dr. Maria Montessori, born in 1870, was the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree. She worked in the fields of psychiatry, education and anthropology, never publishing a theory until she had observed it for years, with children of all social classes and in many countries. She found that each child is born with a unique potential waiting to be revealed, rather than as a “blank slate” waiting to be written upon.  Early in the twentieth century, she developed educational materials and methods based on her research, which showed that children learn best by doing, not by passively accepting other people’s ideas and pre-existing knowledge. The Montessori Method is dynamic in that observation and the meeting of needs is continual and specific for each child.Many aspects of the Montessori method have now been incorporated into teaching programs throughout the world. The new International Baccalaureate (IB) program derives from her inquiry-based method. Many mathematics programs now use Montessori equipment to help children understand basic mathematics.

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