Yovana “Betsy” Elizondo's first experience with The Montessori School on 11th Street was when she was just 12 years old. Her ...

Maria Montessori stood before a crowd of 60 underprivileged ... But at the time, the theory that providing children with stimulating activities would help them more than rote learning and academic ...

Few educators have had as lasting of an impact as Maria Montessori ... well," says Supalla. In Montessori schools, children also freely choose from several different activities or materials ...

It’s been more than 100 years since Dr. Maria Montessori first developed the ... learn through hands-on activities, and explore the interdisciplinary nature of science and social studies.

Montessori education was created by Maria Montessori ... is that children have the opportunity to choose their own activities and lessons in a way that’s not possible in a traditional school ...

The final element is facilitating specialized activities depending on the kid ... (Although many adherents agree that Maria Montessori probably would have recommended banning screens, Rucker ...

"Maria Montessori's family were always extremely ... encouraging the children to complete the activities with as little adult interference as possible. "Our children learn to self-manage," says ...

surrounded by such activities, students could educate themselves. Montessori’s self-dubbed “auto-education” approach soon had the 5-year-olds at Casa dei Bambini reading and writing. Maria ...