I Admire You

I admire you very much. Though it’s been said that admiration is a short-lived passion that decays immediately upon growing familiar with its object, I disagree. I find that the deeper I go into parenthood and the better acquainted I become with you folks, the more my...

Follow the Child

The educational philosophy and methodology established by Dr. Maria Montessori represented (and still represents today) a departure from other, perhaps more prevalent systems in several key ways. The Montessori Method, rooted in the scientific observations of children...

New and Familiar Faces

  Tell a Montessori Educator, your friends, family, the world–how much you love Montessori Education! Use this link to take action. Draw a picture, tell a narrative, write a poem–the possibilities are endless–tell us what Montessori means to...

History of Montessori and CRA

In 1906, Dr. Maria Montessori, an Italian physician, educator, and women’s rights activist was invited to create a school for young children in San Lorenzo, a poor, inner-city district of Rome. There, she worked with some of the area’s most disadvantaged children. She...