The Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House, opened January 6, 1907. At first, Montessori just observed. She noticed that the children came to prefer her teaching materials to toys and would spend ...

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 ...

Maria Montessori, an Italian educator, opens the school Casa dei Bambini (translated as Children’s House) in Rome. There, she introduces her methods for teaching children, focused on self ...