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Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɔːr i / MON-tiss-OR-ee, Italian: [maˈriːa montesˈsɔːri]; 31 August 1870 – 6 May 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills.
The most recent Montessori high school opened in Philadelphia - Quadrat Academy. Several pilot Montessori junior high schools have opened based on writings by Montessori on Erdkinder, German for "children of the land", which was a term Montessori coined for children ages 12 through 18. The last few years have seen the advent of infant and ...
The American Montessori Society (AMS) is a New York City-based, member-supported nonprofit organization which promotes the use of the Montessori teaching approach in private and public schools. AMS advocates for the Montessori method (popularized by Maria Montessori ) throughout the United States, and publishes its own standards and criteria ...
Baker Montessori School serves as the neighborhood elementary school for a section of Neartown, [14] [15] including the Cherryhurst main and addition subdivisions, [16] [17] a portion of the original Montrose subdivision, [18] a portion of Hyde Park, [19] Mandell Place, Park, Vermont Commons, WAMM, and Winlow Place, as well as most of Audubon Place and portions of Avondale, Lancaster Place ...
Tarlac Montessori School was established in 1987, at its first site at Masagana Building, F. Tañedo Street with its initial enrollees of 30 pupils in Nursery and Kindergarten. By 1989, the school transferred to M.H. del Pilar Street and added Grade One Level, holding its first Stepping Up Ceremonies in the same year.
The first Tobin Montessori Children's House School started in 2008. At this time the school began to accept three, four and five-year-old students into the new Children's House classrooms. Each year as these first students progressed, the Montessori School grew. In the 2012–2013 school year the first Tobin Montessori School finished the 5th ...
The Caedmon School is an independent, coeducational preschool and elementary school located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The school, which employs an "inspired" Montessori curriculum, was the first Montessori school established in New York City and the second in the United States.