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 children, aged two to six ... consolation in the wide and lasting influence of the movement’s founder, Maria Montessori, the Italian physician and educator whose ideas and innovations ...

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

Correspondent A Montessori by any other name could be just as sweet, according to Karen Fisher. “There are a lot of schools that use [the Montessori method] but don’t call ...

Students and teachers at Sonnet Montessori in Prior Lake are busy planning a celebration of Montessori Education Week, Feb. 20-26, in honor of the 115th anniversary of the opening of the first ...

Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. It is characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect ...