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"Whoever
touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point
of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs
toward the infinite future".
- Maria Montessori
History:
Maria Montessori, born in 1870, was the first woman in Italy
to receive a medical degree. She worked in the fields of psychiatry,
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She believed that each child is born with a unique
potential to be revealed, rather than as a "blank slate"
waiting to be written upon. Her main contribution to the work
of those of us raising and educating children are in these areas:
- Preparing the most natural and life
supporting environment for the child.
- Observing the child living freely
in this environment.
- Continually adapting the environment in order that the
child may fulfill his greatest potential - physically, mentally,
emotionally and spiritually.
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Today Montessori teacher training centers and schools exist
on all continents. There are Montessori classes for children
up to age eighteen within public and private schools and many
parents are using Dr. Montessori's discoveries to raise/educate
their children at home. The discoveries of Maria Montessori
are valuable for anyone living and working with children.
Notable supporters of Montessori Education include:
Alexander Graham Bell,Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Mahatma Ghandi,
Bertrand Russell, Jean Piaget, Alfred Adler, Erik Erikson, John
Holt, David Elkind, Ann Frank (Montessori student), Brian Swimme
(Physicist)
"Permission to reprint portions of Michael
Olaf's Essential Montessori publication has been granted by
the Michael Olaf Company." Website at: michaelolaf.com |
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