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Nov 15, 2019 · To celebrate the 150 anniversary of Maria Montessori's birth we will be publishing a daily quote illustrating the profound and lasting inspiration of her work. Each quote will also be available for download as a poster and a social media graphic. Click on each quote to access these resources.
Maria Montessori. The Absorbent Mind is an analysis of the physical and psychological aspects of a child's growth during the most significant period of life. During this period the child learns motor co-ordination, language, the making of social adjustments, the setting of work habits, and the beginning of routines that set patterns for life.
In The Discovery of the Child Maria Montessori describes the nature of the child and her method. She believes that once the general principles of her method have been grasped, the parts dealing with its material application are extremely simple.
Maria Montessori never underestimated the role of the parent, which is why she wrote special lectures for parents during courses and congresses. Recently we found in the pedagogical Archives of Maria Montessori an unpublished coherent set of small writings addressed to parents.
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The Secret of Childhood, p. 106. “ The child does not follow the law of the least effort, but a law directly contrary. He uses an immense amount of energy over an unsubstantial end, and he spends, not only driving energy, but intensive energy in the exact execution of every detail. Maria Montessori.
Maria Montessori was born on the 31st August 1870, in Chiaravalle, Italy. From an early age she broke through the traditional barriers for women, attending a technical school with initial ambitions to be an engineer, to go on to choose a career in medicine.
Montessori recognised the significance of music in the lives of children and intended a thorough and developmentally based education in music be offered for all of the children in Montessori schools.
Celebrating 150 Years. 31 August 2020 is 150 years since the birth of Maria Montessori. Montessori was ahead of her time in her research, educational approach and pioneering work for social reform.
This collection of speeches, delivered by Maria Montessori at international congresses and peace councils, vividly reveals her profound concern with the question of peace. In her crusade for peace she claims: ‘Establishing a lasting peace is the work of education … all politics can do is keep us out of war'.
