Montessori
What is It?
In 1896, Dr. Maria Montessori became the first female physician in Italy. She would soon after shift her focus from her medicine practice to her desire to improve her understanding of the learning process of children.
Shortly after the turn of the century, she founded Casa dei Bambini, or "Children's House." It was here that the now famous Montessori Method developed, based upon Montessori's clinical observations of children and the ease at which they naturally learned by absorbing knowledge and manipulation of materials in their environment.
Montessori found that children have a profound ability to teach themselves, and dedicated her life-long work to the pursuit of educational reform and teacher training.
