About the Montessori Method

Montessori understood that a uniform approach to education does not work for everyone because everyone learns differently and at their own pace. As a result, she created a prepared environment to accommodate a wealth of interests.

The Montessori method concentrates on the individual needs of the student. Children are instructed as they pursue their own passions. Ultimately, children learn because they want to learn not because they are told that today we will learn about butterflies. 

Who was Maria Montessori?

Widely known as the first female Italian physician of the modern period, Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870. Her medical practices permitted her an interest in observing how children learn and in what capacities.

Montessori ascertained that when offered the freedom to follow their own interests, children are inspired to pursue education. Children need a prepared environment, a classroom complete with beautiful materials to entice their senses. They must be allowed to follow their own interests, at their own pace.

In 1907, she opened her first ‘Children’s House’, to international acclaim, in Rome. Pioneering a new form of education, centered specifically on the child, her principles and method spread throughout the world, producing a global vision for education that persists to this day. Maria Montessori died in the Netherlands in 1952.